Tour of Swiss Facility for Chemical Vapor Deposition, Materials Analysis and Tribology: Foreign Trip Report, September 2-10, 1989.

摘要

At CSEM, the traveler toured facilities involving chemical vapor deposition, materials analysis, and tribology. CSEM is providing coating services for bearings and thin-film lubricants for the European space effort. CSEM also manufacturers scratch-testing machines to assess coating durability and tribometers to use in wear testing. Several new machines are to be introduced in this area in the near future. The traveler presented an invited talk on ''Wear Transitions in Metals and Ceramics.'' At Lyon, 54 papers addressed the conference topic, ''Mechanics of Coatings.'' The traveler's paper was ''Morphological Aspects of the Friction of Hot Filament Grown Diamond Thin Films.'' In addition to attending the conference, two tribology laboratory tours were taken: (1) the mechanics of surfaces laboratory of J.M. Georges, Ecole de Lyon, Ecully; and (2) the mechanics of contacts laboratory of M. Godet at the conference site, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA) de Lyon. The former laboratory is among the best fundamental tribology laboratories in the world in terms of high-quality, innovative research and outstanding equipment. The latter laboratory is among the largest tribology laboratories in Europe with about 45 staff members, including first-year students.