Objective Vacuum coatings are widely applied in tribological systems, allowing wear reduction and in some cases the use of lighter materials. In the car industry, piston rings are already being PVD coated by Japanese suppliers. European suppliers will have to develop new technical solutions also to comply with new emission laws. Nanostructured coatings (with structures, defined at nanometric scale ) are attracting strong attention for their ability to combine properties difficult to reconcile like high hardness and high toughness. These coatings, made possible by new deposition techniques, are expected to give significant improvements over current ones, e.g. using nanolayered or nanocolumnar structures or inclusions of nanoparticles in metal-ceramic matrices. The project aims to develop new nanostructured coatings for demanding, widespread mechanical applications (gears) and for car engines components ( cylinders, tappets ), and new deposition systems fitted to pilot scale treatment of real parts using the novel techniques of pulsed cluster beam, laser-arc and cluster CVD. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringtribologysocial scienceslaw Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-5. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : materials and their technologies for production and transformation and new and improved materials and production technologies in the steel field Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MICROCOAT SPA EU contribution No data Address Via Cascina Scaravella s/n 20018 SEDRIANO Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A Italy EU contribution No data Address 50,STRADA TORINO, 50 10043 ORBASSANO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.* Germany EU contribution No data Address Winterbergstrasse 28 01277 WEISSIG - DRESDEN See on map Total cost No data GIE EADS CCR France EU contribution No data Address Rue Pasteur 12 92152 SURESNES See on map Total cost No data HAUZER TECHNO COATING EUROPE B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Van Heemskerckweg 22 5902 RB VENLO See on map Total cost No data INA-SCHAEFFLER KG Germany EU contribution No data Address Industriestrasse 1-3 91074 HERZOGENAURACH See on map Total cost No data ITALIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE PHYSICS OF MATTER Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazza L. Da Vinci , 32 20133 MILANO See on map Total cost No data SVUM A.S. Czechia EU contribution No data Address Bechovice, Areal vyzkumnych ustavu 190 11 PRAHA 9 See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Woodhouse lane LEEDS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
