WAM7 was designed and built by Wedeven Associates engineers for the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan.  This machine uses the mechanical and software development of all the previous WAM machines and is the first to use the common circuit boards for electronic control of all functions. The WAM7 machine was delivered to Kyushu Institute of Technology in January 2005 and provides new tribology research capability for bearing design, materials and lubrication.

This new WAM7 machine is able to incorporate all the functions of previous WAM machines.  WAM7 utilizes advanced positioning technology for high precision testing under incipient sliding conditions. WAM7 can be configured for optical interferometry to measure EHD film thickness down to nanometer scale dimensions.  WAM7 is controlled through an integrated electronic interface using the WinWAM software package..