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fessor at the Technical University of Vienna
(Austria), the University of Applied Sciences
at Esslingen, an Ing.Paed. at the Internation-
al Society for Engineering Education, and
a Eur.-Ing. at the European Federation of
National Engineering Associations.
In addition, Wilfried is the editor of
“Tribologie und Schmierungstechnik,” a
member of the international boards of sever-
al magazines, has more than 450 scientific
and technical publications in national and
international magazines, and numerous
books as author and editor. Wilfried has won
numerous awards, such as the Tribology
Gold Medal (2001) and the International
Tribology Award of STLE (2001).
The Context and
Nature of Environmentally
Acceptable Lubricants
Tuesday 10 March 11:00 | 12:30
MATHIASWOYDT
BAMFederal Institute for Materials
Research andTesting
The motivations of regulatory authorities
and politicians to prescribe environmen-
tally acceptable lubricants (EAL) have not
changed. It was and is the water quality.
There is a clear link between water quality
and the unaccounted oil volumes entering
the environment. Depending on the level
of control by authorities, in every country
between 20% and 45% of the sold lubricants
enters into an unaccounted pathway to the
environment.
You dump it; you drink it!
EALs began at the Lake of Constance.
The Lake of Constance is a huge fresh water
reservoir for three countries--Germany,
Switzerland and Austria--near the Alps and
millions of people. The authorities began
during the end of the 1980s to prescribe
biodegradable, two-stroke, outboard motor
oils.
In 1994, the German Engineering
Federation (VDMA) released a guideline
for hydraulic oils (VDMA 24568), which
received with the ISO 15380 designation
(first draft in 1998) its homologue. This was
extended by the environmental labels of the
German Blue Angels, the Nordic Swan and
later by the Euro-Marguerite. All these labels
are mainly non-mandatory.
In contrast, as per 1 January 1995, the
city and state of Hamburg ordered the sole
use of EALs on construction sites. The
United States came late to EALs. ASTM
guidelines mainly followed the European
examples. The second issuance of the
Vessel General Permit (2.VGP), effective 19
December 2013, represents a breakthrough
because the use of EALs is mandatory for
“oil-to-sea interfaces,” which practically
affects all global maritime logistics. As a
consequence of 2.VGP, major oil companies
have begun to offer their own EALs.
The criteria and the test methods in
the 2.VGP bear on those agreed upon in
the United Nations “Global Harmonised
System.”
Mathias Woydt is head of
division 6.3 “Tribology &
Wear protection”, with more
than 28 years of experience
in R&D of ceramics, ceramic
composites, thin film coatings and thermally
sprayed coatings, abrasive wear, lubricant
formulations and tribo-testing including
their dissemination into industrial applica-
tions. Mathias also has more than 220
publications and 49 priority patents filed. He
is chairman of the SRV test methods DIN
51834, parts 1-4 and eight ASTM test
methods, ISO 19291. He has participated in
11 European R&D projects, six projects for
the German Ministry of Research and
Education, three projects for the German
Federal Ministry of Economics and 15
projects for the German Science Founda-
tion. He is a board member of the German
Society for Tribology.
The Tribology of the
InternalCombustionEngine
Tuesday 10 March 11:00 | 12:30
EDWARD BECKER
Friction andWear Solutions
The internal combustion engine remains
the prime mover of choice for automobiles.
By 2020, an estimated 2 billion units will be on
the road worldwide. This talk will describe the
basic principles and lubricant requirements
