Digitalization: Tribology’s Pain and Hope

Join Xavier Borras and Gregor Patzer as they discuss challenges in tribological testing, automation with robotics, and databases for result analysis—enabling future applications such as artificial intelligence.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Xavier Borras is General Manager at i-TRIBOMAT: The European Tribology Centre, bringing expertise as an industrial engineer with a PhD focused on Rotary Lip Seals using Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants for the marine industry. He has contributed to projects in Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, and Austria. Passionate about sharing knowledge, Xavier co-founded TriboNet.org in 2017, the world’s largest tribology blog. 

Gregor Patzer graduated engineer of technical physics, previously technical manager at Optimol Instruments, now head of sales and technology at Optimol Instruments.