Technical Equipment
The focus of the surface technology division, is on the process and equipment development for the modification, coating, or sterilization of a wide range of materials such as: metal, glass, textiles, ceramics or plastics, under normal conditions. Special attention is paid to process development of CCVD, r-CCVD and plasma CVD technologies. The classical low-pressure coating processes are also maintained and further developed.
Skills & Expertise


Abrasion Resistance, CGME, ECMC, EDX-Analysis, GDP-C, Cross Cut Tester, Hardness Tester, Gravimetric Titrator – Alino®, Hardness and Micro Hardness Testing, Lacquer Testing Device Carving Graver, Conductivity Measurement for non-ferrous Metals, pH Value Determination, pH/Conductivity Meter, Potentiostat / Galvanostat / ZRA, Rheometer MCR 301, Rheometer – MCR 502 TDR, Scratch Hardness Tester RH3, X-ray Fluorescence Unit, Universal Testing Machine, Wear Test, Video Extensometer, Xenon Arc Test

Four-Point Measurement of Resistance, Dynamic Contact Angle Meter and Tensiometer DCAT 21, Contact Angle Measuring Instrument OCA 15+, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Roughness, X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer, Admittance, Coating Thickness Gauge MiniTest 4100, Coating Thickness Gauge Quint Sonic, Stylus Instrument Alpha-Step D600, Stylus Instrument PGI1200, Zeta Potential
Overview of the Devices
- Four-Point Measurement of Resistance
- Abrasion Resistance
- Flame Treatment Units
- CGME – Controlled Growth Mercury Electrode
- Digital Microscope
- ECMC – Electrochemical MiniCell
- EDX-Analysis
- Planar Plasma Sources
- Fluorination
- FTIR Spectroscopy
- GDP-C
- Cross-Cut Tester
- Grey Scale Measurement
- Gravimetric Titrator – Alino®
- Hardness Tester
- Hardness and Micro Hardness Testing
- Infrared Camera - Vario THERM
- Infrared Thermometer (Pyrometer)
- Jet Plasmas
- Confocal Microscope
- Laboratory Electroplating
- Lacquer Testing Device Carving Graver
- Conductivity Measurement for Non-Ferrous Metals
- Optical Microscope Leica DMi8 C
- Mastersizer
- Optical Emission Spectrometer
- pH Value Determination
- pH/Conductivity Meter
- Plasma Polymerization
- Potentiostat / Galvanostat / ZRA
- Contact Angle Measuring Instrument
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
- Roughness
- Rheometer MCR 301
- Rheometer MCR 502 TDR
- Scratch Hardness Tester
- X-Ray Fluorescence Unit Fischerscope
- X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer XPS
- Admittance
- Coating Thickness Gauge MiniTest 4100
- Coating Thickness Gauge Quint Sonic
- Sol-Gel Unit
- Spectral Ellipsometer SE850
- Sputter Technology
- Stylus Instrument / Profilometer Alpha-Step D-600
- Stylus Instrument / Profilometer PGI1200
- Thermal Evaporation
- Universal Testing Machine
- UV/VIS Spectrometer
- UV-VIS Spectroscopy
- Wear Test
- Videoextensiometer RTSS
- Xenon Arc Test
- Zeta Potential Measurement