Final Presentation Days and Gears Workshop 2026
ESTL is pleased to announce that our team will be presenting at this year’s ESA Gears Workshop and Mechanisms Final Presentations Days 2026.
ESTL is pleased to announce that our team will be presenting at this year’s ESA Gears Workshop and Mechanisms Final Presentations Days 2026.
Technical documents generated by our experts in ESTL (the European Space Tribology Laboratory) are accessible to companies within the ESA Member States, and Cooperating states (including Canada) through ESTL’s Website Members’ Area.
This September, members of ESTL and ESR Space attended the European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS) 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Our teams presented four papers during the conference, now available in full here:
We’re excited to announce that ESTL and ESR Space will both be presenting at the upcoming European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS) 2025.
This September, the European Space Tribology Laboratory (ESTL) will once again participate in the European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS).
ESTL is pleased to announce that our team will be presenting at this year’s ESA Gears Workshop and Mechanisms Final Presentations Days 2026.
Technical documents generated by our experts in ESTL (the European Space Tribology Laboratory) are accessible to companies within the ESA Member States, and Cooperating states (including Canada) through ESTL’s Website Members’ Area.
This September, members of ESTL and ESR Space attended the European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS) 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
This September, the European Space Tribology Laboratory (ESTL) will once again participate in the European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS).
ESR Technology is proud that, on behalf of ESA, it operates the European Space Tribology Laboratory (ESTL) that has provided continuous friction and lubrication support to ESA and to the wider European space community for all of ESA’s 50 years… and more.
ESR Technology is proud to share that at our ESTL (European Space Tribology Laboratory) experts have contributed, along with ESA, Materials GmbH and Kompetenzzentrum Tribologie Mannheim, to the recently published article in Scientific Reports: “Development of novel lubricant formulation for cleanroom and vacuum application”
This September, the European Space Tribology Laboratory (ESTL) will once again participate in the European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS).
ESR Technology is proud to share that at our ESTL (European Space Tribology Laboratory) experts have contributed, along with ESA, Materials GmbH and Kompetenzzentrum Tribologie Mannheim, to the recently published article in Scientific Reports: “Development of novel lubricant formulation for cleanroom and vacuum application”
Until now, no guidance has been available for those seeking to employ a new oil or grease product in a space mechanism intended for flight qualification. However, a guideline document (ESA-ESTL-TM-0375 01- “Guidelines for Qualification of New Fluid Lubricants”) recently released by ESTL and available in ESTL’s Members’ Area aims to provide clarity concerning the lubricant verification and validation prerequisites ultimately to be required by the European Space Agency (ESA) in this situation.
Presented at 20th European Space Mechanisms And Tribology Symposium (ESMATS), Warsaw, September 2023 The results of the first vacuum mini traction machine tests of fluid
Presented at 20th European Space Mechanisms And Tribology Symposium (ESMATS), Warsaw, September 2023 Engineers considering use of a fluid lubricant typically select from a few
Presented at 20th European Space Mechanisms And Tribology Symposium (ESMATS), Warsaw, September 2023 Tribological lifetime is frequently the main factor limiting the useful life of
