Modelling & Simulation

i-TRIBOMAT offers advanced Modelling & Simulation services to predict, optimise, and understand the behaviour of tribological systems before physical testing. By integrating state-of-the-art numerical tools with extensive tribology expertise and validated experimental data, we help customers shorten development cycles, identify critical parameters, and reduce the need for trial-and-error testing. Our capabilities include contact mechanics, friction and wear modelling, lubrication and EHL simulations, thermal analysis, surface–lubricant interaction modelling, and life or failure prediction. We perform multi-physics evaluations—mechanical, thermal, fluid, and chemical—to assess how materials, coatings, surface textures, and lubricants behave under different loads, speeds, temperatures, and environments. Using FEM, CFD lubrication models, and hybrid physics–AI approaches, we support the design and optimisation of bearings, seals, gears, sliding systems, coatings, and other friction-critical components. Importantly, i-TRIBOMAT also operates numerous component-level test setups, allowing us to validate simulation outputs directly under representative operating conditions and to refine models using real physical behaviour. As part of our commitment to open science, i-TRIBOMAT maintains the TRIBOLOGY UNIVERSE™, an open online repository with free tribology apps accessible to anyone with an internet connection. These tools support basic calculations, parameter estimation, and early-stage design decisions. By combining simulation, analytics, component testing, open tools, and expert consultancy, i-TRIBOMAT delivers industry-ready insights that accelerate innovation and reduce risk across the full product development cycle.