The research activities of the Department of Casting and Welding include: shaping the structure of casting alloys in primary and secondary crystallization conditions to improve the performance properties of castings under conditions of rapid crystallization, application of non-destructive methods to diagnose the structure of castings, assessment of the fatigue strength of foundry alloys.
- the first group of issues concerns mainly aluminum-silicon alloys (refining, modification and heat treatment), cast iron (spheroidization and heat treatment), cobalt alloys (modification and heat treatment),
- the second group of issues concerns the shaping of the surface layer of castings made of aluminum alloys, cast iron and cobalt alloys,
- the third group of issues concerns the control of the degree of spheroidization and the evaluation of the mechanical properties of cast iron with the use of longitudinal ultrasonic waves,
- the fourth group of issues concerns the influence of the technology of obtaining aluminum-silicon alloys on their fatigue strength.
The research equipment is part of the following 6 laboratories: