Research & Development

Customizing Lubes, Applicators for Rail Systems
A locomotive at Bergen central station in Norway. © Gunnar E Eide

Customizing Lubes, Applicators for Rail Systems

Lube Report EMEA - January 16, 2024

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

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Researchers Use Electricity to Reduce Friction

Lube Report Asia - November 10, 2023

A research group led by two universities in Japan recently announced a new technology that uses dielectrophoresis – el ...

Electric Tribology

Electric Tribology

Lubes'n'Greases - July 20, 2023

It is crucial to understand how moving parts in electric vehicle drivetrains tolerate stray electric current. What progr ...

Formula E Extends Range for EV Drivers Worldwide

Formula E Extends Range for EV Drivers Worldwide

Lubes'n'Greases - June 14, 2023

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

Greasing BEVs

Greasing BEVs

Lubes'n'Greases - June 14, 2023

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

A New Crystal Ball for Grease

A New Crystal Ball for Grease

Lubes'n'Greases - April 3, 2023

Grease manufacturers and end users are closer to having another simple manual device to quickly inspect samples of lubri ...

Closing the Performance Gap on EALs

Closing the Performance Gap on EALs

Lubes'n'Greases - April 3, 2023

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

Making Bio-lubes from Cashew Shells

Making Bio-lubes from Cashew Shells

Lube Report Americas - February 15, 2023

Creating bio-lubricants using the liquid by-product extracted during processing of cashew nuts is the subject of a new p ...

An Antioxidant for Next-Generation Engine Oils

An Antioxidant for Next-Generation Engine Oils

Lubes'n'Greases - October 3, 2022

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

Cracking Corrosion’s Code

Cracking Corrosion’s Code

Lubes'n'Greases - September 1, 2022

Costing about $2.2 trillion annually, corrosion is a costly problem. Fortunately, ever-improving lubricant technology ca ...

Developments in Additive Manufacturing

Developments in Additive Manufacturing

Lubes'n'Greases - July 6, 2022

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

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Replacing Mineral Base Oils

Lube Report EMEA - February 22, 2022

The sustainability movement demands that industry begin looking for replacements to mineral base oils, a Swedish academi ...

Tribochemistry Begets Sustainability?

Tribochemistry Begets Sustainability?

Lubes'n'Greases - February 1, 2022

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

The Bounty of Bench Tests

The Bounty of Bench Tests

Lubes'n'Greases - January 1, 2022

The changing landscape for lubricants and greases means that bench tests must also evolve. How are bench tests supportin ...

The Road to Standardization

The Road to Standardization

Lubes'n'Greases - December 1, 2021

Quantifying Tackiness and Adhesion in Greases Standardization of test methods in the lubricants industry is neither a ...

How Valuable Are Bench Tests for Lubricants?

How Valuable Are Bench Tests for Lubricants?

Lubes'n'Greases - December 1, 2021

Lubricant bench tests are small-scale tests examining a specific aspect of a lubricant’s performance. Faster and cheap ...

Can 0W-20 Oils Protect Heavy-duty Diesel Engines?

Can 0W-20 Oils Protect Heavy-duty Diesel Engines?

Lubes'n'Greases - November 1, 2021

As emissions limits and fuel economy targets become more stringent in markets around the globe, there has been an increa ...