Thin and Thick Film Coatings and applications in Aerospace industry
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Abstract:
Coatings for wear, erosion, corrosion etc. have been implemented on over 500 different applications in aerospace industry. This includes, aircraft used for commercial as well as military purposes along with critical components used in the Space exploration applications. In this talk I will be primarily focusing on thin and thick film coatings particularly applicable to functional aerospace components that are subjected to severe wear, corrosion, erosion etc. Thin films are critical where post processing is not an option and thick films are essential on more robust applications where endurance and strength is desired. I will be highlighting some of the applications developed in house as well as the applications prevalent predominantly within the industry at large.
Coatings for wear, erosion, corrosion etc. have been implemented on over 500 different applications in aerospace industry. This includes, aircraft used for commercial as well as military purposes along with critical components used in the Space exploration applications. In this talk I will be primarily focusing on thin and thick film coatings particularly applicable to functional aerospace components that are subjected to severe wear, corrosion, erosion etc. Thin films are critical where post processing is not an option and thick films are essential on more robust applications where endurance and strength is desired. I will be highlighting some of the applications developed in house as well as the applications prevalent predominantly within the industry at large.
Biography:
Dr. Satish Dixit is the Director of Engineering/R&D at PTI. His responsibilities include leading a team of scientist and engineers in new development programs as well as assisting the production team in process development. Along with this he is also involved in new material and coating process development programs for various aerospace and automotive industries as well as several government funded programs. Before joining PTI, he has been a Senior Research Scientist at UES, Inc., Dayton, OH and was actively involved in their coatings development programs and related SBIR work. At UES, he successfully completed various phase I and phase II DoE and DoD sponsored SBIR programs and successfully commercialized thin film coating process for die casting industries. Prior to that he was Senior Research Officer at Multi-Arc India Limited, and was responsible for managing their hard coating production facility, as well as development of new and novel coatings, process technologies, and plasma nitriding for applications such as cutting tools, forming tools, decorative coatings, and corrosion resistant coatings. He has more than 25 years of hands-on experience in working with vacuum equipment and advanced thin film deposition techniques, including physical vapor deposition (PVD), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), sputtering, thermal evaporation, ion-beam assisted deposition (IBAD), and ion implantation.
Dr. Satish Dixit is the Director of Engineering/R&D at PTI. His responsibilities include leading a team of scientist and engineers in new development programs as well as assisting the production team in process development. Along with this he is also involved in new material and coating process development programs for various aerospace and automotive industries as well as several government funded programs. Before joining PTI, he has been a Senior Research Scientist at UES, Inc., Dayton, OH and was actively involved in their coatings development programs and related SBIR work. At UES, he successfully completed various phase I and phase II DoE and DoD sponsored SBIR programs and successfully commercialized thin film coating process for die casting industries. Prior to that he was Senior Research Officer at Multi-Arc India Limited, and was responsible for managing their hard coating production facility, as well as development of new and novel coatings, process technologies, and plasma nitriding for applications such as cutting tools, forming tools, decorative coatings, and corrosion resistant coatings. He has more than 25 years of hands-on experience in working with vacuum equipment and advanced thin film deposition techniques, including physical vapor deposition (PVD), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), sputtering, thermal evaporation, ion-beam assisted deposition (IBAD), and ion implantation.
