Interdisciplinary lessons 2018 at the WOT

From 5 to 9 March 2018, four pupils completed the internship „Materials and Surfaces in the Automobile“ in the laboratories of the Chair of WOT. The student internship is part of what is known as interdisciplinary teaching, which the faculties of Chemnitz University of Technology organise once a year together with the Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Chemnitz. The central subject is the automobile, which is examined and researched from a variety of perspectives through different lectures and work tasks. The four students at the WOT learnt about the advantages and disadvantages of metallic materials based on the chemical principles of the various main material groups and found out how corrosion and wear protection can be achieved with the help of surface technology. They then produced anodically oxidised surfaces on aluminium samples themselves and coated high-strength steel sheets using powder coating. The samples were then subjected to wear and corrosion tests and compared with untreated or uncoated base bodies. Finally, coatings and damaged material surfaces were metallographically prepared and analysed. The students showed great interest at every stage of their practical training and, according to their own statements, they really learnt something.

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Student portal of the TU Chemnitz: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/tu/schuelerportal/

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