Characterization of Sinter Materials and Processes by Scratch Test

Konferenz: PCIM Europe 2022 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
10.05.2022 - 12.05.2022 in Nürnberg, Germany

doi:10.30420/565822067

Tagungsband: PCIM Europe 2022

Seiten: 8Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

Autoren:
Lawniczak, Marcel; Curkin, Michael; Thomas, Christian; Heuck, Nicolas (Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, Department Lippstadt 1, Germany)
Vozdecky, Pavel; Besendoerfer, Kurt-Georg (SEMIKRON Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)

Inhalt:
In this paper, the scratch test is discussed as a method for characterizing sinter materials and for evaluating drying and pressureless sintering processes. For different silver-based sinter materials applied by stencil and screen printing on commercial DBC substrates, the influence of thermal exposure on the resulting scratch force is analyzed. The results indicate that the scratch test is a suitable method to obtain quantitative data on silver-based sinter materials during the initial and intermediate stage of the sintering process, thus providing an easy-to-use test method for process and material characterization.