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Dear TSI Members,

I am happy to reach out to all of you through this latest issue of TSI Newsletter. As you are aware, international conference, ASIATRIB-2014, is just a couple of months away. We are eagerly looking forward to hosting this as a memorable event during 17 – 20 February 2014 at the Jaypee Palace Hotel and Convention Centre, Agra. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase our technical expertise and reach out to the global tribology community. I am sure that, with active engagement of all our members, we can make best use of the opportunity.

I call upon all of you to support the ASIATRIB-2014 event through participation in various technical programs, exhibition and business meet sessions. An international event of this scale requires significant financial and other resources. Your active involvement for bringing in organizational commitment by way of sponsorship, delegate nomination, exhibition and advertisements will go a long way in making ASIATRIB-2014 a grand success.

I sincerely look forward to seeing you and your colleagues at the ASIATRIB-2014. I have pleasure in conveying my best wishes to all of you and members of your family for an enjoyable winter vacation and a very happy and prosperous New Year – 2014.

Dr R K MalhotraPresident

Tribology Society of India

DECEMBER 2013TSI Newsletter

From the Desk of Secretary – TSI

Dear Colleagues,

As you get this Newsletter in your hands, our preparations for the prestigious

ASIATRIB-2014 Conference will be in full swing. I am sure all of you have

marked your calendars to be present in the Jaypee Palace Hotel and

Convention Centre at Agra during 17 – 20 February 2014, to personally take

part in this mega event. I hope most of you have taken the advantage of Early

Bird Discount for advance registration and also submitted technical papers for

the Conference. The Core Committee entrusted with organizing ASIATRIB-

2014 is taking all possible efforts to make this a landmark event. I am happy to

share with you that we have received tremendous response to our invitation for

technical paper submission and are also hoping to achieve a sizeable number in terms of foreign

delegates from many countries. Please do come forward and join hands with the Organizing Committee

in whatever way you would like to contribute your support. Hosting an international event of this scale is a

daunting task, but I sincerely believe that together we can do it.

As in the past years, we had organized the 5th TSI Summer School during 24 – 28 June 2013 at IiPM,

Gurgaon. For the fifth time in a row, this event turned out to a major platform to bring together industry

participants, teaching fraternity and researchers for very fruitful interaction. We also succeeded in getting

financial sponsorship from the Science & Engineering Research Board – Department of Science &

Technology (SERB – DST), which proves that the TSI Summer School has come to be recognized as a

program of national importance. The credit goes to the organizing team at TSI Headquarters, ably guided

by Mr. A K Mehta, ED (TSI).

As you may have observed from the TSI website, new managing committees have been elected at most

of our Local Chapters and several events have been organized across locations. There has also been a

positive response from student fraternity to take up TSI membership. While this is an encouraging trend,

we need to significantly scale up our initiatives at Local Chapter level and I urge all of you to extend your

whole-hearted support for making our Local Chapters more vibrant.

I take this opportunity to convey my greetings to you and your family for a very enjoyable winter vacation.

May the New Year - 2014 usher in prosperity, good health and the best of everything for all of us,

With best wishes,

Dr. Barun Chakrabarti

Secretary - TSI

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th th th5 Summer School in Tribology, 24 -28 June 2013, IiPM, Gurgaon

5th SST was organised at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management (IiPM), Gurgaon during 24-28 June 2013. Like 4 previous SST, we had a mix of academia and Industry participants (32 from academia and 19 from industry). A group photograph taken on the occasion is shown below:

Like the 3rd and 4th SST, the event of 5th SST was financially supported by Deptt. of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India and venue and infrastructure support as well as free board and lodging for academia was provided by IiPM, Gurgaon. Also the good faculty support and a visit to the Tribology Area Labs was provided by Indian Oil Research & Development Centre, Faridabad.

Complete details of the program in the form of brochure and technical program can be viewed at the link http://www.tribologyindia.org/education_course_archives.html at TSI website. Some of the highlights of 5th SST were:Inaugural Function:

A 2 min silence was observed during the inaugural session for the untimely demise of Prof. S K Biswas of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Prof Biswas, the doyen of Indian Tribology, was a globally respected figure who put Indian Tribology on the world map.Technical Program: The technical program of 5th SST included 20 lectures by experts from Industry and academia covering basic and applied aspects of tribology. The details of the Tech program can be viewed at http://www.tribologyindia.org/pdf/akm-5th-sst-final-tech-program-schedule.pdf A visit to Tribology Area Labs of IOC R&D was also organised for all the participants.Examination: A three hour Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) based examination was organised covering the 20 technical sessions during the 4 days of technical lectures. 49 participants took the exam and only 8 of them obtained marks 60% and above and were declared to have passed the Exam (highest marks 66).Valedictory Session: Sh. Rajiv Tayal, Adviser SERB, DST Govt of India was the Chief Guest. Sh. N Sethurathinam, ED (M&I), IOC Ref Division and Sh. Amitabha Choudhury, DGM IiPM were Guest of Honour for the valedictory session.

Concluding session of 5th SST. (from L to R) A K Mehta, ED TSI, Sh. Amitabha Choudhury, DGM IiPM, Sh Rajiv Tayal, Adviser (SERB) DST and Chief Guest, Sh N

Sethurathinam, Guest of Honour ED (M&I), IOC (Ref Divn) and Sh Ajay Kumar, JtSecy TSI

Sh. Ajay Kumar, Jt. Secy TSI welcoming Sh. Anand Kumar , Director Petrotech and former

President TSI and the Chief Guest during the inaugural Session .

Prof. A. Sethuramiah, Former Prof. ITMMEC, IIT Delhi, lighting the inaugural lamp during 5th SST

inaugural function

Sh. Verghese Cherian, ED IiPM and Guest of Honour delivering

welcome address during the inaugural session of 5th SST

A cross section of the participants for 5th SST.

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Wo r k s h o p o n “ Tr i b o l o g y : M a c h i n e , M a t e r i a l s a n d M a i n t e n a n c e ” a t C S I R - A d v a n c e d M a t e r i a l s a n d Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal on 6th July 2013

Tribology Society of India (TSI), Bhopal Chapter in association with CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal organized a Workshop on “Tribology: Machine, Materials and Maintenance”on 6th JULY,2013 in CSIR-AMPRI Auditorium. Inaugurating the workshop, the Chief Guest, Shri R.K.Datey, Chief Executive, S.S. Thermal Power Plant, Khandwa felt that the subject is of direct relevance to the wear related problems experienced in their thermal power plants. Prof. K.K. AppuKuttan, Director, MANIT Bhopal gave the presidential address highlighting the role of tribological studies in machine maintenance. Dr. Anish Upadhyaya, Professor, IIT Kanpur and Dr. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar, Professor, IIT Kharagpur, Guests Of Honour have expressed their views pertaining to the significance of tribology in practice in finding solutions. Dr. Navin Chandra, Director, CSIR-AMPRI Bhopal spoke on CSIR in general and AMPRI in particular. Dr. O.P. Modi, Chairman, TSI Bhopal Chapter welcomed the august gathering and highlighted the work carried out at AMPRI in the area of Tribology of Materials. He also elaborated the theme of the seminar and its importance in the present context. The Organizing Secretary of the Workshop, Dr. D.P. Mondal proposed a vote of thanks. Dr. A.K. Jha, Chief Scientist, AMPRI was the Convener of the Inaugural function. Two Technical sessions namely i) Wear behavior of materials and ii) surface engineering were also organized during this Workshop in which Experts in the field from Industries and IIT’s, CSIR-AMPRI Bhopal delivered their invited lectures. The Workshop was attended by around 170 participants from different organizations like MANIT Bhopal & other Engineering colleges, important industries like BHEL, Andritch Hydro, MPEB along with CSIR-AMPRI.

Seated on the dias during inaugural function from left to right :Dr. D.P. Mondal, Prof. Anish Upadhyaya, Dr. Navin Chandra, Shri R.K.Datey, Prof. K.K. Appu Kuttan Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar, Dr. O.P. Modi

One Day National Workshop On Tribology Organised By Tribology Society Of India And Institution Of Engineers Jodhpur Local Centre

One day National Workshop was organised by Tribology Society Of India, Mumbai-Pune Chapter & Institution Of Engineers Jodhpur Local Centre jointly on 24th November, 2013 Sunday at conference hall of Institution of Engineers at Jodhpur from 09-30 am to 18-00 pm. About 265 students and faculties of various engineering colleges participated in the workshop.

Shri N. L. Soni was the chief guest and was also the main speaker. Dr. B. K. Maheshwari, chairman, Institution of engineers, Jodhpur local centre, introduced the Chief Guest and also spoke about major activities of the Institution and aim of the workshop. Other dignitaries also spoke on the importance of tribology, which deals with wear, friction and lubrication.

The event was covered by local press and published by all local newspapers including Rajasthan Patrika, Nav-Jyoti and Danik Bhaskar in their edition dated 25 November 2013.

On Podium- Shri N. L. Soni, Seated From Left To Right

Dr. Sunil Gupta, Dr. D.k. Singal, Dr. A.k. Gupta, Dr. B. k. Maheshawri

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International Conference on Advances in Tribology and Engineering Systems Organized by

Gujarat Technological University, AhmedabadIn Collaboration with L D College of Engineering,

Ahmedabad (15 – 17 October 2013)

This international conference is popularly known as ICATES. Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon. Vice Chancellor as Patron, Dr. M. N. Patel, Principal, LDCE as Chairman, and Dr. H. C. Patel, Associate Professor, LDCE as Coordinator have contributed in Steering Committee. The well-known and eminent experts from Europe, China and India have contributed in this conference. The pre conference seminars in different zones of Gujarat State were arranged as per the direction of Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Hon. Vice Chancellor (Patron) and Dr. M. N. Patel, Principal, LDCE(Chairman). It was an innovative idea in Gujarat State to popularize Tribology and ICATES. It was implemented at L D College of Engineering, GIDC Engineering College, G H Patel College, and Marwadi group of institutions respectively at Ahmedabad, Navsari, Vallabh Vidhyanagar and Rajkot. (1) Dr. K N Mistry, Tribologists and Principal GIDC Engineering College Navsari, (2) Dr. D. V. Bhatt, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, SVNIT, (3) Dr. H N Shah, Principal, Venus international engineering college, (4) Mr. Janmesh Pandya, DGM, Essar Steel India Pvt Ltd, (5) Mr. Devesh Patel Hyundai, (6) Dr. K Prabhakaran Nair, Professor and Head NIT Calicut, (7) Mr. Shantnu Sharma, Exxon Mobile Pvt Ltd, (8) Mr. Mahendra Shastri, Consultant TQM, (9) Mr. Ashok Mehta, Executive Director, Tribology Society of India contributed as experts in these seminars titled “Fundamentals of Tribology”. The conference had contributions of 11 persons from foreign countries. (1) Dr. Braham Prakash, Sweden, (2) Dr. Patrik Wong, Hongkong, (3) Dr. Wang Wen, Shanghai (4) Dr. Stephane Panier, France (5) Dr. Amaya Igartua, Spain (6) Dr. Guido Paolicelli, Italy, (7) Dr. Manoj Tripathi, Italy (8) Dr. Kuldeep Mistry, USA, (9) Dr. Mohit Sharma, Singapore, (10) LitHerng HENG, Singapore (11) Steve Shaffer, USA. Dr. Bo Persson, from Germany, Dr. Zulfiqar Khan, from UK, Dr. Sudeep Ingole from USA could not attend the conference due to unavoidable reasons. The conference had contributions from (1) Dr. Barun Chakrabarti, Mumbai, (2) Dr. Satish Vasu Kailas, Bangalore, (3) Dr. Rakesh Sehgal, Hamirpur, (4) Dr. Jayashree Bijwe, Delhi, (5) Dr. Sujeetkumar Sinha, Kanpur, (6) Dr. D V Bhatt, Surat, (7) Harish Hirani, Delhi, (8) Dr. N. L. Soni, Mumbai at national level. Around 190 participants visited the conference.

Facilities for Tribological studies at Industrial Tribology Machine Dynamics & Ma in tenance Eng ineer ing Cent re (ITMMEC) Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 (India).

A) Facilities for Evaluation of Anti-friction materials

Tribometer- (UMT- Supplied by CETR- USA) for Tribo-evaluation of materials & lubricants under various wear modes such as Adhesive; Abrasive; Fretting; Reciprocating; Fatigue, Impact & in various motions such as Rotary; Reciprocating and Impact. Following are the operating parameters:• For macro tribology- Load - 10N--1000N with

resolution of 50mN • For micro-tribology -Friction/load sensor- 5 to

500mN; Resolution- 50 µN ; with spring suspension of a force sensor (maximum load 0.5 N).

• RPM - 0.1- 3000 incremental. • Temperature-RT (room temperature) -1000°C

(with resolution of 0.1°C). • Environment - any gas with humidity control.

Under Lubricants/dry, slurry- circulating conditions

Various possible configurations of tribo-couples are: Pin on Disc; Ball on Disc; Ball on Three Balls; Ring on Block; Disc on Disc (flat on flat), 4 ball tester; Piston ring segment against liner etc. Tribo-evaluation of components such as bearings against shafts is also possible.

Linear Abrasive Wear Rig (Magnum Engineers Bangalore) for evaluating materials mainly under abrasive wear mode & for engine tribology. Various forms of wear such as adhesive, abrasive, reciprocating etc. can be studied by selecting appropriate counter-face and operating conditions. Following are the possible ranges of operating parameters:• Maximum Load : 200 N• Maximum. Speed : 5 m / min.• Conditions : Dry & Lubricated.• Temperature : Ambient to 300°C

Any motion with profiles as shown is possible to achieve.

Following output Parameters are monitored on PC as a function of Time:• Coefficient of Friction;• Temperature increase in a specimen;• Wear as a weight loss or Reduction in thickness;

Prof. H. C. Patel, Prof. Satish Kailas, Dr. Barun Chakrabarti, Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Prof. M. N. Patel,

Dr. K. N. Mistry, Dr. G. P. Vadodaria

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Airjet Erosion tester (Magnum Engineers Bangalore) (ASTM G 76)

For studying Erosive wear performance of materials with following variables.• Type of Erodent;• Erodent size & flux density;• Temperature of Specimen: -20 to 300°C;• Velocity of Erodent; • Impact Angle (zero to 90°).

B) Facilities for Studying Friction materialsComplete facilities for developing brake pads for passenger cars & Volvo buses and linings for HCVs along with performance evaluation facilities are as follows:

• Tribo Test Rig - Reduced scale dynamometer/ Semi-component testing (Magnum Engineers Bangalore) • Full scale Industrial Brake Inertia Dynamometer

(Pyramid Precision Engineering Chennai): o Fully computerized automatic testing facility to

test the brake-pads, shoes or linings against the respective discs and drums of LCVs and HCVs.

o Testing by standard schedules such as: for passengers cars (LCVs)- JASO C406, AK-Master, SAE J 1652, ECE R- 90, SAE J 2522, FMVSS 105, FMVSS 135 etc.; for Volvo disc brake - ECE R-90 & for Heavy Commercial Vehicles (HCVs) - TS; 75053 (TATA schedule), IS-11852 part 3 & 7.

C) Lubricant/lubrication Testing Facilities: o Viscometers- - Roto-viscometer (Thermo

Scientific viscometer VT 550 VT 550); Kinematic (TCB 7 Poulten- Selfe & Lee, UK);

o Flash point PM4 Tester (Pensky Martens); o Benzene/pentene insoluble; o RBOT-rotary Bomb Oxidation tester; o Journal bearing Apparatus; o Piston rig lubrication rig; o Hertzian contact Apparatus; o EHD test rig

D) Worn surface topography Characterization studies:

• SEM (Zeiss-EVO-MA10) with EDAX (Brucker) facility

• Micro-Raman Spectroscope (Reinishaw-InVia)

Two-day workshop on “Advances in Teratology”, Department of Production Engineering, NIT Agartala on November 8th and 9th, 2013.The Workshop was sponsored by TEQIP Phase II. It was intended to foster better understanding on Advances in Tribology. The workshop was well attended by practicing engineers, scholars and faculty members.The workshop was part of the efforts of the NIT Agartala, Production Engineering Department to develop industry institute partnership.The chief guest of the inaugural session was Dr. B. Venkataraman, scientist G from DMRL, Hyderabad. The other eminent speakers were Mr. K.N.V. Subramanyiam, COO, Petro labs, Hyderabad; Dr. Prasanta Kumar Sahoo, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Dr. Prasun Chakrborty, Associate Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering Department; Mr. Pankaj kumar Das and Mr. Kishan Choudhuri, Assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering Department and Production Engineering Department respectively, from NIT Agartala . Other dignitaries were Dr. Ardhendu Saha, Dean (Research and Consultancy), and TEQIP coordinator ; Dr.(Prof.) S.C. Saha officiating Director NIT Agartala; and Dr. G. Ravi Kiran Sastry, Head of the Department of Production Engineering. The convener of the workshop was Mr. Swarup Paul, Assistant Professor of Production Engineering Department.

Mr. Swarup Paul welcoming the Chief Guest (extreme left). Dr. B Venkataraman, Scientist G, DMRL, Hyderabad and Dr. G Ravi Kiran Sastry, HOD Prod Engg NIT Agartala

Dr. B. Venkataraman (Left of the picture) with officiating director of NIT Agartala Dr. (Prof.) S.C. Saha on the Dias.

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Brief account of activities of TSI-K Chapter for the period of May to Oct 13Tribology Society of India Karnataka Chapter

Being a great forum for interaction about the tribological update, TSI-K Chapter has created and made accessible the platform to industry and academic institute to share their knowledge and research in the form of a weeklong workshop at Siddaganga institute of technology Tumkur in association with DUCOM Instruments Ltd Bangalore.The Industrial Tribology Workshop was organized from 20th to 24 August 2013 and coordinated by Dr. Umashankar, Dr.Virupaxi Auradi and S H Adarsh. On 20th August 2013 the workshop was inaugurated by Dr. S C Sharma, Former Vice Chancellor of Tumkur University. Dr. Rajendran R, Group Director, Materials Division, GTRE, Bangalore delivered Key Note Address and it was presided by Dr. M N Channabasappa, Director, Siddaganga Institute of Technology.Eminent speakers like Dr. Satish Kailas, IISc. Dr. C S Ramesh, PESIT, Dr. Suresh, NIE, Dr. Suresh Hebbar, NITK, Dr. Venkateswarulu, NAL, Dr. S A Kori, Former Registrar, VTU, and Mr. N M Dubey, Ducom, presented various topics “In the area of Tribology”.As tribology plays an important role in the human joints to skin preparation, Mr. Anantkulkarni has presented a topic on Biotribology with special thanks to DUCOM Instruments, one of the collaborators and source for implementing wide range of simulations in the biotribometer. One day industrial visit on 22nd August was organized and hosted by M/s DUCOM Instruments Ltd, Bangalore. During this visit the participants were exposed to various wear and friction test rigs developed to quantify and analyze different important parameters affecting the tribological performance in the testing.On 24th August 2013 certificates of participation were distributed to the participants in the valedictory function of the workshop in which Dr. S A Kori, Former Registrar of VTU, Belgaum delivered Valedictory Address in the presence of Dr. C S Ramesh, Professor PESIT, Bangalore and Dr. M N Channabasappa, Director presided over the function.

From Left to right sitting functionaries: Dr. G S Shiva Shankar, Dr. Umashankar, Dr. S A Kori, Dr. M N Channabasappa, Dr. C S Ramesh, Prof. Basavarajaiah, Dr. U S Mallik

New TSI Members Enrolled During April - October 2013

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“ Welcome to ASIATRIB-2014”ASIATRIB-2014 is the upcoming mega event in the series of International Tribology Conferences being organized once in every four years, by one of the National Tribology Societies from Asia-Pacific countries. The previous one in this series of conferences, i.e. ASIATRIB-2010, was organized at Perth, Australia in December 2010. This international tribology event, ASIATRIB-2014, fifth in its series, will be organized by Tribology Society of India during 17-20 February, 2014 at Agra, India. Agra is world renowned for the Taj Mahal, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and a World Heritage Monument. The Conference venue is in close vicinity of the Taj Mahal. ASIATRIB-2014 has started unfolding now. Some of the highlights of ASIATRIB-2014 are listed below:• The ASIATRIB-2014 is expected to have participation from 23 countries from Asia-Pacific

Region and the world over.• A total of 199 technical papers are expected to be presented in 39 Tech Sessions- 6 sets of 6

parallel sessions and 3 plenary sessions. with 151 technical papers slated to be presented orally.There are 48 papers slated to be presented in the form of posters.The presenting authors can view their paper-presentation-schedule at the following link:

http:www.asiatrib2014.org/conference-technical-programme.html• A galaxy of experts in different areas of tribology are expected to be present and make technical presentation – Dr.

Pradeep K Rohtagi (USA), Prof. Wilfried Bartz (Germany), Prof. Braham Praksah (Sweden), Dr. (Ms) Thelma Marrougy (USA), Prof. Daniel Nelias (France), Prof. Lev Rapoport (Israel), to name a few.

• A number International and National companies have already booked technical exhibition stall. There are still few stalls available for prospective companies to participate in Tech Exhibition being organised as a part of the A S I AT R I B - 2 0 1 4 e v e n t a n d p r o s p e c t i v e e x h i b i t o r s c a n v i e w t h e d e t a i l s a t t h e l i n k http://www.asiatrib2014.org/technical-exhibition.html

• ASIATRIB-2014 provides an excellent opportunity of Business Meet for Manufacturers/ suppliers of equipment , lubricants, additives and service providers related to Tribology to showcase their products, services and innovations through oral presentation to undivided audience in special sessions called Business Meets. Please see more details on business meet at the http://www.asiatrib2014.org/business-meet.html

As the Organising Secretary of ASIATRIB-2014, I would like to invite industrial and academic community from India and abroad to participate in this technically enriching Tribology event, which is intended to keep you abreast of the latest developments in the field of Tribology.

Dr. S S V RamakumarOrganising Secretary

TSI welcomes its new Corporate Member

M/s Intech Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd.,www.intechenergy.com

Editred By Editred By Dr. H Prashad, Vice President (TSI) and Dr. H Prashad, Vice President (TSI) and Dr. Barun Chakravarti Secretary (TSI) Dr. Barun Chakravarti Secretary (TSI)

on Behalf of Tribology Society of India on Behalf of Tribology Society of India

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