Designing and modification of steel grades and ferroalloys Research Group: Manufacturing Technology and Application of Products – BW Research Gropu: Processes Simulation – BT

Production of alloys by means of mechanical synthesis Reseach Group: Investigations of Properties and Structure of Materials – BL

Selection and adaptation of steel products to the required conditions of storage and use BW Department  Research Gropu: Processes Simulation – BT

Means of transportation, construction, defence, metal processing, machinery and equipment, etc.

Tests of internal structure and surface of materials and coatings as well as protective coatings by means of macro- and microscopic methods  Reseach Group: Investigations of Properties and Structure of Materials – BL

• macroscopic examinations
• profile analysis 2D and 3D of coarseness and waviness of surface Research Group: Manufacturing Technology and Application of Products – BW
• tests of microstructure by means of optical microscopy: quantitative analysis of structure components, non-metallic inclusions, grain size of former austenite and depth of decarburization of steel products
• tests of micro and nanostructure by means of electron microscopy (SEM, S/TEM, HRTEM)
• analyses of precipitates and phases orientation (EBSD)
• microanalysis of chemical composition in micro-and nano-areas (WDS, EDS, EELS, EFTEM)
• tests of magnetic domains by means of Lorenz microscopy

Tests of materials by means of X Ray diffraction and microdiffraction Reseach Group: Investigations of Properties and Structure of Materials – BL

• qualitative and quantitative analysis (in that by Rietveld method), in that curved and rough surfaces
• detection and determination of amorphous component
• texture analysis, determination of the orientation distribution function
• measurement of lattice constant and lattice parameters
• analysis of internal stress

Tests of mechanical properties of metal products Reseach Group: Investigations of Properties and Structure of Materials – BL

• static tensile tests at room temperature, temperature reduced to -60°C and elevated to 1200°C
• Charpy impact test at temperatures from -196°C to 600°C
• static and technological bend test, technological tests of steel products
• hardness measurements by the following methods: Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell

Tests of high temperature mechanical properties of materials, in that between liquidus and solidus by means of Gleeble 3800 simulator Research Group: Processes Simulation – BT

Tests of corrosion resistance of steel Reseach Group: Investigations of Properties and Structure of Materials – BL

Specialist material tests of power engineering equipment Research Group: Materials Research for Power Engineering – BE

• short and long creep tests
• determination of creep test and creep rate at the temperatures ranging from 500 to 1100˚C,
• diagnostics material tests (non destructive and destructive methods) of pressure components of power engineering equipment following long term exploitation in creep conditions, for the purpose of the assessment of microstructure, internal damages and determination of the degree of wear
• determining of residual life as well as available residual life and time of subsequent safe operations of materials and welded joints following long term exploitation in creep conditions
• identification of damage processes and determining reasons for breakdowns 

Specialist tests of the properties of metallurgical raw materials Research Group: Primary Processes – BS

• tests of thermoplastic properties of ores, sinter and pellets
• tests of the properties of ores, sinter and pellets in reducing conditions
• thermal analyses TG/DTA and TG/DSC facilitating record of weight changes and energy effects

Tests and thermovision measurements Research Group: Primary Processes – BS

Thermovision, thermography, remote examination of temperature field distribution, examination of thermal condition of machinery and equipment, location of heat losses, location of leakages, diagnostics of heating systems, examination of condition of industrial units insulation, assessment of the condition of refractory linings, thermovision analyses in machinery industry, steel industry, power engineering, construction, medicine and other applications.