The Austrian company Tribotecc GmbH, a member of the Treibacher Group, is the world's leading manufacturer of metal sulfides. As functional additives, they are used in brake and clutch linings as well as in lubricants and abrasives. More than a dozen natural and special synthetic metal sulfides are available. At the specialty chemicals company based in Arnoldstein near Villach, everything therefore revolves around friction. The science of friction (tribology) explores the relationships between friction, wear, and lubrication. These relationships are of immense importance for our everyday lives as well as for the economy: they determine the wear of machines as well as energy consumption and thus CO2 emissions. Around the world, Tribotecc's innovative products help, for example, that engines consume less, gearboxes last longer or bearings are practically maintenance-free due to synthetic solid lubricants.

Sensing plate weighing systems are often used for weighing free-flowing and very dusty bulk materials. Such solids flowmeters ensure reliable determination of material throughput rates even in harsh environments. Tribotecc GmbH a specialty chemicals manufacturer uses continuous flow measurement for process optimization of its additive production as well as for overload protection of separating sieves - over a wide measuring range. Additives are auxiliary substances or supplements and contribute significantly to improving the properties of the main product. Either during production, storage, and processing or in subsequent application. For most additives, the rule is: minimum use - maximum effect. They are always optimized for special applications, often custom-made. This results in rather low production volumes and a very high effort in research and development.