Fuels & Lubricants Magazine
Issue No. 2, June 2018
Issue No. 2, June 2018
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Mingling During the Breaks<br />
Dr. Tjan explained<br />
the role of ATIEL<br />
and warned that the<br />
quality of products<br />
claiming compliance<br />
will be checked<br />
regularly through the<br />
SAIL’s product survey<br />
programme.<br />
grease manufacturers will no longer<br />
be able to sell without REACH registered<br />
grease thickener.<br />
All of these plenary lectures gave<br />
audience excellent insight into different<br />
factors affecting the lubricants<br />
industry and great introduction to<br />
Symposium.<br />
The remaining lectures have been<br />
structured into seven thematic<br />
sessions: (i) Highlights on the latest<br />
development of automotive fluids,<br />
(ii) Measuring and laboratory analysis,<br />
(iii) Base oils - moving to a higher<br />
performance lubricants, (iv) Industrial<br />
lubricants: trends and challenges,<br />
(v) Experimental investigation as<br />
basis for tribological solutions, (vi)<br />
Quality and Brand protection and<br />
(vii) Recent trends in formulation of<br />
MWFs.<br />
The first session has provided<br />
three lectures. Dr. Robert Kolb from<br />
Evonik started with the lecture on<br />
Engine Oil Pumpability in a Modern<br />
Engine and Jaghar Sidhu from Lubrizol<br />
spoke about Driving Efficiency<br />
in Commercial Vehicle Engine<br />
<strong>Lubricants</strong>, while Matthieu Vaslin<br />
from Chevron Oronite explained<br />
Why PCMO is no longer the best<br />
choice for 4-Stroke Motorcycles.<br />
The last presentation on day one<br />
was “SVM Stabinger Viscometer<br />
Technology: The Benefits for<br />
<strong>Lubricants</strong>” prepared by Dr. Jelena<br />
Fischer from Anton Paar. In the<br />
session that followed, the authors<br />
had the opportunity to present their<br />
works by posters.<br />
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