Automotive

In the automotive industry, a variety of elaborately processed materials (e.g., metals, plastics, glasses, electronic components) are used. The quality assurance of individual components as well as the combination of different components in a part, represents a technological challenge that can only be effectively managed with appropriate analytical support. Typical surface-analytical questions result from the following issues:

• process disturbances in coatings manufacturing
• adhesion problems of adhesive bonds
• failure of servomotors
• corrosion processes
• outgassing or discoloration of plastics
• deposits on components of the injection system
• ...

In addition, automotive surface analysis often deals with analytical issues:

• characterization of glasses
• structure of metallic coatings
• studies on tribology
• analysis of lubricants
• analysis of lighting devices
• optimization of measuring sensors
• composition of plastics
• ...