# Tribology Test Rig - AWARD

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Bournemouth University](/buyers/bournemouth-university/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: CN Technical Services Ltd
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 24 May 2022
- Published: 16 June 2022
- Contract start: 31 July 2022
- Contract end: 30 July 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 555b575e-86eb-4013-9d84-3aea4dbfcd6b-546961
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1a4c4edb-78c9-4664-a375-45f5ecb833a8

## Description

A four-ball rolling contact tribo testing machine to assess friction and wear in lubricated contacts with facilities of force, torque and real time co-efficient of friction etc\. measurements, designed to study wear and rolling contact fatigue \(RCF\) under wide ranging test conditions\. Machine should be modular with widest force and speed ranges, environmental controls, multiple configurations such as 4-ball, pin-on-disk and block-on-ring\. Tribo-testing is mainly used for research, research can also inform education provisions\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/555b575e-86eb-4013-9d84-3aea4dbfcd6b-546961)