The use of Engineered Surfaces and Advanced Coatings provides tremendous benefits to industry and society. The performance and properties of surfaces can be enhanced, tailored and functionalised through the use of surface engineering and advanced coatings. Examples are the improvement in lifetime for metal cutting tools by coatings that act as diffusion barriers helping to prevent wear during metal cutting, and the ability to operate aero turbine blades at temperatures above the melting point of the blade materials through the use of thermal barrier coatings. Functionality such as this gives the use of engineered surfaces and advanced coatings major potential towards meeting the challenges of clean growth and sustainable use of materials.

This seminar discusses this potential and discusses the properties and performance of many different types of advanced coatings.

Programme

9:30 Registration and Refreshments

10:00 Introduction to NPL and Advanced Materials Metrology, Mark Gee, National Physical Laboratory

10:15 Coatings for Tribocorrosion Applications, Robert Wood, Southampton University

10:45 Environmental barrier coatings to protect SiC composites from steam corrosion in aero engine environments, Ping Xiao, Manchester University

11:15 Testing Performance and Properties of Thick CVD W/WC Hardide Coatings, Yuri Zhuk, Hardide Ltd

11:45 Tribological Assessment of Advanced Coatings, Timothy Kamps, National Physical Laboratory

12:15 Recent advances in atomic simulations for surface manufacturing, Saurav Goel, London South Bank University

12:45 Lunch and Networking

13:45 The tribological properties of MoS2 related coatings, Jinlong Yin, Teer Coatings ltd

14:15 Multi-scale scratch testing for assessing the adhesion and friction components of DLC coating systems, Sam McMaster, Centre for Manufacturing and Materials, Coventry University

14:45 Random Nanoimpact Testing as an Erosion test for Coatings, Ben Beake, Micromaterials Ltd

15:15 Round Table Discussion

15:45 Meeting Close and optional visit to mechanical testing and tribology laboratories

To register please go to registration, select the number of people and click Check out. Registration will close on the 15 June 2023.

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Performance and Properties of Advanced Coatings