TY - GEN A1 - Spaltmann, Dirk T1 - Trusted Qualification - On the need for procedures to harmonize tribological testing N2 - In order to shorten time to market of products and to support new developments, the European Community is funding a HORIZON 2020 project called i-TRIBOMAT. In the field of tribology, renowned institutions combine their testing and analytical capabilities to provide the respective services. The later will be offered in Europe via a Single-Entry Point (SEP). Due to this combination of services, a testbed is created consisting of more than 100 tribometers. Thus, a large variety of testers exists, either commercially available or in-house built. Each tester is optimised to simulate a specific tribological contact situation. Currently, there is no standard available for the design of such testers. Especially, the way forces (normal load, friction force) and distances (e.g. stroke, linear wear) are measured, recorded and pre-processed differs from type to type. These forces and distances are essential for the determination of wear/ wear rates and coefficients of friction (COF), the core results of tribo-tests. This matter is complicated by the fact that e.g. for reciprocating motion, there are at least four different ways to determine COF. Depending on the testing conditions, these ways can lead to considerably different results. Currently, it is not obligatory to specify the method used for determining the COF. In order to make data comparable, there is a need for measures which ensure that each tribometer is delivering similar, at best the same results under the same test conditions, irrespective of its manufacturer, design, location, determination method and even operator. The way forward are improved Round-Robin tests. First results and other challenges faced by creating comparable tribological data will be considered in the present contribution. T2 - LUBMAT 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 15.12.2020 KW - I-TRIBOMAT KW - Tribo-tests KW - Tribological data PY - 2020 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/51981 AN - OPUS4-51981 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany