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Keynote speaker 3 – Tribology for Design

Masterclass 2 – Teaching manufacturing technology – the role of industry partners

Keynote speaker 3

Tribology for Design

Professor Steve Franklin

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Biography of Steve Franklin:

Specialist expertise in tribology, bio-tribology and nano-tribology, materials science & technology, coatings & surface
treatments. Application experience in products for medical & home healthcare, personal care and consumer electronics,
soft contact lenses, nanolithography equipment for chip manufacture, manufacturing equipment. Skills and experience in
industry-academic bridge-forming, translation of business needs to research questions, leadership of professionals, R&D
coordination, project leadership, research proposals, technical coaching, training & lecturing, expert witness, technical
editing of publications. 50+ scientific journal publications, 17 patents.

Tribology is of fundamental importance to the design of all products and machinery that involve motion, and is all about friction, wear and lubrication. In practice, these translate into lifetime performance, reliability, energy efficiency, maintenance and often basic functionality. Tribology is ubiquitous; for example, in products that interact with the human body, tribology also plays a large part in determining comfort and discomfort, “feel” perception and damage to tissue.

Tribological behaviour, especially when considered as a function of time, is elusive and not easy to predict. Friction and wear are predominantly surface phenomena and are affected by many factors including the materials, forces, roughness and environment involved and, moreover, these factors often interact with each other. Unfortunately, this means that questions such as “What is the friction coefficient of steel?” and “What is the wear rate of aluminium?” cannot be answered in a simple way. Nevertheless, a basic understanding of how different factors can influence friction and wear behaviour can help greatly in designing the parts of products and machines where tribology phenomena are active.

In this talk, I will give an overview of how tribological behaviour can be influenced in design, what factors should be taken into account and why, and illustrate this using practical design examples.

Masterclass 2

Teaching manufacturing technology – the role of industry partners

DR. ir. Erik Tempelman

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