LubesnGreases Europe-Middle East-Africa is a business magazine, not a technical journal, but sometimes managing editor Tim Sullivan likes to stretch us a little. This months features include a look at Balkan lube markets and an update on the European Commissions concerns about competition in the pale oil market. But also included is an intriguing story about how metalworking fluids really interact with metal surfaces, and one companys new model to explain the complex interactions.
Joachim Schulz of Wisura GmbH in Bremen, Germany, contends that classical theories of chemical reaction have only limited application to metalworking processes. Rather, the dominant interaction for metalworking fluids is adsorption of the additives to the metal surface. Its Schulzs hope that Wisuras tribological research will lead to new approaches to formulating fluids. Turn to page 18 for A New Model for Metalworking, by senior editor Dick Beercheck, and enjoy!
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Its a special pleasure to introduce the newest member of our editorial team, Joe Beeton. Joe joined LNG Publishing in mid-March as a staff writer, and hes already applying his reporting and writing talents to Lube Report and LubesnGreases. Joe is a 2011 graduate of George Mason University in Virginia, U.S., where he majored in English and wrote extensively for student media. Welcome, Joe.
Nancy J. DeMarco
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