CERAMIC COATINGS ON POLYMERS BY HIGH-ENERGY BEAM FOR TRIBOLOGY APPLICATION (REPRINTED FROM ENERCOMP 95, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL-CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE-MATERIALS AND ENERGY, MAY 1995)
S. Ayrault et al., CERAMIC COATINGS ON POLYMERS BY HIGH-ENERGY BEAM FOR TRIBOLOGY APPLICATION (REPRINTED FROM ENERCOMP 95, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL-CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITE-MATERIALS AND ENERGY, MAY 1995), Journal of reinforced plastics and composites, 15(4), 1996, pp. 440-449
Aluminium oxide powder has been deposited on a thermoplastic polymer (
PET) using atmospheric plasma and laser (CO2, lambda = 10.6 mu m). The
results have shown that there exists a mechanical anchorage of cerami
c on the surface of the polymer whatever the technique used with diffe
rent ceramic structures. To characterize the ceramic coating, two tech
niques have ken used by tribological solicitation with little displace
ment (fretting) and by erosion. In this case, ceramic influence on the
surface has been noted like protective substance in addition to the p
olymer structure interaction.