Fast Track Societal Partnership

Accelerated implementation of materials and

surface solutions

• Collaboration between industry, university and GTS-institutes

Lisbeth Hilbert, FORCE Technology

Case 1: Crack resistance in coating

There is a continuous demand for rapid curing coatings with less cost and a

lower content of volatile organic compounds (VOC).

Such systems have higher risk of crack formation and related mechanical

coating failures.

Wet coating Dry coating

Ongoing processes

- Drying

- Curing

- Stress development

In practice - consequence

of exceeding the specified

maximum dry film

thickness

Case 1: Crack resistance in coating

Curing Stress development

Curing

DSC measurement were performed

with the following program: 30-200 °C,

10 °C/min, N2. Al pan open, 10 mg

Dry film thickness

App. 6 weeks after application

Coating properties change over hours, days, weeks, months

Modelling helps predicting properties and design experiments

Case 2: Understanding wind loads on antennas

Enable assessment of antenna lifetime under adverse conditions

Avoid over engineering and reduce cost

Global wind conditions & local wind conditions

Antenna modelling

Global wind conditions – WAsP tool

Case 2: Understanding wind loads on antennas

Generic buildings - wind probe positioning

Validated load model - fatigue design and

installation guidelines

Planning of future work

Case 3: Antibacterial coatings

Finding methods to implement existing or

new coatings in industrial way to solve

problems in the food and health care sector

Antibacterial Cu/Ag electroplated on AISI 316 plates

• Fabricated by Elplatek

• Tested for killing effect by TI collaborator in Spain

Results: Extremely efficient reduction of number of cells

• Staphylococcus aureus: R = 4.3 (log unit)

• Escherichia coli: R = 7.0 (log unit)

The product is working – how to go on?

24. Januar 2016

Case 3: Antibacterial coatings

Challenges: Going from demonstration to an industrial production process

• Industrially, rationally plating a silver-

copper alloy with long durability and

decorative finish properties + keep the

documented antibacterial effect

• Designing a practical, useable method

for reworking items in a environmentally

friendly way

• All designs have to be tested for

antibacterial effect both as new surfaces

and after use/wear

• Commercialization – focused applications, legal restraints

• PhD project initiated in cooperation with medical doctors

Fast Track – materials matter

• Understanding challenges during operation: why and how to overcome?

• Developing next generation advanced materials solutions: inspiration

• Validation, testing, models: predict properties and reduce test complexity

• Cross-linking industries and experts

• Expert panel open for evaluating material problems