Liquid silicone rubber is growing in popularity as materials development brings novel products to market. At the K 2007 trade show, Wacker Chemie (Munich, Germany) introduced new grades that produce ...

Swiss International Air Lines will retrofit its fleet of 12 Boeing 777-300ER long-haul planes with BASF’s AeroShark, a polyurethane film with a textured surface that reduces friction. Featuring small ...

Last week, Razer announced the Razer Acari hard mouse mat — an ultra high-speed, ultra-low friction mousepad with a large surface area. We’ve had a chance to use one for the past week and put it ...

Razer reveals the Acari mouse mat, a new and expensive accessory that it says can support high-level gaming performances. The company has been on a product announcement tear over the last month, ...

Fig. 3: These conveyor belt rollers experience rolling contact fatigue during operation. Including plastic components in machinery systems that experience friction and wear results in a number of ...

Irregularities present on a surface are often described as surface roughness or texture. These surface textures such as grooves and dimples impart friction, which is the force between two sliding ...