Objective
The aim of the project is to provide an industrial scale demonstrator of an environmentally benign, substitutional coating technology to replace hard chromium plating. It will allow the tightening of the environmental legislation througout Europe in restricting the use of hexavalent chromium compounds and, as a result, reducing their harmful effects on the population.
The objective will be achieved by demonstrating that the use of hexavalent chromium in the traditional hard chromium electroplating process could be significantly reduced throughout European industry by substituting the coatings with CrN layers applied by the environmentally benign technique of magnetron sputtering.
It will involve the specification, design and construction of a demonstration deposition unit capable of coating a range of component shapes and sizes. The characteristics of the system will be demonstrated by a series of laboratory evaluations to reveal the coating thickness and distribution, its physical and metallurgical properties (contrasted with those of hard chromium plate) and its tribological and corrosion performance (to at least match that of hard chromium plate).
The project will also demonstrate, through at least three case-histories, the performance of the substitute coatings on actual industrial components and provide the design and operating information required for scale-up to larger production equipment.
Finally, there will be a wide programme of dissemination, together with a display of the demonstration unit and its capabilities and environmental advantages, for viewing and utilisation by European industries.
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Coordinator
OX11 0RA Didcot
United Kingdom
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