UROP Project

Arc wire spraying of offshore coatings through AI employment

Wind energy plays a significant role in the generation of electricity from renewable sources. Offshore plants in particular, whose locations in the sea are characterized by continuous and high wind speeds, are becoming increasingly important in order to ensure a sustainable energy supply. This requires affordable and reliable turbines for use in the sea. This results in increased demands on manufacturing processes. In particular, the use of surface technology can significantly improve the performance and quality of the plants or make their use possible in the first place. Thermal spray (TS), as a part of surface technology, can reliably and fully meet the requirements for separate development and adjustment of bulk and surface properties, yet the technology is not used in some offshore applications. This contradiction is generally due to the fact that it is not possible to control and document the entire TS process chain with sufficiently low error tolerance. Within the scope of this

Task

Your tasks in our vibrant and open team of thermal spraying experts will be: - Coating applications with production plants - Investigations of the coated specimen in an analytical and metallographically lab - Analysis of the results - Scientific writing to sum up your results and learn to work as a researcher in an engineering institute

Requirements

You are student and have a high interest in the following topings: - Surface Engineering - Wind Energy - Material Science and Engineering