At the heart of Ingram Tribology is a small, professional, and highly adaptable team of experts, who are deeply passionate about the world of tribology.
As a small yet dynamic team, we have the agility to adapt quickly to changing industry landscapes and emerging technologies – so that our clients benefit from the most cutting-edge solutions and research available.
Marc Ingram
Founder/Engineer
Marc has over 10 years experience working in Tribology.
His masters degree in Chemistry and PhD in Engineering (Tribology) helps him easily bridge the gap that so often exists between lubricant formulator and field/test engineer. He has worked with all major oil and additive companies after a successful career at Imperial College, PCS Instruments and Afton Chemical.
Marc has extensive knowledge of all tribology test methods including both standardised and non-standardised lubricant tests. He has designed, modified and improved countless methods, to ultimately aid in the development of new lubricant products.
Lauren McLean
Engineer
Lauren is a highly skilled mechanical engineer with a master’s degree in Materials Engineering from Swansea University. She is working towards a PhD in Materials, relating to oxide layers of steel parts.
At Ingram Tribology Lauren specialises in rolling contact fatigue testing and surface and subsurface analysis of failed parts.
Alongside her technical expertise, Lauren has a love for keeping fit and powerlifting, reflect her energetic nature.
Her adventurous spirit and dedication to excellence make her an invaluable asset to our organization.
Lucy Lopez
Office Manager
Lucy handles Ingram Tribology’s accounts and co-ordinates shipping, ensuring all processes run smoothly. She also manages our training course administration.
When Lucy’s not immersed in office operations, she might be found enjoying the countryside and coastline of West Wales, indulging in culinary delights, or losing herself in the mesmerizing beats of techno music.
Osian Thomas
Jnr Engineer
Osian is an enthusiastic mechanical engineer with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and a master’s degree in Materials Engineering from Swansea University.
Osian works on all projects at Ingram Tribology, especially around the development of new and exciting test methods.
Osian is a keen hiker and builds his own flight simulators.
His highly technical ability and being able to solve complex problems is a great asset at Ingram Tribology.
“Ingram has been very flexible and helpful to adapt the analysis proceedure according to our research question”
Fabrizio Steinebrunner, Igralub AG für Schmiertechnik
Tribological Thinking
Find out about our latest thinking, research, news and more.
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Preparing for the summer conferences 2023
We have been busy preparing for the conferences this summer. By drafting some of our micropitting work for publication. This will be presented at STLE, Lubmat and TriboUK. We have been busy working on a rapid micropitting test that correlates to the FZG micropitting test. Our new test takes less than 40 hours and correlates…
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Maintaining safe and quiet railways
We are currently working on an exciting project with the Railway Standards Safety Board (RSSB) and the European Lubricating Grease Institute (ELGI), to develop a new performance test for Top of rail (TOR) materials. These TOR materials are used to ensure traction and reduce noise at the wheel/rail interface. This allows trains to start without…
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It’s Xmas Penguin Time
This year the animals at the South Pole have been having fun demonstrating the different shapes of contacting bodies.
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Stribeck Curves
A Stribeck Curve (sometimes also called a Stribeck Friction Curve) is a common name used to described friction vs entrainment speed results, measured on a tribometer. These are very useful as they give a good overview of the frictional performance of a lubricant. The Stribeck Curve is named after the German engineer Richard Stribeck, who…
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Covid Response 2020
At the beginning of the first COVID lockdown in the UK – March 2020, we like many other people didn’t know what effect the lockdown would have on our business. But we did know and feel like we needed to help our local community. This included the manufacture of protective face visors, using our 3D…
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Traction Curves
Traction curves can be used to develop lubricants for specific applications, for example high traction fluids for CVTs. They can also be used to help understand the physical changes of the lubricant under high contact pressures. This can then be used to help develop new lubricants with special properties, for example with low traction to…