A bright orange truck made a few passes along Munger Shaw Road on Friday. It’s called SCRIM, and it’s a road survey machine that tests friction of pavement and surfaces. SCRIM stands for Sideway force ...

Paris Transport Authority (RATP) has teamed with Wabtec Corp. to test “Green Friction” technology for brakes in an aim to improve tunnel air quality. Wabtec says Green Friction reduces micro-particle ...

Friction is the enemy of all things mechanical, and without regular maintenance, machinery service life becomes severely reduced until, ultimately, the machines cease to function. Anyone who owns a ...

A combination of extreme weather testing and artificial intelligence (AI) is speeding up the design, engineering and development process for new vehicles. Near the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, ...

Instron's® Automated Carousel Testing System features a versatile, innovative design for testing medical vials, cartridges, and pre-filled syringes. Its compact size makes it suitable for standard lab ...

RAVENNA, Ohio—A close correlation between what happens in laboratory testing and what occurs in the field is a holy grail of sorts for tire and rubber product manufacturers. Rewards include ...

Compared to traditional structural materials, polymer matrix composites (PMC) offer greatly enhanced performance and flexibility. However, these benefits come at the cost of increased material ...

(Nanowerk News) The number of active satellites in space keeps growing at an accelerated pace. In July, Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimated ...