In our latest research article in phi - Produktionstechnik Hannover informiert, Selina Raumel presents her work in the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1386, which is opening up a completely new field of research: The aim of the SFB is to gain a fundamental understanding of the processes and mechanisms in manufacturing, assembly and handling technology under technically complete exclusion of oxygen. Suppressing oxidation promises many advantages. For example, in the future, the process forces required to break up the oxide layers could be avoided and tool wear significantly reduced. The oxygen-free atmosphere is equivalent to an extremely high vacuum and is generated in the Collaborative Research Center by silane-doped argon gas. This achieves an extremely low oxygen partial pressure of 10-17 bar in the process environment.
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