Metallic and nonmetallic coating for anticorrosive and anti-wear applications
Ref. No. SSTCRC042
Background:
Increasing the life span of machinery and machine tools is essential in large-scale industries. Especially, machines made up of metals and metal alloys lose their efficiency with time due to degradation properties such as wear and corrosion. The wear rate of the surface of metals and their alloy is caused by electrochemical reactions called corrosion. This corrosion causes a detrimental impact on the world’s economy as it increases costs by around million dollars a year globally. Again, wear causes loss of energy and materials within the system by reducing the lifetime of machines.
We are proposing two types of coating metals and nonmetallic coating which play a dual role in reducing wear rate and increasing corrosion resistance on machineries such as cutting tools and tool tips.
Apart from that, the prepared samples will be tested for photodetector applications too.
Research Progress:
Progress made
l The literature review has been done on materials and preparation methods
l We have prepared a few metals and nonmetallic thin films using PVD and CVD
l We have studied the structural, and morphological characterization of the films
l We have done industrial cutting tool coating to increase the life span and show a promising life span of 120 hours of continuous running.
Remaining to be completed
l Procure different metals and nonmetallic precursors to prepare alloy thin films
l Functional characterizations such as XRD, FESEM-EDS, XPS, HRTEM-SAED
l Tribological studies such as wear rate and indentation
l Corrosion resistance studies against salt and acids
Cooperation Needs:
The entire process (Data collection, Analysis, Results and discussion) will happen from our end. Further writing of the paper also happens from our end.
Funding from your end is required in terms of purchase of consumables and chemicals (already procured) and sample characterization.
If we opt for open access peer reviewed publications of the research work carried out you need to arrange funding (Article Processing Charges) for the same.
Benefits:
This project will help us to identify and optimize the better metallic alloy and nonmetallic coatings with enhanced efficiency in terms of reduced wear rate and improved anti-corrosive materials behavior on selected machinery tools.
Based on the outcomes of the project the idea can be patented followed by Technology Transfer and commercialization.
Outputs:
The following outputs are expected:
- At least 3 academic international research articles
- 2 Technical Utility patents