Cooperation

Industrial Partnership

IPPT has partnered with many Polish and overseas companies of international recognition: Zakłady Azotowe "Puławy" S.A., Snecma Moteurs, Usinor Sollac-Florange, Ferroperm, United States Steel Corporation, Pratt&Whitney Canada, PKN Orlen S.A., Echo-Son S.A., Sonomed Sp. z o.o., Pratt & Whitney Rzeszów S.A., General Motors Manufacturing Poland Sp. z o.o., KGHM Ecoren S.A., EADS, FIAT S.p.A., TRW Engine Components Co., Ford (Niemcy), Polski Bazalt S.A. and many others.

Our cooperation with European science and research centers has resulted in the implementation of many scientific projects of the European Union programmes. One of the leading projects was the coordination of networks of excellence entitled "Nowoczesne materiały wieloskładnikowe o podwyższonej trwałości i niezawodności" (Network of Excellence Knowledge-based Multicomponent Materials for Durable and Safe Performance, KMM-NoE), which fostered the establishment of The European Virtual Institute on Knowledge-based Multifunctional Materials AISBL, thus showing the supranational character of the IPPT influence.

Department of Intelligent Technologies

Centre for Intelligent Technologies provides the following services:

• adaptive impact absorbtion (AIA) and damping of vibration,
• adaptive airbags (ADBAG) and safety systems for general aviation,
• dropping capsulas for emergency missions,
• helium aerostats for telecomunications and monitoring systems.

Contact:
Prof. Jan Holnicki-Szulc, Ph.D., D.Sc., Head,
phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 355,
email:
http://smart.ippt.pan.pl

Centre of Biomedical Research

Center for Biological Research offers the following services:

• design, verification and validation of electronic systems of ultrasound medical equipment,
• bone diagnostics examination for the design of early osteoporosis detection method,
• development of therapy methods with the use of high-energy ultrasound,
• development of new biomaterials, particularly polymer ones, serving as a construction material, development of drug release systems.

Contact:
Prof. Tomasz Lipniacki, Ph.D., D.Sc., Head,
phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 409,
email:

Centre of Excellence and Innovation of Composite Materials

Centre of Excellence and Innovation of Composite Materials offers services in modelling, processing and characterization of properties of metal-ceramic composites (including graded composites and coatings) for applications in transport (automotive, rail and aerospace), conventional and renewable energy, medicine and other industry sectors.

The Centre specialises in:

• fabrication of metal-ceramic composites by powder metallurgy and pressure infiltration methods,
• fabrication of composite coatings by pulse laser deposition,
• characterization of mechanical, thermal and tribological properties of advanced materials,
• measurement and numerical simulations of residual stresses in composite materials and composite coatings,
• design and implementation of effective numerical algorithms for micromechanical modelling of composite materials,
• modelling of damage and fracture of composites and coatings with the use of microtomographic imaging of materials structure.

Contact:
Prof. Michał Basista, Ph.D., D.Sc., Head,
phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 212,
email:
http://pzmk.ippt.pan.pl

Department of Experimental Mechanics

Department of Experimental Mechanics offers services in the following fields:

• Diagnostics and modelling of properties of cement composites.
• Experimental investigations into the mechanical properties of materials and structural elements under uniaxial and complex stress states on flat, tubular and cruciform specimens, including:
  1. determination of yield surface and its evolution due to various loading history for standard and novel engineering materials including functional materials,
  2. determination of plastic anisotropy and its variations due to plastic deformation and time,
  3. creep testing of materials,
  4. evaluation of the influence of plastic deformation history on creep characteristics of materials,
  5. dynamic testing of materials on the Hopkinson bar under tensile or compressive loading,
  6. evaluation of the effect of strain rate on the mechanical properties of engineering materials,
  7. investigation of mechanical properties of materials under proportional and non-proportional cyclic loading,
  8. fatigue, fracture and damage of materials,
  9. fracture toughness of materials (KIC, CTOD),
  10. fatigue evaluation of materials generated under various loading used in aviation, power engineering and other industry sectors, by means of the optical techniques (DIC and ESPI),
  11. thin metal sheets testing for large deformations under compressive loading.
• Investigations of phenomena taking place during laser processing of materials:
  1. laser surface modification of metals and alloys for the improvement of their mechanical properties, wear and corrosion resistance,
  2. laser forming of metal elements,
  3. nanoparticles synthesis by laser ablation in various liquids.
• Ultrasonic methods for materials testing:
  1. non-destructive testing of materials and structural objects,
  2. ultrasonic stress evaluation,
  3. design of sensors and ultrasonic equipment.
• Investigations of the pseudoplasticity of ceramics and composites by means iof the acoustic emission method.
• Development of new diagnostic methods of materials and structures using acoustic emission method.

Contact:
Prof. Zbigniew Kowalewski, Ph.D., D.Sc., Head,
phone: +48 22 826 98 00 / +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 205,
email:

Department of Information and Computational Science

Department of Information and Computational Science offers the following services:

• implementation of numerical methods in reliability analyses and optimization of materials and structures,
• numerical modelling of sintering processes for the design and optimization of new composite materials,
• modelling of granular, brittle and ductile materials for significant dislocations and deformations,
• numerical methods of modelling and optimization of industrial processes of sheet metal forming.

Contact:
Assoc. Prof. Piotr Kowalczyk, Ph.D., D.Sc., Head,
phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 257,
email:

Laboratory Services Centre

Laboratory Services Centre offers a state-of-the-art machine park equipped with precise machine tools, EDM machines, cutting machine tools, lathes, milling machines, grinders etc. The Laboratory carries out:

• 5-axis EDM machining of steel elements and other materials, including electrically conductive ceramic composites,
• 4-axis milling machine and a 2-axis lathes of metal alloy elements, copper, brass, aluminum, nickel, titanium and plastics,
• grinding surfaces, rollers and holes,
• designing and producing experimental devices for technological and biomedical research,
• technological support using the fullest extent of the Centre for all interested customers.

Contact:
Łukasz Cichacki, Head,
phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 444,
email:
http://www.cul.ippt.pan.pl