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Chair of Materials and Surface Engineering
Materials and Surface Engineering
Chair of Materials and Surface Engineering 

WOT scientists receive Leipzig Electroplating Prize 2021


A project consortium under the scientific leadership of the Chair of Materials and Surface Technology has been awarded the prestigious Leipzig Electroplating Prize for its work on „process and electrolyte development using 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 (DGO), honours companies and research institutions that have been able to transfer innovative research and development results in the fields of plant and process engineering, material and energy efficiency, ecological sustainability or improved corporate and management concepts from research to industrial implementation.

This year's award winner is a consortium consisting of the Chair of Materials and Surface Technology, KleRo GmbH Roboterautomation and OTE Oberflächen- & Elektrotechnik Scheigenpflug GmbH. The award-winning work on „process and electrolyte development using 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 specialist journal „Galvanotechnik“ and the opportunity to present the topic at the Leipzig specialist seminar.

Further information - including on the project content - can be found in the official TU Chemnitz press release 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 .

 

Picture:
View into the working chamber of the robotised electroplating system. In addition to sample guidance, bath titrations, for example, are also carried out automatically and reproducibly. (Photo: Julius Nickisch)


19.2.2021 – Awards of the professorship ( )

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