J.M. González-Carmona, S. Martínez2
1Centro de Ingeniería y Desarrollo Industrial, CIDESI-Querétaro, Querétaro, México
2Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
The Center for Engineering and Industrial Development (CIDESI) is a public research center belonging to CONAHCYT, founded in 1984, which has its main headquarters in the city of Querétaro in Mexico. Its mission is to carry out basic and applied research and the provision of technological services to benefit the Mexican industry sectors and to conduct an innovative and sustainable manufacturing program of the 4IR, with national and international allies, that allows us to continually expand our own and our allies' technology development skills, generating new knowledge and opportunities, for the benefit of the Center itself, the Country and the global technological market, supporting industrial manufacturing economic growth, increasing our understanding (scientific and technological) about the advancement of manufacturing in the world and in the place where we find ourselves. Working with the national industry to develop and continually improve our own technology (from Mexico) in manufacturing, advancing technological leadership.
In terms of research and technology development in vacuum-related areas, CIDESI has two approaches in two different directions: The advanced manufacturing department has infrastructure aimed at surface modification to increase wear and corrosion resistance and other “large-scale” functional properties such as photocatalysis and biocompatibility, as well as a machine shop with reactor development possibilities for high vacuum of up to 3 m3 volume. While the direction of electrical and electronic engineering focuses on obtaining thin layers in the areas of sensors, actuators and micro-electromechanical machines (MEMS). Since CIDESI is a public research center, academic interactions and industrial possibilities in the development of vacuum technology, coatings and thermal and thermo-chemical treatments are essential, since its installed infrastructure allows the development of basic research, up to the generation of proprietary technology and the design and implementation of industrial assembly lines.
In this sense, we will show the technical capabilities and human talent that the research center has, including examples that include basic and applied research, in areas related to vacuum surface modification.