Projekt

Innovative surfaces are successful, if we succeed to put in the correct place property with technological efficiency. Until now, metallic surfaces can be systematically structured in different ways in order to meet physical, chemical or mechanical requirements such as abrasion resistance, flow resistance, tribology, reflection behavior, corrosion protection, etc. Certain surface properties require structure sizes within the range of 10 µ to some 100 µm, whereas for other surface properties significantly smaller structures are necessary. Consequently, multiple structuring techniques are needed in order to produce the required structures on different scales. The goal of this project is to combine the new Laser Interference Metallurgy method for the advanced design of microstructures with the micro forming to allow for hierarchically periodic surface textures. In the proposed project, the plausibility of this approach is to be proven with regard to optimization of tribological properties and wear resistance examplified by a simple demonstrator part.

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hirt

  Rheinisch-Westfälische
  Technische Hochschule Aachen
  Institut für Bildsame Formgebung (IBF)
  Aachen
  

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Mücklich

  Universität des Saarlandes
  Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät III -
  Chemie, Pharmazie, Bio- u. Werkstoffwissenschaften
  Fachrichtung 8.4 - Materialwissenschaft und
  Werkstofftechnik
  Lehrstuhl für Funktionswerkstoffe
  Saarbrücken