The behavior and characteristics of the developed thin-film coatings are tested in cooperation with the chairs of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering by performing a load-adjusted evaluation in the fields of machining and forming technology in real life applications.
A joint project with the institute of machining technology at the TU Dortmund, funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), uses the unique capabilities of the METAPLAS.DOMINO kila flex for basic scientific research. It focuses on both the ‘Mechanisms and interactions in interface and cutting edge conditioning in hard micro-machining’ and the downstream coating process for micro-tools, and the selected approach of hybrid coating processes in machining hardened high-speed steels has shown particular promise.
Stangier and Professor Tillmann agree that acquiring the METAPLAS.DOMINO kila flex was the right decision. “Materials technology is our passion, and it’s even more exciting when you have the technology you need to take it further. This system brings huge advantages to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the department of materials engineering at the TU Dortmund, and is tailor-made for our approach of researching and developing innovative material concepts and solutions for production technology. Oerlikon’s PVD technology helps us do that, and we look forward to many more exciting research projects for state-of-the-art production technology.”