"Adelhelm LubriCoat" is a member of the Adelhelm Groups and is the specialist for bonded coatings, dry lubrication and corrosion protection with this coatings within this corporation.

Since 1998, "Adelhelm LubriCoat" has been dedicated, as an independent unit in the Adelhelm Group, to the development and processing of dry lubrication. Optimisations of process and methods to increase the coating qualities at the same time as improving the cost-effectiveness have already been achieved which have aroused international interest. "Adelhelm LubriCoat" exclusively processes proven brand products of different manufacturers:

» Klüber Lubrication
» Dow Corning
» DuPont
» Whitford
» Acheson

Therefore the "Adelhelm LubriCoat" Service-Team offers project handling from planning including pre-treatment and post-treatment on request. The 24 hour service and training courses round off the range of services in the flexible full service.

That progress in responsible planning also means environmental friendliness is demonstrated by "Adelhelm LubriCoat's" new production methods. Lower enamelling temperatures and the increasing use of water-based bonded coatings are the results of a consistent application of the company philosophy.

A large number of technologies and technical product properties are based on surface and border area phenomena. Here, coatings just a few micrometers or nanometers thick and lateral structures of similar dimensions are relevant to the property. These include for example electrical and optical properties, friction and wear, wettability, adsorption, adhesive properties, bondability and solderability, diffusion, oxidation, passivation, corrosion, electrodes/electrolyte border area properties as well as biostability and biocompatibility. The testing and modification of the properties is a focal point of the key working area of surface and border area technology at the NMI.

The conducted research projects and services are grouped in the areas of surface technology, microstructure analytics and tribology.
A particular speciality of the NMI is the use of these technologies for biotechnical and medical applications.

When two solid bodies move against each other, friction, wear and material damage occurs. These can be reduced by lubrication. It is estimated that about half of the generated energy is used to overcome friction. About 1 % of the gross national product could be saved world-wide by optimising tribological systems. Lubrication is achieved by introducing moving molecules into the gap between the friction partners. The NMI uses border area methods to research how these moving molecules reduce friction, wear and material damage.



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