Test Fuchs
Benchmarking of sealing materials in liquid hydrogen
“When designing new valves for liquid hydrogen applications, you need to understand the behaviour of the material under this special conditions. i-TRIBOMAT, with its unique testing infrastructure, offered us the possibility to characterize and benchmark sealing materials in a liquid hydrogen environment.”
Nikolaos Yamvrias,
New Technologies
About Test Fuchs:
„ With our products we set aerospace testing benchmarks in the fields of service, technology, reliability and quality. With our aerospace components we are a flexible and innovative partner. “
VDL
Seals under vacuum
“With the collaboration of I-TRIBOMAT we can better understand and improve the degradation of vacuum seals in our systems.”
Victor de Bar,
Contamination and Defectivity Specialist at VDL ETG T&DL
About VDL ETG T&D:
VDL ETG has grouped its technology & development capabilities in one global organization that is in part also co-located to the production facilities to strengthen its DfX philosophy in designing new equipment for the OEM customers. VDL ETG T&D’s main location is in Eindhoven, housing all competence groups, specialist functions (e.g. physicists, chemists) and the management and staff. Per 2018, VDL ETG T&D employs more than 230 FTE and works closely with several staffing-partners.
CITRA
Thin coatings for high temperature applications
“Thanks to the services of I-Tribomat, we will be able to continue our development of low friction
coefficient and low wear rate thin films for high temperature applications.”
Fanny Gouraud,
Project Manager at CITRA
About CITRA:
The Engineering Center for Advanced Surface Treatment and Coatings (CITRA) has
its head office in ESTER Technopole site, in the premises of the National School of Engineers of
Limoges (ENSIL). CITRA is a Technological Transfer Center to promote Surface Treatments in all
ways, from the point of view of development, characterization or training (continuous or
professional).
Scania
Electric drivetrain gearbox components
““With the support and services of i-TRIBOMAT Scania will be able to reduce the losses and increase the durability in their electric drivetrain.”
Dr Jonny Hansen,
Senior Tribologist, Scania CV AB
About Scania:
„ Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Scania AN focus on commercial vehicles—specifically heavy lorries, trucks and buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy vehicles as well as marine and general industrial applications. “
Trygonal
Self-lubricating seals for pneumatic actuators
“The development of self-lubricating seals and engineering plastic components for customized application is a challenging and long-lasting process. With the support and services of i-TRIBOMAT we can rapidly develop new raw materials for the self-lubricating seals. New simulation tools enable us to predict the lifetime for such innovative sealing solutions.”
Lluis Mont,
Managing Director at Trygonal Iberia SL
About TRYGONAL:
The dynamically growing Trygonal Group was founded in 2010. Currently we employ more than 200 dedicated employees in seven sales and production companies. You will find us in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and France. Through this network of partner companies our products are distributed worldwide.
Epidor SRT
Benchmarking of sealing materials
“We signed up for the I-Tribomat programme with questions about the performance of elastomeric materials. We were surprised by the ease of understanding our problem, and above all by the richness of the results and the clarity of the conclusions, which were immediately useful.”
Antoine Simon, Business Manager
About EPIDOR SRT:
EPIDOR Seals and Rubber Technology is the sealing company within the EPI INDUSTRIES Family of Companies group. The team and resources of EPIDOR Seals and Rubber Technology are oriented to offer a direct service to large consumers of seals, in particular machine manufacturers, as well as industries whose process require critical and very specific treatment in sealing solutions.