Wear and friction are complex phenomena which depend on several parameters such as temperature, roughness, speed, loads, geometry, etc. Our approach is to choose the right scale and to determine the parameters which have some influence.
Laboratory scale is not always representative and real scale is sometimes over-representative because it incorporates too many parameters which disrupt analysis and understanding.

We provide answers to the most diverse requirements, through work at various stages:

• Resolution of fault or failure problems: seizure, wear, noise, etc.
• Improvement of "the existing situation": increasing of performances, of longevity, of output, of operating safety and reliability, of productivity, optimisation of materials, of functions or of processes, etc.
• Definition of properties and of the package of performances (materials, components, etc.).
• Help with design or development, for example help with the carrying out of a project, with the development of "products" (in the widest sense of the term),
• Economic optimisation: actions on materials, manufacturing ranges, simplification of design, of greasing, spacing out of maintenance operations, etc.

Whatever their level, these services apply to the resolution of concrete problems. Their common aim is the making available of industrially utilisable results and recommendations.

Most of our customers in the tribology field are from the automotive, aerospace and energy industries but IREIS also works on consumer goods or in the health field.

Here are 4 examples chosen from 50 years' experience and over 2,000 studies: