22nd International Colloquium Tribology
Industrial and Automotive Lubrication
28–30 January 2020
Stuttgart / Ostfildern, Germany
It is legacy to consider lubricants as machine elements in the design of tribological system as the implicit leading theme of this conference. In the context of this unifying theme, the mission of this conference is to function as an interface between academia and industry where world-class leading university researchers present their research for industrial attendees. At the same time academic attendees getting inspired from industrial presentations and can develop solutions and start industrial cooperation addressing the challenging at the industry.
One of the main themes is different aspects of upcoming e-mobility and e-gas and their consequences for lubrication and tribology community. There is also a noticeable focus on tribology of gear systems, grease and plastic materials. There are new special sessions introduced on cryo-tribology and gas bearings which is intended to be extended in the upcoming TAE conference.