NANOCOMP: New nanocomposite-based wear-resistant and self-lubricating PVD coatings for future application in tool and comonents

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0036-2a

Key words (English)

Industrial Manufacture; Materials Technology

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: G5RD-CT-2001-00578

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.8 Generic R&D activities

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

Significant improvement and rationalization of current production processes and, at the same time, elimination or substantial reduction of the amount of 'flood' lubricants will be provided by new multifunctional, self-lubricating coatings. In mechanical metal treatment or in tribological interactions of moving mechanical components in high-stress applications, lubricants together with toxic additives also endanger the workforce e.g. by vapour inhalation, and are problematic in waste management. The approach to overcoming these problems is by designing and developing new, nanocomposite coatings consisting of a metastable hard matrix incorporating homogeneously-distributed nanoclusters of a solid lubricant (C or MoS2) and deposited by PVD methods. A newly developed composite target representing a final optimised mixture of hard and soft materials will lead to a cost-competitive industrial application of this PVD-coating process.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0036-2a