TRIBOLAB - a space tribometer
J. I. González‐Serrano, Javier Gómez‐Elvira, Ramon Santiago, John Pazos, J.I. Oñate, Iñaki Garmendia, A. Rodriguez · TECNALIA Publications (Fundación TECNALIA Research & Innovation) · 2001
TRIBOLAB is one of the instruments selected by ESA as part of the European Technological Facility (EuTEF) with the objective to perform basic and component level tribological tests on flight. Three types of tests have been selected to be place in the International Space Station (ISS): pin-on-disk (POD) tests to evaluate the behaviour of solid films and coatings developed by INASMET and INTA, ball bearing (BB) tests to characterise new solid lubricant films, and a set of passive tests to measure oil losses through labyrinth shapes designed by ESTL.