Perfecting Motion®
Perfecting Motion® is the official STLE podcast series, hosted by STLE, that features conversations with leading industry professionals sharing their insights about current issues and trends impacting the global tribology and lubricants community.
Perfecting Motion®
Latest Episodes
Careers in Motion: Exploring the World of Tribology Jobs
Tribology touches nearly every moving part of modern life, and the career paths within it are just as varied as the machines it protects. This episode traces that landscape from the ground up, starting in academia with mechanical engineering fa...
From Lubrication to Uptime: Lifetime Solutions as a Key Lever in the Use Phase
Rolling bearings rarely fail—only about 0.35% do—but when they do, lubrication is almost always the culprit. In this episode of Perfecting Motion, Bernhard Dreisser and Daniel Merk of Schaeffler explain why grease deserves to be treated as a fi...
July 2026 - The Balancing Act: Lubricant Formulation, Tribometer Design, and the Gap Between Lab and Reality
In this episode of Perfecting Motion®, we sit down with a lubricant formulation and tribology expert whose work spans the full value chain — from base oil and additive chemistry to tribometer design, customer training, and future mobility...
June 2026 - From Steel Mills to Offshore Wind: Bearing Reliability, Failure Analysis, and the Tribology of Industrial-Scale Energy
In this episode of Perfecting Motion®, Debottam Bose — a bearing and lubrication application engineer at Vestas with experience spanning steel plants, heavy industrial machinery, and offshore wind turbine drivetrains — shares what decades of fa...
Professional Growth and Power of Human Connection: The Heart of Volunteering
Abstract:Guest: Kuldeep Mistry is Senior Research Scientist at Chevron Oronite and STLE Board Member. He is a tribologist and strategist dedicated to "perfecting motion" across machines and organizations alike. With near...