Summary
This module seeks to give a basic introduction to Surface Engineering & Coatings Tribology – and to Testing Techniques and Design Considerations – that should be useful both to Industrial Design Engineers and to Academic Researchers (and particularly to those who are relatively new to Tribology and Surface Engineering), in providing a broad but contextualised overview of the subject area – and the foundation of robust approaches and design ‘rules’, to help Designers/Researchers to navigate the conflictions and complexities involved.
Topics
Introduction to Surface Engineering
- Tribology vs. Surface Engineering (definitions of terminology, significance of Surface Engineering in practice)
- Surface Engineering techniques (processing methods and categories; properties influenced)
- The Engineering Coatings market (what is actually used – and how/where)
Coatings Tribology
- Friction and Wear (& mitigation by surface treatment)
- Categorizations of wear regimes (surface property requirements; regime interactions)
- Tribological Testing and Applications (ranking of coating properties; strategies to characterize & evaluate; upscaling of testing from laboratory to industry) Coating Design Considerations (origins of H/E for wear property evaluation; design considerations & resulting properties/performance)
Instructor
Esteban Broitman
Senior Scientist – Coatings
SKF – Research and Technology Development (RTD) – The Netherlands