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Dimti - Industrial Corrosion Control
Research activity |
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Page last updated: 15/04/2009
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Main research topics
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 ORGANIC
COATINGS
 Study of performances of new
paint systems to reduce the environmental impact or to obtain
high performances (offshore and marine applications)
on steel and aluminum substrates.
Study of adhesion between
paint and substrate and the mechanism of delamination.
Organic coatings for automotive,
transport industrial and household-electric industry.
Improve of adhesion of organic
coatings (silane, sol-gel layer, laser irradiation).
METALLIC COATINGS
Performances of sacrificial
and barrier coatings (zinc, nickel) produced using galvanic methods
or electroless deposition.
Application of metallic coatings
to industrial components.
Composite coating (addition
of SIC, PTFE, ...) to improve wear behaviour (normal and nanosize
particles).
Duplex coatings (organic coatings
deposited on galvanised steel).
INNOVATIVE COATINGS
Ceramic coatings produced
using reactive sputtering (TiN, CrN, mixed coatings),using sol-gel
technology (ZrO2, SiO2) and HVOF technology
to improve wear and/or corrosion resistance or to improve
the adhesion of organic coatings.
CONCRETE
Degradation phenomena of concrete
armature.
Corrosion inhibitors and materials
to restore deteriorated structures.
Degradation of concrete tube
of drainage system.
MECHANOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA
Characterisation of materials
and coatings considering mechano-chemical phenomena: wear-corrosion,
stress-corrosion.
Abrasion degradation of organic
coatings.
LIGHT ALLOYS
New magnesium alloys for cathodic
protection of offshore structures and tap water system.
Magnesium alloys in the automotive
industry.
COMPONENTS FOR INDUSTRY
Study of the protection system
and material selection for industrial components:
Automotive industry (motor
control materials); washing-machine and refrigerators industry,
furnishing component, protection of powder
metallurgy pieces, anti stones system, ...
OTHER
Study of anodising of titanium
for electronic and electro optical application. |
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Recent research projects
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Reactive sputtered layers
for improving corrosion and wear performance
MADIREL, UMR CNRS-Universite de Provence, Centre de Saint Jérôme,
Marseille, France
Study innovative environmental friendly organic coating
University of Vigo, Chem. Eng. Department, Vigo, Spain and University
of Fargo, North Dakota, US
New pre-treatment for galvanised steel
Italian PRIN; collaboration with University of Rome "La Sapienza",
Napoli, Venezia, Ancona
Corrosion protection of oil and gas structures
ENI AGIP (Milan, Italy)
Corrosion beaviour of new magnesium alloys for the automotive
industry
Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Optimisation of new components for automotive industry
Magneti Marelli (Bologna, Italy)
Corrosion inhibitors and special concrete to restore deteriorated
structures
Motorway of Brennero and Tecnochem (Bergamo, Italy)
HVOF coatings as alternative to hard chromium to improve
wear behaviour
(European program)
Heavy metal free waterborne anti corrosion coatings from
ICPs
(European Craft program)University of Delft NL TNO NL
Protection of washing machines and refrigerators components
PPG (Coatings Industry -Pittsburgh, US and Whirlpool (Varese, Italy) |
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