CleanMOULD: Advanced low friction and fretting-resistant diamond-like coating solution

Projektinformationen

cleanMOULD

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 784167

DOI 10.3030/784167

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 20 September 2017

Startdatum 1 Oktober 2017

Enddatum 30 September 2019

Finanziert unter

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Nanotechnologies

Gesamtkosten € 1 277 305,00

EU-Beitrag € 894 113,50

Koordiniert durch

CEMECON SCANDINAVIA AS
Denmark

Ziel

Fretting wear is the limiting factor in the life of many plastic injection moulds. Each time that the mould is closed during its
moulding cycle, the contacting surfaces “adjust” to each other and undergo microscopic vibrational movements that slowly
damage these surfaces, leading to severe tear and particle release. Ultimately, the mould needs to be scrapped after
repeated regrinding, thus significantly affecting overall mould service life. Since longer productive lifecycles further dilute the
heavy upfront investments in casting moulds in injection moulding production pipelines, reducing the impact of fretting
corrosion is a fundamental need transversal to all manufacturing industries relying in this type of productive process.

Building on CemeCon Scandinavia extensive experience in solving tribological problems in injection mould’s operational
environments, cleanMOULD is a novel coating solution, based on a multi-layer DLC formulation that jointly optimizes both
the surface hardness and lubricity to minimize the impact of fretting wear. The current project is positioned to untap a very
significant business opportunity by preparing our next-generation DLC coating for full market roll-out, while also thoroughly
documenting its performance through large demonstration, in fully operational manufacturing pipelines within the premises of
key industry players in the injection moulding industry.

cleanMOULD has the potential to become a key enabling technology transversal to entire plastic industry. Overall, return-of- investment for cleanMOULD users is expected to be over 20x the expected coating costs, thus providing a very compelling
value proposition. In addition, cleanMOULD represents a huge business opportunity for CSA, opening the perspective of
adding approx. €14 million over the 5-years post project as gross profits, yielding a global multiplier effect of over 10x for the
ratio between the expected profits and the costs of the current innovation project.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › tribology › lubrication
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › manufacturing engineering › subtractive manufacturing
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › production economics › productivity
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › environmental sciences › pollution

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.2.1.2. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Nanotechnologies Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.1.5. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced manufacturing and processing
• H2020-EU.2.1.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced materials
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Thema/Themen

• SMEInst-02-2016-2017 - Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

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Unterauftrag

H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017

Finanzierungsplan

SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2

Koordinator

CEMECON SCANDINAVIA AS

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 894 113,50
• Adresse: NAVERVEJ 28 ; 8382 Hinnerup ; Dänemark
• KMU Die Organisation definierte sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unterzeichnung der Finanzhilfevereinbarung selbst als KMU (Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen). Ja:
  Region
  Danmark › Midtjylland › Østjylland
• Region: Danmark › Midtjylland › Østjylland
• Aktivitätstyp: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Gesamtkosten: € 1 277 305,00