Projects
INPLAS initiated and is actively involved. Regional, national and international.
Publicly funded
INPLAS joint projects
Contract research in consortium, focused and lean
In the collaborative projects, a member institute develops an interesting research topic for participating partners.
The topic is application-relevant and is financed exclusively by the contributions of the participants.
Characteristic: Targeted, fast projects
Project duration: 6 – 12 months
Project contribution per partner: 10 – 20 T€,
Target number of partners: 5 – 7
Advantages
- Uncomplicated introduction to topics/ technologies/ applications
- Sharing existing know-how
- Minimum effort
- Fast implementation
- Design scope
- Ideal preliminary projects for industrial implementation and/or project funding
Procedure
- Project start with kick-off meeting
- Binding experimental design
- Carrying out tests
- Documentation of the results
- Project completion
Secrecy
A cooperation agreement regulates the use of the results. Project results are basically intended only for the partners involved. Company-specific results are treated confidentially.
Joint project idea: "Non-stick surfaces"
Non-stick coatings on 2D and 3D substrates
Motivation:
- Replacement of classic fluorine-containing coatings as well as release agents and Teflon spray solutions
- Total solutions are necessary – combination of surface structure and coatings
- Generation of functions such as Easy-to-clean, also for the realization of short cleaning cycles
Objectives:
- Investigation of different surface structures, treatments and coatings for non-stick properties
- Evaluation of process chains e.g. embossing, printing, structuring in combination with functionalization and coating processes at atmospheric and low pressure
Tasks:
Development of possible process chains for demonstrator production, determination of material parameters, pretreatments and subsequent processes, suitable coating processes, characterization of surfaces
Project duration: approx. 9 – 12 months
Contribution per partner: 10,000 € plus. VAT
Scientific partner: Fraunhofer IST
Contact
Dr. Jochen Borris | INPLAS e.V.
Joint project: "Plasma diagnostics for plasma processes 4.0".
PDP 4.0 - Plasma Diagnostics for Plasma Processes 4.0
Motivation:
- Intensity measurements and / or
- Compositions and/or
- Acquisition of generator characteristics and resulting gas atmospheres
Target:
- Process data evaluation for follow-up projects Plasma 4.0
- Ensuring process stability
- Reduction of process times (resource efficiency)
Tasks:
- Plasma process data monitoring, additional measurement of ion density, comparisons of mass spectrometer measurements
- Langmuir probe
- Optical emission spectroscopy
Project start: 01.10.2022
Duration: approx. 6 months
Contribution per partner: 9,000 € plus. VAT
Scientific implementation: Fraunhofer IST
Contact
Carola Brand | INPLAS e.V.
Joint project idea "Plasma Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprint for plasma coating processes
Motivation:
- Industrial scale technologies: sputtering, PACVD or plasma diffusion (selection of a process)
- Life cycle inventory: mass and energy flows, process times, surface area, coating thickness
- Process modeling in LCA software with environmental databases
- Output of carbon footprint and CO2 reduction potentials
Objectives:
- Calculation of the CO2 balance for plasma coating/treatment processes
- Development of a software tool with input mask for process/plant parameters (first selection)
Tasks:
Recording and evaluation of status quo, definition of scope, first tool development, visualization of results
Project duration: approx. 12 months
Contribution per partner: 9,000 € plus. VAT
Scientific partner: Fraunhofer IST
Contact
Carola Brand | INPLAS e.V.
