Chair of Materials and Surface Engineering
Materials and Surface Engineering

ETSA Thermal Spray Workshop in Pilsen/CZ


ETSA Thermal Spray Workshop in Pilsen/CZ

 

On 10 and 11 April 2018, a workshop co-organised by the European Thermal Spray Association ETSA took place at the New Technologies Research Centre of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen/CZ on new developments in the field of thermal sprayed thermal barrier coatings. Thermal sprayed thermal barrier coatings are mainly found in the high-temperature areas of stationary and aircraft turbines. There they fulfil functions without which the current operating conditions of the turbines and currently achieved efficiencies would not be possible. However, efforts are still being made to improve the service life and tolerable thermal and mechanical loads of the coating systems. The workshop therefore presented the latest developments in process and materials technology in the field of thermal barrier coating systems in nine expert lectures to more than 50 participants from research and industry. One of the invited speakers was Dr. Thomas Grund, who presented results on multilayer thermal barrier coating systems with increased oxidation resistance developed at the WOT Chair.

The next event organised with the support of ETSA, the ITSHC, will take place in Wroclaw/PL from 26 to 28 September 2018.

 

Further links:

Website of the ETSA: http://etsa-thermal-spray.org/

Website for the ITSHC 2018: http://www.itshc.pwr.edu.pl/language/en/section-of-main-page/

Further information on thermal spraying:
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/mb/WOT/abteilungen/thermisches_beschichten.php

 

 

Picture (from left)

Prof. Lech Pawlowski (University of Limoges/FR, Chair of ETSA), Dr. Sarka Houdkova (New Technologies Research Centre, organiser) and Dr. Thomas Grund during the ETSA workshop in Plzen

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