Advanced coatings projects
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NITRACOTE
This project is concerned with development of a duplex coating system for steels, bringing together two separate surface treatments in an entirely novel and synergistic way
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P+CVD
Nowadays, coatings with good wear and corrosion resistance consist in high thickness Ni or hard Cr coatings from electrochemical processes
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PVD interface studies
The aim of this project is to show how functionality (in particular adhesion and corrosion resistance) of a coated system depends on the interface between coating and substrate
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Barrier materials based on PVOH
The increasing demand for sustainable paper-based packaging is driving research towards developing renewable coating materials with high barrier properties against gas, water vapour and odours
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Multicoat
The DTI-Link Surface Engineering project 'Multicoat' was initiated in June 1995 to research and develop industrial scale structured PVD hard coatings
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Oxidation Studies of PVD Coatings
This project seeks to gain fundamental understanding of the oxidation process of TiN, TiAlN and TiAlCrYN based hard coatings at elevated temperatures, in the range of 700-950 degrees celsius
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Low Pressure Plasma Nitriding
The project involved the development of a nitriding process to work at low pressures, achieving high plasma densities and degree of activation of nitrogen
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ALTICUT
This project is concerned with development of coating systems, steels and tool geometries with particular suitability for the machining of titanium and aluminium based alloys