Research areas
- Materials science and metallurgical processes in joining
- Production of composite materials (metal/ceramic, cast iron/steel, light metals/steel, light metal/light metal)
- Press and laser beam welding of light metals (Al and Mg alloys) Welding consumables and welding technologies for duplex steel and cast materials
- Joining technology for microelectronics
Features
- Arc welding processes (MIG/MAG, TIG/plasma, UP, orbital welding)
- Vacuum diffusion welding system
- Hot isostatic press
- Thick-wire and thin-wire bonders, semiconductor diode lasers, cold-press butt welding machine
- Laser vibrometer
- Wetting balance, short-time annealing device
- Welding simulation systems, melting and heat treatment furnaces
- Optical and contact dilatometry
- Destructive and non-destructive testing methods (instrumented notched impact test, tensile test with laser-optical strain measurement, resonance testing, high-speed tensile testing machine, ultrasonic hardness tester, pull tester, shear tester, specular angle meter, ultrasonic testing)
- Hydrogen and oxygen analysis equipment
- Metallographic examination methods (SEM with EDX, TEM, light microscope with differential interference contrast)
- Software: expert system “Welding of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron,” quality database “Welding of Cast Iron Materials,” WEZ calculator, welding simulation and dilatometry program “Temper”