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October 2012 / published in GTS-Strahl 28 Newcomer@GTS meeting at the TU Chemnitz:
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Insights into the Saxon “underworld” during a visit to the tin mine Ehrenfriedersdorf (left) and culinary delights from Saxony: interesting diversion for Newcomer@GTS. |
The next morning, we met at the TU Chemnitz for the technical part of the
meeting. After the participants had introduced themselves and Dr Rupprecht
introduced his faculty, the various lectures began.
Dr. Rupprecht started off by presenting an internet forum. The use of this
medium as a platform for technical exchanges underscores the impression we
gained of the people from Chemnitz, i.e. as researchers with a modern and
gratifyingly fresh approach. The website www.forum-thermisches-spritzen.de
offers a broad spectrum of thermal spray topics for discussion. The logical and
clearly structured arrangement of folders provides a wealth of valuable and
interesting knowledge on the subject of thermal spraying. The tone of the forum
is pleasingly casual, friendly and at the same time professional.
Dr Christian Rupprecht from the TU Chemnitz presents the new Internet forum for thermal spraying. |
This was followed by Mr Paczkowski’s lecture on the renaissance of arc spraying.
In a highly successful presentation, he imparted a better understanding of high
velocity arc spraying, which the TU Chemnitz has optimized by way of the
pulse-controlled flow of the atomizing gas. The innovative application example –
the manufacture of lightweight ball screws with a sprayed jacket on a
fibre-compound core – illustrated what this tried and proven process is capable
of in its latest evolutionary phase.
The third speaker was Dr Zimmermann from the University of the Federal Armed
Forces in Munich. He reported on the developments and application areas for
modern plasma generators in the field of thermal spraying. After a brief general
introduction to the topic, he outlined the current status of development and
followed up with a more in-depth look at the latest trends. Here the focus was
on multi-cathode, multi-anode and broad-beam plasma generators.
The development of modern plasma generators is the topic of Dr Stephan Zimmermann from the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich. |
All three presentations showed that, after many decades of application, thermal
spraying is a technology which is still very much alive and undergoing
continuous development, yielding innovative new products and is also open to
using the latest forms of
media.
We would like to extend a huge thank-you to all the speakers who contributed to
the success of the meeting and to its record turnout. Special thanks also go to
the Faculty for Composite Materials at the TU Chemnitz for hosting and helping
to organize the event.
We are now looking forward to the next Newcomer meeting in 2013. The date and
venue will be announced shortly via the GTS mailing list.
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