Plain Bearing

The De Caelis ensemble pays tribute to two great female figures of the abbey of Fontevraud: Aliénor de Bretagne and Aliénor d'Aquitaine. In this album recorded at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, the ensemble De Caelis mixes ancient music and contemporary creation between sacred and profane by paying tribute to Aliénor de Bretagne and Aliénor d'Aquitaine. The polyphonic and monodic pieces of the Graduel of Eleanor of Brittany precede the Song of Guillaume d'Aquitaine, the piece of the composer Philippe Hersant written in 2015 and inspired by a poem by Guillaume IX, grandfather of Eleanor of Aquitaine and First of the troubadours. Two songs of troubadours are also present in this album. Abbess of Fontevraud, Eleanor of Brittany bequeathed to his death in 1342 the gradual bearing his coat of arms, which remains an exceptional source for the study of the practice of Gregorian chant in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Every four years, Schaeffler provides an insight into its latest developments and technologies from the engine, transmission and chassis as well as hybridization and electric mobility sectors. In 2014 the Schaeffler Symposium with the motto “Solving the Powertrain Puzzle” took place from 3th to 4th of April in Baden-Baden. Mobility for tomorrow is the central theme of this proceeding. The authors are discussing the different requirements, which are placed on mobility in different regions of the world. In addition to the company's work in research and development, a comprehensive in-house mobility study also provides a reliable basis for the discussion. The authors are convinced that there will be a paradigm shift in the automotive industry.

This volume brings an interdisciplinary perspective to accomplish a more detailed understanding of tribological assessments, friction, lubrication, and wear in advanced manufacturing.

Sliding Contact Bearings

KISSsoft, a part of multi-national Gleason Corporation, is pleased to announce the availability of KISSsoft 2024 SP2 is a modular calculation system for the design, optimization and analysis of machine elements.

Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.

Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr’s Terrahawks turns 40 this autumn. On Saturday 8 October 1983, Terrahawks was broadcast for the very first time on ITV. The cult show was Anderson’s first in over a decade to use puppets for its characters, and also his last. Set in the year 2020, the series followed the adventures of the Terrahawks, a taskforce responsible for protecting Earth from invasion by a group of extraterrestrial androids and aliens led by Zelda. Like Anderson’s previous puppet series, futuristic vehicles and technology featured prominently in each episode.