Scientific publications

E. Gorritxategi, A. García-Arribas, A. Aranzabe

Innovative On-Line Oil Sensor Technologies for the Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines

A description of a system, developed for the condition monitoring of wind turbines, which combines innovative, real time, and on-line oil sensor technologies is described. 

Magazine/Book ICMAST 2014
Date 2014
E. Gorritxategi, P. Etxaniz, J., J. Terradillos

Innovative sensor for the detection of early stage of degradation of gas engines

Gas engines operate at extreme conditions and its lubricant is also affected by these extreme conditions; high temperatures and pressures or exigent operation cycles. 

Magazine/Book Lubmat 2014
Date 2014
E. Gomez-Acedo, A. Olarra, J. Orive, L.N Lopez de la Calle

Magazine/Book International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
Date 2013-12
Pages Volume 75, Pages 100–108
Eva Rodríguez Vidal, Iban Quintana, Carmen Sanz

“Laser welding of polymers and hybrid laser joining of polymer-metal”

This article presents the study of laser transmission welding of polymeric joints that are composed of two ABS (Acrylonitrile/Butadiene/Styrene) sheets, one transparent and the other absorbent to the laser radiation. 

Magazine/Book The 13th Euro-Japanese Symposium on Composite Materials (November 2013)
Date 2013-11
Y. Bao, D. T. Gawne, J. Gao, T. Zhang, B. Diaz Cuenca, and A. Alberdi

"Thermal-spray deposition of enamel on aluminium alloys"

Traditional enamelling requires high temperatures, which soften high-performance aluminium substrates and limit their application in engineering. 

Magazine/Book Surface & Coatings Technology
Date 2013-10
Pages vol. 232, pp. 150-158, Oct. 2013.
M. Conte, B. Pinedo, and A. Igartua

Role of crystallinity on wear behavior of PTFE composites

Tribological behavior of PTFE composites is well known to be affected by factors depending mainly by matrix and filler properties. 

Magazine/Book Wear
Date 2013-09-30
Pages Vol. 307, pp. 81-86, Sep 30 2013.