Activities:
- Visual evaluation of internal microstructures of metal and composite materials
- Fractographic analysis of fracture surfaces
- Chemical analysis of metals, alloys and other inorganic materials
- Materials´ micro- and macro-structure evaluation
- Expert judgements
Equipment:
- Lab for metallographic analysis and fracture surface analysis
- GX51 BF/DF (1000x) metallographic microscope
- Olympus SZ 40 (50x) optical microscope
- Arsenal LPT 2013-T optical microscope
- KEYENCE VHX-6000 3D portable microscope
- TESCAN VEGA electron scanning microscope (including EDX, EDS, BSE and SE)
- BAIRD Foundrymate + PerkinElmer spectrometers
- MVD Microtome
- Precision KERN scales
- Cutting equipment to prepare metallographic samples
Research projects:
- INMA – “Innovative manufacturing of Ti sheet parts for cost-efficiency and flexibility“, (2010-2014, FP7 EU, project No. 266208)
- OASIS – “Optimisation of Friction Stir Welding (FSW) and Laser Beam Welding (LBW) for assembly of structural aircraft parts“, (2018-2020, JTI Clean Sky 2, project No. 785557)
- IASS – „Improving the aircraft safety by self-healing structure and protecting nanofillers”, (2012-2015, FP7 EU, project No.. 313978)
- BOPACS – „Boltless assembling and repair Of Primary Aerospace Composite Structures“, (2012-2016, FP7 EU, project No. 314180)
- IMAC-PRO – „Industrialization of manufacturing technologies for composite profiles for aerospace applications“, (2008-2012, FP7, project No.212014)
Contact person:
Dr. Ing. Roman Růžek, Head of Materials, technologies and NDT, VZLU
tel: +420 225 115 153, e-mail: ruzek@vzlu.cz
