Millions of years of evolution have allowed Nature to come up with some pretty impressive strategies for minimizing or maximizing friction depending on the required function. Numerous organisms have ...

When the material comes into contact with water molecules, these platelets can slide past each other very easily—a so-called ...

Railroad Friction Products manufactures COBRA® high-friction and low-friction composition brake shoes, specialty shoes, and disc brake linings for freight, locomotive and transit vehicles. Railroad ...

the shear friction must be low to resist excess energy dissipation and wear. Nature provides a solution to this dilemma.

1 2 Shoe–surface friction is generally high in indoor sports, and this attribute is considered a risk factor for non-contact lower extremity injuries.3 Spraino is a novel low-friction patch that is ...

Ionic announced the successful application of an ultra-low friction & biocide-free coating on an Aframax class Ionic Anax (115,000 DWT) at Sentierul Naval de Constanta (Romania) drydock.

Very high friction can lead to excessive wear and very low friction can lead to damage, delays and safety concerns. Friction management products are applied to increase, maintain or decrease this ...

IN a recent study in this laboratory of the frictional properties of ‘Teflon’ (polytetrafluoroethylene) two experimental results stand out: (1) the coefficient of friction at low sliding ...

IONIC GOES GREEN WITH AZRA TECH ULTRA LOW FRICTION BIOCIDE-FREE HULL PAINT Ionic Tankers has adopted an innovative revolutionary Azra Tech hull coating solution for their tanker IONIC ANAX ...