Collaborative research
Backed by the PROTHEIS joint laboratory (Safran, Oerlikon, IRCER), the SAFIR platform is also open to other industrial sectors in the transport sector (nautical, automotive, railway) and more generally to any sector using dry deposition processes. This collaborative research offer aims to develop, optimise, improve and adapt innovative surface functionalities.
Service Provision
SAFIR is open to companies wishing to carry out studies and will be able to benefit from a cutting-edge technological tool, unique in Europe, and the internationally recognised expertise of the IRCER laboratory. SAFIR targets fundamental work as well as functional prototypes in real conditions of use (TRL 1 to TRL 6). The platform offers its services to carry out specific function coatings by dry process and their characterisation.
Training
Oriented towards training, the platform is associated with the ENSIL/ENSCI engineering school and the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Limoges. The platform offers professional and continuing education courses dedicated to dry deposition processes and coatings, in particular those based on ceramics and their applications, for engineers and technicians.