On 25 March 2026 at ESTEC, ESTL will contribute three sessions to ESA’s Gears Workshop, sharing practical lessons from recent programmes, the scope of our current support for gear system development, and how we plan to expand that support with industry input.
ESTL is pleased to announce that our team will be presenting at this year’s ESA Gears Workshop and Mechanisms Final Presentations Days 2026.
Held every year on 4th March, World Engineering Day celebrates engineering and the vital role it plays globally.
Join us for the 36th HOIS Digitalisation Forum on Tuesday, 10th March at 13:00-15:30 (GMT).
ESR Technology’s Safety and Risk Management Team will be exhibiting at the 2026 OEUK HSE Conference on 25 February at P&J Live in Aberdeen.
This week, our Marketing Executive, Megan Evans, hosted ESR Technology’s Women in STEM Webinar.
Previous incidents in the process industry are reminders of the need to understand the potential of Major Accident Hazards and the underlying risk control measures. As we have seen the consequences of major accidents, if they do occur, can be catastrophic both for the site and sometimes the surrounding population.
Over the past twelve years, ESR Technology has provided expert witnessing, condition assessment, and monitoring services to a major international ship operator. Following a premature failure of a critical bearing, ESR’s NCT team were brought in to find and solve the problem.
Identification of fracture mechanisms is a major stage in performing Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA). At ESR Technology’s National Centre of Tribology, our team of expert engineers carry out metallurgical failure analysis on a wide range of materials across a variety of industries.
The challenge: Our client had identified a recurring issue with con rod bolt failures in an industrial engine, resulting in several catastrophic failures. We were tasked with identifying the root cause, and recommending process changes to alleviate the issue.
The challenge: A client approached ESR with issues of cracking of a mounting bracket, supporting a component subject to complex loads.
ESTL has recently concluded an activity into exploring Surface Functionalisation Technologies for their application to Space Mechanisms.
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.
ESR Technology had the exciting opportunity to attend this year’s TEDxWarrington event at Warrington Youth Zone, proudly participating as one of its official sponsors.
ESR Technology is proud to announce its sponsorship of the upcoming TEDx Warrington event, taking place on Tuesday, 2nd December 5-9 pm.
ESR Technology was proud to once again support the IChemE Hazards 35 Conference as a Silver Sponsor, joining over 400 process safety professionals for three days of insightful discussions, technical presentations, and networking opportunities.
With less than two weeks to go, ESR Technology is preparing for the HAZARDS 35 Conference, set to take place on 4–6 November 2025, in Birmingham.
This September, members of ESTL and ESR Space attended the European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS) 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
ESR Technology’s Safety and Risk Management Team are happy to share the release of our new tutorial video of our software that features cutting-edge gas dispersion modelling, called DRIFT.
This week, ESR Technology’s National Centre of Tribology (NCT) team had the pleasure of attending the Marine Energy Wales 2024 conference in Swansea. Meeting with some of the minds behind Wales’ and indeed the UK’s world leading innovations in marine renewable energy, the passion and belief of the designers and developers in the future of the Morlais project and Welsh renewable marine energy was palpable.
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.
HOIS hosted a highly successful Symposium on 18 January 2024 in Houston Texas to highlight the launch of two new industry guidance documents developed by the HOIS joint industry project on remote internal inspection and guidance for ultrasonic non-intrusive inspection and elevated temperatures (up to 250°C/480°F).
A failure is something as complex as a gas turbine can be daunting to approach. Working in industries as diverse as medical, agri-tech, and off-shore renewables, the equipment we are examining may be something we have never encountered before, but with a systematic approach and our talented team of engineers and scientists, we are almost always able to deliver insight into the root cause.
ESR Technology and AECOM jointly presented their paper at Hazards 33 on the ‘Future of Hydrogen in Industry: Technical and Safety Challenges’.