4. Zero wear and tear as an opportunity to strengthen sustainable development
Reducing wear to the point of eliminating it (zero wear) increases the lifespan of mechanisms, and therefore seems at first glance to be an opportunity for sustainable development. Zero wear" or "no wear" can in some cases be seen as a concept hostile to technology, transformation and progress.
4.1 Limits of the zero-wear approach
At a conference on wear and tear in 1938 organized by the Association of German Engineers (VDI), the following statement was made :
"Wear research should never be aimed at maintaining...
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- (1) - NATIONS UNIES - . – Résolution de ĺassemblée générale, 70/1 Transformer notre monde : le Programme de développement durable à l'horizon 2030, https://undocs.org/fr/A/RES/70/1 (adoptée le 25 septembre 2015). ...
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