Innovative joining technology presented together with industrial partner
On 23 June 2022, IDH Anlagenbau und Montage GmbH and the Chair of Materials and Surface Technology jointly presented their R&D results at the BMWK's SME Innovation Day. Selected projects from the cooperation between companies and research institutions were invited by the project management agency to present their innovative results with regard to new products, processes and services that were developed as part of the ZIM programme and funded by the federal government.
The outstanding results and the practical relevance were presumably the deciding factors for the BMWK to issue an invitation to present the new joining technology using a welding gun. The basis for this is the completed project „spot welding of metal-plastic composites by inductive heating of thermally sprayed layers“. With this technology, it is possible to join metals and thermoplastic polymers with high strength within a few seconds by thermal joining. The process is particularly suitable for the material bonding of panelling parts in motor vehicles, trains and aircraft. The innovative approach developed by the Chair of Materials and Surface Technology consists of first applying a suitable layer to the plastic component by thermal spraying, which simultaneously acts as an induction susceptor and adhesion promoter. IDH Anlagenbau und Montagetechnik designed and manufactured the welding gun. The trade visitors showed great interest in the discussions at the exhibition stand. We will be happy to demonstrate this joining technology to other interested parties in our Chemnitz test centre.
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BMWK page: https://innovationstag-mittelstand-bmwk.de/
Publication on the topic : https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/8/1320
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Carsten Koppetsch (left), project manager at IDH Anlagenbau und Montagetechnik, and Erik Saborowski (right), research assistant at the Chair of Materials and Surface Technology, demonstrate the spot joining of aluminium and polyamide with the developed tool to interested industry representatives.
26.7.2022 – Projects of the professorship ( erik.saborowski@mb… )
