Conference  /  June 24, 2024  -  June 27, 2024

14th International Conference on HIPIMS

Following the success of previous years, the International Conference on HIPIMS is being held for the 14th time this year. The event brings together scientists from all over the world and promotes interdisciplinary exchange between the various fields of surface technology as well as the collaboration between science and industry. HIPIMS 2024 will extend the traditional scope of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering plasma and coating technology to include a wide range of technologies for plasma coating, plasma surface treatments and non-plasma advanced surface engineering. The aim is to promote HIPIMS as a novel technology for surface modification and coating, to discuss the latest results and to highlight application-oriented developments.

The conference is organised by the Joint Research Centre of the Sheffield Hallam University and the Fraunhofer IST. Specific thematic focuses of the conference include

  • Generation of HIPIMS plasmas
  • Coating growth and performance
  • Plasma diagnostics, discharge physics and modelling
  • Reactive and non-reactive HIPIMS processes
  • Industrial applications of HIPIMS processes
  • HIPIMS systems and hardware
  • Conventional plasma coating, plasma surface treatments and non-plasma advanced surface engineering
  • Panel discussion Quo Vadis Surface Engineering? - Surface Engineering in the Digital Age: Transformative Opportunities.

Dr.-Ing. Ralf Bandorf from Fraunhofer IST is the Conference Co-Chairman. Besides, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Herrmann, director of Fraunhofer IST and Prof. Dr Günter Bräuer, former director of the institute, are part of the organising committee.

Furthermore, Fraunhofer IST is once again represented by various contributions to the conference program.

Technical Program:

Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Industrial Scale high reactive index coatings – control and monitoring on the example of TiO2 and SiAlN

Dr.-Ing. R. Bandorf, S. Koerner, Fraunhofer IST

 

Tutorials:

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 8:30 AM - 12:00 AM

SVC C-338: Application of Reactive Sputtering

Dr. Ralf Bandorf, Holger Gerdes, Fraunhofer IST

 

Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

SVC C-333: HIPIMS Applications

Dr. Ralf Bandorf, Fraunhofer IST
 Prof. Arutiun P. Ehiasarian, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK