Some lubricant suppliers are spearheading innovation with focused investments in advanced formulations, sustainable products and automation-centric lu ...

Chemical regulation may be reducing the flow of new molecules into the market, but it has prompted a variety of new approaches to product R&D and intr ...

A Ukraine-based company may have found a more effective way to regenerate aged fire-resistant turbine oils.

Lubrizol explains why adhering to testing protocols—including laboratory tests, engine tests and field trials—is pivotal to developing winning lub ...

Researchers with a technical foundation and a university in Norway said their efforts to develop new knowledge on the interaction between lubricants, ...

A research group led by two universities in Japan recently announced a new technology that uses dielectrophoresis – electric power – to effectivel ...

It is crucial to understand how moving parts in electric vehicle drivetrains tolerate stray electric current. What progress is being made on this fron ...

Shell Lubricants explores the fast-paced world of Formula E lubricants and explains how it is using its experience on the track to improve passenger E ...

What challenges and opportunities is the imminent transition to EVs offering the grease industry?

Grease manufacturers and end users are closer to having another simple manual device to quickly inspect samples of lubricating greases and forecast at ...

How are today’s EALs formulated to deliver reliable performance in a broad range of industrial applications?

Creating bio-lubricants using the liquid by-product extracted during processing of cashew nuts is the subject of a new patent earned by Brazil’s Fed ...

Today’s engine oils must meet increasingly stringent performance standards. Fortunately, a new additive may help to enable higher performing engine ...

Costing about $2.2 trillion annually, corrosion is a costly problem. Fortunately, ever-improving lubricant technology can help to mitigate the damage.

As time passes and new technology emerges, the lubricants industry will inevitably face significant challenges. Will 3D printing be the next big disru ...

The sustainability movement demands that industry begin looking for replacements to mineral base oils, a Swedish academic said at a conference last mo ...

Tribochemistry has long been a key science in the lubricant industry. Discover how the discipline is now aiding in the quest for sustainability.

The changing landscape for lubricants and greases means that bench tests must also evolve. How are bench tests supporting solutions to new lubrication ...

Quantifying Tackiness and Adhesion in Greases Standardization of test methods in the lubricants industry is neither a quick nor an easy process.&nb ...