Surface Engineering for Sustainable Tribological Systems

Name: Surface Engineering for Sustainable Tribological Systems
Start: 2021-06-10T10:00:00
Location: Seminar

Seminar, Online

10 June 2021

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Overview

Along with the digital manufacturing and climate change energy challenges (i.e. electrification), surface engineering and tribology will phase in a new era of research and innovation. It is desired that the new technologies such as physical vapour deposited (PVD) of nanoparticles, surface texturing and surface engineering of additive manufacturing can be addressed and introduced to a broader industry perspective. This event will be a great opportunity for academic pioneers in these fields to meet the industry and initiate new collaboration and knowledge transfers.

Tribology and Surface Engineering, as enabling technologies, have been continuously advancing UK manufacturing sectors in terms of fuel economy (reduced friction and wear), improved productivities and product reliability, functionalisation of machine components, providing alternative manufacturing processes due to environment legislations, and electrification of vehicles, etc. Surface Engineering and Advanced Coatings contributed £11bn in 2011 and associated with £140bn UK manufacturing products. It is expected the figure will grow strongly with the drive of digitalisation, REACH legislation and the recent government initiative of electrification of vehicles.

Advanced manufacturing processes such as additive manufacturing and surface texturing will challenge the current research in tribology and surface engineering by bringing new and exciting questions to be addressed by this community.

Key topics this seminar will address:

Multifunctional Surfaces (sensing for low wear and friction, texturing, interactions with lubricants, etc.)
Surface Engineering for additive manufacturing and conventional manufacturing systems
Surface coatings for product reliability and durability
The role of Tribology and Surface Engineering across multiple sectors that contributes towards Net-Zero
Digital manufacturing in Surface Engineering

Attend this seminar to:

Review of current developments of surface engineering (in particular physical vapour deposited coatings) in a variety of sectors; focusing on nanoparticle doped coatings and surface texturing
Address the key UK sectors for alternative manufacturing process aligned with the EU REACH legislation
Address the physical vapour deposited in the energy sector (e.g. battery materials)

Delegate feedback from previous Tribology Group seminars:

"An excellent seminar looking into the complexities of lubricated contacts & the oddities of lubricants and current challenges surrounding simulation of lubricated mechanisms."
Senior Engineer (CAE), BP Castrol

"Excellent event. Very good topics and high level presenters. The one-day agenda is perfect. We prefer in general less topics but deeper and more detailed presentation like you have made."
Director - Analytical Engineering, Emerson Commercial & Residential Solutions

"Very useful seminar for those working in the tribology modelling/analysis field."
Engineering Specialist, Perkins Engines

"A very informative and useful introduction to the complexities of tribology."
Chief Engineer, Mechadyne International Ltd

Organising Committee:

Tribology Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Member Credits:
Dr Liuquan Yang, Lecturer in Surface Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds
Professor Ardian Morina, Professor of Engineering Tribology, Director of Research and Innovation, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds
Dr Abimbola Oladokun, Research and Test Engineer - Tribology, DePuy Synthes
Professor Huirong Le, Professor in Composite and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Derby
Dr Sorin-Cristian Vladescu, Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London

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Day 1

10:00 - Seminar Programme

	Thursday, 10 June 2021
10:00	Chair’s Opening Remarks
10:10	Solid lubricant coating for spacecraft Shusheng Xu, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Chinese Academy of Sciences The incorporation of dopant Ag, Cu, and Ni have different influence on the microstructure evolution of WS2 based film for spacecraft. The significant improvement of wear resistance of WS2 based film can be achieved by carefully controlling the content of dopant Ag, Cu or Ni. And the superior WS2 based film with different structure experiences distinct wear mechanism process. The loose WS2 based film could bear the large dose atomic oxygen (AO) irradiation due to the formation of compact WO3 protective layer in every side of columnar platelets of loose film. Nevertheless, long period of storage in humid air led to film structure deterioration owing to the variation of remarkable change of film structure and Fe substrate corrosion.
10:35	Question and Answer Session
10:40	Surface coatings for product reliability and durability Vishal Khetan, Head of Global Customer Solutions Center Forming Tools, Oerlikon Balzers Surface Engineering for conventional manufacturing systems (not additive manufacturing) Surface coatings for product reliability and durability Applications of Tribological Systems in industry (medical, oil & gas, aerospace, automotive, engineering, electrical vehicles, etc.)
11:05	Question and Answer Session
11:10	Networking Refreshment Break
11:40	Scaling-up the Nanoparticle Beam route to Nanostructured Surfaces: Green Synthesis of Advanced Materials Richard Palmer, Research Professor, Nanomaterials, Swansea University The deposition of size-controlled nanoparticles (atomic clusters) from the beam is a solvent-free, “green” route to the production of nanostructured surface films Significant scale-up of the rate of deposition is needed for applications in surface engineering and beyond; a scale-up of 5 orders of magnitude will be reported Functional applications of deposited nanoparticles will be illustrated by heterogeneous and electrocatalysis, showing attractive activities and selectivities
12:05	Question and Answer Session
12:10	Solid Lubricant Coatings: From Atoms to Engines Tomas Polcar, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton Solid lubricant coatings may reduce or even eliminate liquid lubrication. They can provide lubrication at extremely high temperatures, in space, or in normal air. New deposition methods combined with nanoscale characterisation and atomistic simulations open design routes to fabricate unique, application-ready solutions Two case-studies will be presented – coatings for aerospace actuators flying in fighters and self-lubricating cutting tools operating at 1000 °C
12:35	Question and Answer Session
12:40	Lunch
13:40	Laser surface texturing: a versatile digital tool for improving friction and wear Daniel Arnaldo, Applications Engineer, Oxford Lasers
14:05	Question and Answer Session
14:10	Industrial Microwave PECVD Coatings Ivan Kolev, Process Technology Manager, IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V. Microwave PECVD equipment Microwave DLC coatings with tuneable properties Microwave SiO2 insulating and protective coatings
14:35	Question and Answer Session
14:40	Networking Refreshment Break
15:10	A Study of the Frictional Performance of Laser Textured Sintered Carbide Cutting Tool Surfaces Paul Butler-Smith, Contractor, CMT Group, The Manufacturing Technology Centre
15:35	Question and Answer Session
15:40	Multi-physics Modelling of the Frictional Effects due to a Piston Seal Rachel Lunn, Project Leader, Numerical Modelling and Optimisation Section, TWI Finite element models were constructed to act as a virtual piston test bench to evaluate the frictional force variation with pressure, temperature and velocity as the piston moved. These models were calibrated and validated against an experimental test bench. The finite element virtual test bench was then used to validate and calibrate an analytical friction model under a wider range of conditions than could be experimentally tested
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	Chair’s Closing Remarks
16:20	End of Seminar

Richard Palmer: Research Professor, Nanomaterials, Swansea University

Richard is Head of the Nanomaterials Lab, College of Engineering at Swansea, his hometown; also Professor, School of Physics, Nanjing University, China. His research on nanoparticle deposition includes fundamental studies of atomic structure and dynamics as well as scale-up. Other well-established research topics include atomic manipulation in STM and semiconductor nanofabrication. He was awarded an MA and PhD at Cambridge where he also held 1851, Clare College and Royal Society Fellowships. At Birmingham he founded the UK's first centre for nanoscience. Honours include: IOP Boys Medal, Honorary Doctorate from Hasselt University, British Vacuum Council Yarwood Medal, EPSRC Senior Fellowship and Fellowships of IOP, RSC, Learned Society of Wales. He has published 440 papers, h = 60; also 18 families of patent applications. Spin-out companies: Inanovate, Irresistible, Grove Nanomaterials. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Advances in Physics: X (Taylor and Francis) and Editor of the Elsevier Book Series ‘Frontiers of Nanoscience’.

Shusheng Xu: Professor, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Shusheng is currently a Professor in State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication (LSL), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Before joining LSL, he worked as a Research Fellow in the University of Leeds from February 2018 to January 2020, and a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Yonsei University from August 2016 to January 2018. The main research interest of his group is design and preparation of functional coating for surface engineering. His research interests include the vapor deposition of film materials for addressing the growth mechanism and film structure design, especially the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), ceramic and DLC film materials, and their applications in extreme space environments. Currently, he has published more than 30 papers and has 5 patents for invention.

Ivan Kolev: Process Technology Manager, IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V.

2008 – Present: IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V.
Van Heemskerckweg 22
5928 LL – Venlo, The Netherlands

2019 – present Process Technology Manager
2016 – 2019 Process Manager Strategical R&D
2009 – 2016 Process Manager Deco and Special
2008 – 2009 Senior Process Engineer

2007 – 2008 University of Antwerp, Belgium
Position: Research fellow, member of staff

1992 - 1999 Founder, co-owner and manager of a SME

Doctor of Science in Plasma Physics (PhD), 2006 University of Antwerp, Belgium

Master of Science in Engineering Physics (MSc), 1992 University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Specialization: Semiconductor electronics

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics (BSc), 1990 University of Sofia, Bulgaria

High school – 1984, National High School for Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria – class of physics

Paul Butler-Smith: Contractor, CMT Group, The Manufacturing Technology Centre

Dr Paul Butler-Smith is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham and for the past four years has been seconded to the MTC to provide academic support on laser processing and non-conventional machining. Dr Butler-Smith has pioneered the laser processing of ultra-hard, sintered and difficult-to-machine materials resulting in the development of bespoke world leading laser processes for engineering, aerospace and precision manufacturing applications.

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