Swiss Tribology

ECOTRIB 2025

28th – 30th of July 2025 – ETH ZURICH

EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON TRIBOLOGY

Swiss Tribology 2024 Symposium

Date:

20th of August 2024

Location:

ETH Zurich, Building LEE, Room E 101, Leonhardstrasse 21, 8092 Zurich

Parking space HG is close to the Building LEE.

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Swiss Tribology 2023 Symposium

Date:

22nd of August

Location:

ZHAW Winterthur School of Engineering, Technikumstrasse 9, 8400 Winterthur, Building: TN, Room: TN E0.58

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Swiss Tribology 2022

Online Conference

Participation: 99 CHF

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Swiss Tribology 2021

Online Conference

Swiss Tribology 2019

@Hightech Zentrum Aargau

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Introduction

Rowena Crockett, Empa

Empa

Activities at the HTZ

Marcus Morstein, Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG

Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG

Tribology-driven product performance: from soft matter to hard facts

Christian Mathis-Ullrich, SuSoS AG

SuSoS AG

Surface treatments on ceramics – how to achieve a surface roughness value within ±0.1 microns span, industrially

Senad Hasanovic, Ceramaret SA

Ceramaret SA

When acoustic emission (AE) and artificial intelligence (AI) meets tribology

Kilian Wasmer, Empa

Empa

Recent innovation in in-situ tribology testing at the micro and nanoscale

Nick Randall, Alemnis AG

Alemnis AG

Influence of Hierarchical Micro-Texturing of Polymer Surfaces on their Ice Sliding Friction Behaviour

Joël Voyer, V-Research GmbH

V-Research GmbH

Tribological challenges in railway track

Urs Schönholzer, SBB Swiss Federal Railways

SBB Swiss Federal Railways

Dry and lubricated sliding of materials – a match not made in heaven

Ulrich Buxtorf, Burckhardt Compression AG

Burckhardt Compression AG

Surfactants as high-performance friction modifiers for hydrophilic ionic liquids

Andrea Arcifa, Empa

Empa

Ceramic enhanced anti-friction coating, tribological testing and applications

Achim Schröer, TriboTech AG;

TriboTech AG

Ceramic enhanced anti-friction coating, tribological testing and applications

Stephan Henzler, Carl Bechem GmbH

Carl Bechem GmbH

Dual-disc tribometer as a tool to study the phase transformation of metastable austenitic stainless steels

Arnulf Hörtnagl, Institut für Werkstoffsystemtechnik Thurgau

Institut für Werkstoffsystemtechnik Thurgau

Topography Characterisation Tools: Tactile vs. Confocal

Christof Scherrer, ZHAW

ZHAW

Soft tribology: testing for biomedical applications

Florian Rummel, Anton Paar GmbH

Anton Paar GmbH

Characterization and tribological properties of sputtered (Ti,V)B2 hard coatings

Marcus Morstein, Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG

Hightech Zentrum Aargau AG

What are the fundamental parameters in the lubrication of the Swiss lever escapement?

Alejandro Roda Buch, EPFL

EPFL

International Nanotribology Forum

We are proud to declare the International Nanotribology Forum (INF) as a new subcommittee of the Swiss Tribology.

Link

WeSST

Web Seminar Series on Tribology

WeSST Website

Executive Committee

Dr. Rowena Crockett

President

Prof. em. Dr. Nicholas Spencer

Vice President & Secretary

Siegfried Roos

Treasurer

Prof. Dr. Ernst Meyer

Auditor

Prof. Dr. Eric Rosset

Executive Member

Dr. Michael Eglin

Executive Member

Dr. Mousab Hadad

Executive Member

Dr. Emanuel Tack

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