LAPcoat: High-Performance Polymer Laser-Coating of Sliding Bearings for Enhanced Durability and Efficiency

• Forschungsstelle: INNOSUISSE
• Projektnummer: 127.842 INT-ENG
• Projekttitel Englisch: LAPcoat: High-Performance Polymer Laser-Coating of Sliding Bearings for Enhanced Durability and Efficiency

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Engineering, Advanced manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Material sciences

Abstract (Englisch)

Aerospace bearings performance is improved through novel high-performance polymer coating applied by additive manufacturing. Performance is doubled and lifetime is increased by factor 10 through advanced laser texturing (directed laser interference pattering, DLIP).