Active
Simulation Tools for the design of Safe and Sustainable Lubricants
- Programme
- Horizon Europe · GA 101138807
- Duration
- January 2024 – June 2028 (54 months)
- Our role
- Partner — tribological testing and data infrastructure; the project’s models are integrated into the i-TRIBOMAT platform
A digital platform for formulating lubricants under the Safe and Sustainable by
Design approach. Molecular models assess toxicity, ecotoxicity and worker risk,
while tribological models predict friction, energy consumption, material
durability and fluid degradation. Coordinated by Fundación Tekniker with
12 partners across 7 countries.
Active
Smart Assistant for Additive Manufacturing
- Programme
- FFG · Ressourcenwende 2025 · FTI-Initiativen 2025 (KLWPT 24/26)
- Duration
- May 2026 – April 2029 (36 months)
- Our role
- Partner — provider of the tribological database that trains and feeds the project’s AI assistant
A smart assistant for metal additive manufacturing, aimed at the repair and
on-demand production of spare parts for critical infrastructure. The project
combines process optimisation with decision support so that operators can
determine when a component can be repaired or reprinted rather than replaced.
Industry partners include Wiener Netze and the Competence Center 3D-Druck of
Wiener Stadtwerke.
Modelling of spur gears: geometry and elastohydrodynamic lubrication
- Programme
- Ajut Llavor · Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- Duration
- 2026
- Our role
- Application development and deployment on the Tribology Universe platform
Engineering applications that model spur gear contact, covering both the tooth
geometry and the elastohydrodynamic lubrication film that separates the flanks.
Everything runs in the browser with no installation. Developed with partners at UPC.
The first application, covering dry spur gear contact, is already available.
In preparation
New project in preparation
Details to be announced
- Programme
- To be announced
- Duration
- To be announced
- Our role
- Consortium partner
A further collaborative project is currently in preparation. Details will be
published here in due course.
Ongoing initiative
The Tribology Challenge
Open inter-laboratory round robin
- Programme
- i-TRIBOMAT initiative
- Duration
- Ongoing, open to new participants
- Our role
- Initiator and coordinator
Testing facilities across Europe run the same tribological test and compare
results. The aim is to quantify how far measurements vary between laboratories,
and turn that into harmonised, reproducible testing procedures.
