Registration is open for the annual Michigan Metrology Surface Roughness, Texture, and Tribology short course, in Livonia, Michigan, May 7–8.
The two-day class offers a unique opportunity to learn the fundamentals of surface roughness and tribology and how they relate to friction, wear, noise, sealing, and appearance in manufacturing and product development.
“We’ve developed this class to help people use surface roughness analysis in their workplaces,” said Don Cohen, PhD, who presents the course. “We introduce a wide range of topics in a short time, including a new NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) segment. The two-day format lets us dive deep into surface roughness basics and to also address our attendees’ specific applications.”
The two-day course topics include:
- Measuring surface
- Filtering texture data into roughness and
- Analysis techniques and
- Surface texture
- Specifying surface
- Applying texture analysis to wear, vibration, and other
- Coating adhesion and
- Noise, vibration, and harshness (friction-induced vibration).
- Dry friction and rolling
- Fundamentals of
- Surface metrology
“We’ve been refining and expanding this class for 20 years,” said Cohen. “It’s the most thorough and affordable opportunity we know to learn the fundamentals of surface texture and tribology, and to apply them for use in the workplace.”
Cohen established Michigan Metrology In 1994 to help engineers and scientists solve problems related to, “squeaks, leaks, friction, wear, appearance, adhesion and other issues,” using 3D surface texture measurement and analysis. Prior to forming Michigan Metrology, Cohen was VP of Engineering at WYKO Corporation (now part of Bruker Corporation), developing surface metrology instrumentation. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics and a Ph.D. in optical sciences.
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