WOT scientists receive Leipzig Electroplating Award 2021
A project consortium under the scientific leadership of the Chair of Materials and Surface Engineering has been awarded the prestigious Leipzig Electroplating Prize for its work on „process and electrolyte development with the aid of a fully automated, robot-assisted electroplating system“.
(link to information in English beneath)
The Leipzig Electroplating Prize, awarded by the German Society for Electroplating and Surface Technology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Galvano- und Oberflächentechnik e.V. - DGO), honours companies and research institutions that have been able to transfer innovative research and development results in the field of plant and process technology, materials and energy efficiency, in terms of ecological sustainability or with regard to improved corporate and management concepts from research to industrial implementation.
This year's winner is a consortium from the Chair of Materials and Surface Engineering, KleRo GmbH Roboterautomation and OTE Oberflächen- & Elektrotechnik Scheigenpflug GmbH. The award-winning work on „Process and electrolyte development with the help of a fully automated, robot-assisted electroplating system“ was carried out as part of the „Innovative electrochemistry with new materials – InnoEMat“ initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). There was also close cooperation in the joint project „REACH-compliant corrosion protection through pulse plating (ReKoPP)“ with B+T Oberflächentechnik GmbH, Coventya GmbH, Gazima GmbH, plating electronic GmbH and Prof. Wolfgang Paatsch as coordinator (formerly BAM Berlin).
In addition to a bronze statue and a certificate, the prize consists of a review in the relevant trade journal „Galvanotechnik“ and the opportunity to present the topic at the Leipzig trade seminar.
Further information - also on the project content - can be found in the official press release of the TU Chemnitz at https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/pressestelle/aktuell/10574 .
The official news feed of Chemnitz University of Technology presents content and background of the award also in English language: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/pressestelle/aktuell/10579/en .
Image:
View into the working chamber of the robot-assisted electroplating system. In addition to specimen guidance, bath titrations, for example, are also carried out automatically and reproducibly. (Photo: Julius Nickisch)
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