Application of nanostructured thin bionic layers to enhance the wear and friction behaviour of forming tools by thin-walled sheet forming (B05)

• Subject Area: Engineering Design, Machine Elements, Product Development
• Term: from 2009 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 68237143

The main goal of this research project is to adapt and improve the tribological properties of functional surfaces for the specific demands of sheet-bulk metal forming by using Cr-based hard coatings, processed by highly ionized sputter processes (HiPIMS). In addition to the development of the coatings, mechanical processing, plasma etching, and nitriding as well as a post-treatment of the coatings are used to develop more efficient coating/ substrate systems, which will be subsequently used to protect filigree bionic-inspired surface structures.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 73: Manufacturing of Complex Functional Components with Variants by Using a New Sheet Metal Forming Process - Sheet-Bulk Metal Forming
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Co-Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Dortmund
• Project Head: Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Tillmann