Joint Committee Combined Surface Technology
The INPLAS working groups
The short path between industry and science
The INPLAS working groups
In our thematically focused, technology-oriented working groups
- “Novel Plasma Sources and Processes.”
- “Tool Coatings”
- “Plasma4Life”
- Focus group “Digitization and AI”
- Joint Committee “Combined Surface Technology”
representatives of the member institutions from industry and science exchange experiences and jointly develop research strategies for the application fields of plasma surface technology, e.g.:
- Automotive / Aerospace
- Power Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Tools
- Optics and glass
- Environmental Technology and Life Science
- Plastics and textile technology
- Digitization and electronics
What happens in the working groups?
- Exchange on special topics
- “Processing” of the topics
- Open discussion
- Project initiation and design
- Typically two working group meetings per year
What are the benefits for the members?
- Co-design of the working groups
- Introduction of own topics and tasks
- Contacts to competent partners
- Project design
- Information
Who can participate in the working groups?
- All INPLAS members and partners
- Guests seeking membership if interested (2 sessions free).
Joint Committee Combined Surface Technology
The numerous tasks of surfaces require different processes – sometimes also the combination of different processes or layer types to obtain a special surface quality, which is useful for decorative layers, new materials or multifunctionality, among other things.
The joint committee “Combined Surface Technology”, founded together between the associations DFO, DGO, EFDS and INPLAS, is dedicated to combined coatings in the fields of electroplating, painting technology and plasma technology. Its mission is to bring together these individual sub-disciplines in order to contribute to the further development of surface technology by combining these processes of thin-film and thick-film technology. The pooling of forces, the increase in clout as well as the increase in political acceptance are to be overriding goals of the Community Committee. If you are interested, please direct your questions and ideas to
Prof. Dr. Petra Uhlmann at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research in Dresden or to the INPLAS office (organizational management).
WG "Tool coatings
As the name suggests, the “Tools” working group focuses on various aspects of tool coatings. In the WG, current trends within coating technologies as well as relevant aspects around component/tool pretreatment, heat treatment and development of substrate materials are discussed. In addition, the meetings also offer the opportunity to ask topic-specific questions and discuss them together in the forum.
The aim of the working group is also to define concrete research tasks and ideally submit them as joint (funded) projects. A best-practice example of an approved project is the ongoing “ÖkoClean” project.
Specifically, the focus is on the following topics:
Tool manufacturing process chain
Digitalization, materials & heat treatment (DCT), cleaning & pre-treatment, diffusion treatment, thin-film coatings for wear protection and tribological optimization
Tools
Machining, Industrial cutting tools, Forming tools
Implementation of projects
Plasma technology in the production chain, big data, digitalization, smart coatings
Development & project approaches, Project proposals
WG Management
Hanno Paschke | DOC, Fraunhofer IST
Dr. Christian Stein | Fraunhofer IST
Dr. Sarah Baron | Fraunhofer IST
WG "Novel Plasma Sources and Processes
A coating is only as good as its process. The know-how to achieve the right coating properties and a corresponding coating quality is often decisive for setting the respective desired surface functions.
The working group “Novel Plasma Sources and Processes” is therefore concerned with the evaluation of new processes and possibilities for the production of coating systems.
WG Management
Dr. Ulf Seyfert | VON ARDENNE GmbH
Matthias Nestler | scia systems GmbH
Dr. Anke Hellmich | Applied Materials
INPLAS matrix
- Plasma surface technology is already the key to many innovative products. Applications range from high-tech products such as flat screens, photovoltaics, microelectronics and thermal insulation glass to everyday items such as food packaging and adhesive tape.
- Only different technologies make it possible to overcome unresolved issues. Technological progress thus forms the basis for new or more powerful applications.
- Multiple technologies are synergistically bundled in working groups
and further developed to secure the technological lead. Currently, the WGs “Novel Plasma Sources and Processes“, “Tool Coatings“, “Plasma4Life” and joint committee “Combined Surface Technology” are held regularly.
