Technologies

Coating technologies and testing

Dr. Volker Weihnacht, Prof. Andreas Leson and Dr. Hans-Joachim Scheibe (left to right) successfully developed a laser arc method of depositing friction-reducing, wear-resistant coatings on components.
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Dr. Volker Weihnacht, Prof. Andreas Leson and Dr. Hans-Joachim Scheibe (left to right) successfully developed a laser arc method of depositing friction-reducing, wear-resistant coatings on components.

For the industrial introduction of Diamor® coatings IWS collaborates with commercial partners to provide coatings and systems technologies including the Laser-Arc coating source and the laser acoustic test apparatus LAwave for quality control and coating optimization.