ESR Technology

For over four decades, ESR has run the European Space Tribology Laboratory (ESTL) – Europe’s centre of excellence in the science and engineering of friction, lubrication and wear (tribology) for spacecraft applications.

ESR supports designers and manufacturers of mechanical systems that operate in space or vacuum environments through one or more of the following activities: Consultancy, design support and training; friction and wear studies; mission-orientated tribology related research and development programmes; solid and liquid lubrication of precision components; independent thermal-vacuum testing for development, life and qualification.

For space and other high-end engineering industries, our ESR Space business also offers consultancy, integration and testing services to support mechanism development and assembly, including: Mechanical design, analysis and development services; support to integration and verification activities; independent mechanism design appraisal in support of major review preparations; access to facilities and AIT resource.