Car lube, in its earliest forms, has been around since at least 2400 B.C., when ancient Egyptian construction workers used water and natural oils to lubricate the sledges that carried the stones of ...

Friction may well be nature’s most useful phenomenon. Without it, walking would be impossible and there would be no belt drives, no clutches, no wheels, and no brakes. However, in machinery in which ...

Electric cars are known for regenerative braking, so it is easy to assume the friction brakes enjoy a quiet life. The real picture is more complicated. Many EVs place sudden, heavy loads on their pads ...

The main reason conventional cars have a break-in period is to hone the inside of the cylinder walls and the outside of the piston rings, which is more than many drivers even comprehend. Suffice it ...

Although replaced in recent years by roller bearings, friction bearings (also called solid bearings or plain bearings) were a railroad standard for many years. Friction bearings were blocks of metal, ...

The technique is debuting on the 2004 Mazda RX-8. Previously, resistance welding was the most feasible joining process for assembling aluminum body panels. This technique passes a large current ...