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

• Unité de recherche: INNOSUISSE
• Numéro de projet: 127.842 INT-ENG
• Titre du projet anglais: LAPcoat: High-Performance Polymer Laser-Coating of Sliding Bearings for Enhanced Durability and Efficiency

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Engineering, Advanced manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Material sciences

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

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).