Topics surface technology

Hot-active plasma provides selective, cost-effective and reliable cleaning

In the current defect of the month, DFO is investigating damage that originated in the blasting process. Severe blistering had occurred on a component coated with powder coating.

Scientist Lara De Broeck has been awarded the Peter Dornier Foundation Prize 2023. She received the prize for her work on the influence of the surface structures of aircraft and spacecraft on their noise emissions and surface temperature.

Satellites are extremely complex devices. Very high demands are placed on their surfaces. To achieve this, an aerospace specialist uses snow blasting.

Design changes in the sill area of electric vehicles to protect the battery require either a complex dryer conversion or the development of a new 1K Broad Bake structural adhesive. Together with DuPont, a precision landing was achieved and such a structural adhesive has been in series production at Mercedes since the beginning of 2023.

Increasing demands on environmental protection and sustainability, regulatory measures in the field of chemicals and processes through REACH and the ECHA, and rising energy prices are clear challenges. SurfaceTechnology Germany 2024 offers a good opportunity to build networks and gather information in order to be able to face the future with greater strength.

A very large number of visitors, a great, work-intensive atmosphere in the three exhibition halls as well as a large number of qualified technical discussions and new customer contacts - the ninth edition of PaintExpo from April 9 to 12, 2024 was a complete success. Exhibitors and visitors were very satisfied with the trade fair.

When it comes to capital goods, quality and durability count: they have to pay for themselves over their entire service life. One example of this is trailers for trucks, which one manufacturer offers galvanized - with a success that the companies involved now want to build on.

Explosionsschutz ist ein zentraler Bestandteil der Arbeitssicherheit in der Oberflächenveredelung. Technische Maßnahmen, regelmäßige Prüfungen und klare Dokumentation gewährleisten ein sicheres, effizientes und regelkonformes Arbeiten.