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Recent Advances in Surface Engineering and Coating Technologies in Manufacturing Processes

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 1819

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Miguel Angel Selles Canto

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Institute of Materials Technology (IUTM), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell 1, 03801 Alcoy, Spain
Interests: tribology; AI; coatings; advanced manufacturing; additive manufacturing; bioengineering
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Prof. Dr. Kuniaki Dohda

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3111, USA
Interests: metal forming; process tribology; surface engineering; micro/meso manufacturing
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Prof. Dr. Steven Schmid

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Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, William States Lee College of Engineering, Charlotte, NC, USA
Interests: additive manufacturing; metal forming; metal cutting; tribology; design
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Prof. Dr. Samuel Sanchez Caballero

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Institute of Design and Manufacturing (IDF), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell 1, 03801 Alcoy, Spain
Interests: tribology; AI; coatings; advanced manufacturing; additive manufacturing; bioengineering
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the 10th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes & Advanced Surface Engineering (ICTMP2024) (https://ictmp2024.webs.upv.es/), which will be held from June 26th to 28th 2024, in Alcoy, Spain.

It will serve as the primary platform to present the latest tribological research, including the latest advancements in tribology in manufacturing processes and joining techniques, such as advanced lubricants and lubrication techniques, surface engineering and coatings, friction, wear, and contact mechanics.

The conference topics related to coatings are as follows:

  • Nanofluids and innovative lubricants;
  • Bio-based lubricants and additives;
  • Tribological performance of advanced lubrication systems;
  • Lubricant formulation and characterization;
  • Green lubrication technologies;
  • Thin films and nanocoatings for wear and corrosion protection;
  • Self-lubricating coatings and solid lubricants;
  • Surface texturing and micro/nano patterning;
  • Surface modification techniques (plasma treatment, laser surface engineering);
  • Surface characterization and analysis techniques;
  • Creation of new functional surfaces;
  • Tribochemistry and tribofilms;
  • Surface fatigue and tribocorrosion;
  • Tribological aspects of adhesive bonding and fastening;
  • Joining techniques for advanced materials (composites, ceramics);
  • Surface quality and post-processing of additive-manufactured components;
  • Cutting tool materials and coatings for improved tribological performance;
  • Surface integrity and tribological aspects of machining processes.

The papers presented will be published in the proceedings of the conference. In addition, a Special Issue in Processes dedicated to ICTMP2024 will be open to submitting selected outstanding papers.

Dr. Miguel Angel Selles Canto
Prof. Dr. Kuniaki Dohda
Prof. Dr. Steven Schmid
Prof. Dr. Samuel Sanchez Caballero
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • tribology
  • manufacturing
  • joining
  • lubrication
  • coatings
  • surface engineering
  • friction
  • wear
  • contact mechanics

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Development of Oil-Free Lubricants for Cold Rolling of Low-Carbon Steel
by Leon Jacobs, Delphine Rèche, Andreas Bán, Valentina Colla, Orlando Toscanelli, Martin Raulf, Martin Schlupp, Bas Smeulders, Mike Cook and Wim Filemon
Processes 2025, 13(4), 1234; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13041234 - 18 Apr 2025
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Oil-in-water emulsions (O/W emulsions) are generally used to lubricate the cold rolling process of low-carbon steel. In addition to the obvious advantages of efficient lubrication and cooling of the process, there are also some disadvantages, mainly related to emulsion bath maintenance, subsequent production [...] Read more.
Oil-in-water emulsions (O/W emulsions) are generally used to lubricate the cold rolling process of low-carbon steel. In addition to the obvious advantages of efficient lubrication and cooling of the process, there are also some disadvantages, mainly related to emulsion bath maintenance, subsequent production steps and waste disposal. In some application areas, Oil-Free Lubricants (OFL’s) have been shown to be at least equally effective in decreasing friction and wear as conventional oil-based lubricants, while resulting in benefits related to waste disposal. In 2023, a project named “Transfer of aqueous oil free lubricants into steel cold rolling practice” (acronym ‘RollOilFreeII’) began, with it receiving funding from the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS). This project aims at an industrial application of Oil-Free Lubricants in the steel cold rolling process. The project builds on the work of the ‘RollOilFree’ project (also carried out in the RFCS-framework). This article briefly recapitulates the findings in the RollOilFree project and describes the objectives, benefits, activities and first results of the RollOilFreeII project. Notably, a pilot mill trial at high speed has been carried out, showing a good performance of the investigated OFLs. Back-calculated friction values were equal to, or even slightly lower than, reference O/W emulsions. The strip cleanliness with OFLs is much better than it is with the reference O/W emulsions. Only for a very thin product, as is the case in tinplate rolling, does the direct application of a conventional O/W dispersion (a high-particle-sized O/W emulsion) give a better performance than the investigated OFLs. Further development of OFLs should focus on this aspect. Full article
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Thermochromically Enhanced Lubricant System for Temperature Measurement in Cold Forming
by Christoph Kuhn, Patrick Volke and Peter Groche
Processes 2025, 13(2), 513; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13020513 - 12 Feb 2025
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Cold forming offers high dimensional accuracy, energy and cost efficiency in the mass production of highly stressed components but is also associated with high tribological loads. Complex lubrication systems are required to ensure smooth production. As environmental standards rise, traditional zinc phosphate-based lubricants [...] Read more.
Cold forming offers high dimensional accuracy, energy and cost efficiency in the mass production of highly stressed components but is also associated with high tribological loads. Complex lubrication systems are required to ensure smooth production. As environmental standards rise, traditional zinc phosphate-based lubricants are to be replaced by less harmful single-layer systems. However, these new lubricants are temperature-sensitive, which requires precise knowledge of the temperatures in the forming zone for optimal design. Due to high compressive stress, conventional measuring methods cannot measure temperatures directly in the forming zone. In this work, lubricants are expanded into a temperature sensor using thermochromic pigments so that temperatures can be measured directly in the forming zone. This work outlines the selection and integration of the indicators, the development of a calibration method for thermochromic lubricants to characterize the correlation between colour value and temperature. It is shown that the lubricant behaviour does not deteriorate up to concentrations of 10%. The transfer of the measurement methodology from the laboratory application to the industrial multi-stage process has been successfully implemented and local temperature peaks are measured directly in the contact zone and correspond to the simulation results. The results of the work show an approach to closing the gap identified in existing research work, namely that the temperature cannot be measured directly in the forming zone during cold forging. The measuring system developed can be transferred to various processes in the future and contribute to the identification of correlations between temperature, lubricant failure and wear. Full article
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Dry Cold Forging of High Strength AISI316 Wires by Massively Nitrogen Supersaturated CoCrMo Dies
by Tatsuhiko Aizawa, Tatsuya Fukuda and Tomomi Shiratori
Processes 2024, 12(11), 2561; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12112561 - 16 Nov 2024
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The plasma immersion nitriding system was utilized to make massive nitrogen supersaturation (MNS) to CoCrMo disc and die substrates at 723 K for 21.6 ks. The top layer thickness in the multi-layered MNSed layer was 20 μm. Its nitrogen solute content reached 5 [...] Read more.
The plasma immersion nitriding system was utilized to make massive nitrogen supersaturation (MNS) to CoCrMo disc and die substrates at 723 K for 21.6 ks. The top layer thickness in the multi-layered MNSed layer was 20 μm. Its nitrogen solute content reached 5 mass% on average after SEM-EDX analysis. The surface hardness was 1300 HV1N (HV0.1), which was much higher than the bare CoCrMo with 450 HV1N. The original polycrystalline structure was modified to be a multi-layered microstructure, which consisted of the nanograined MNSed top layer, the buffer layer with a thickness of 5 μm, and the column–granular structured layer with their textured crystallographic orientations. The BOD (ball-on-disc) testing was employed to describe the frictional sliding behavior under the applied loads of 5 N and 10 N and the sliding velocity of 0.1 m/s against the AISI316 ball. The friction coefficient was held constant by 0.68 on average. The CNC (Computer Numerical Control) stamping system was employed to upset the fine-grained 1.0 mm thick AISI316 wire up to 70% in reduction in thickness. The friction coefficient at RT was estimated to be 0.05. A round, fine-grained AISI316 wire was shaped into a thin plate with a thickness of 0.3 mm in cold and dry. Full article
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