department of materials

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and

Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb,

Croatiawww.fsb.unizg.hr

DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT OF OF MATERIALSMATERIALS

DEPARTMENTOF

MATERIALS

Department Chairperson: Prof. dr. sc. Krešimir Grilec

www.fsb.unizg.hr/materials

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Teaching activities at the Department of Materials

Scientific research

Cooperation with industry






Department staff

Full professors 6

Associate professors 4

Assistant Professors 6

Junior Scientists 6

Assistants 2Project collaborators 2

Laboratory staff 8

Administrator 1

TOTAL 35

Teaching activities at the department






Materials and Tribology Chair• Laboratory for Testing Mechanical Properties of Materials• Laboratory for Materialography• Laboratory for Non-metals• Laboratory for Tribology• Laboratory for Chemical Analysis of Metals• Laboratory for Heat Treatment

Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering Chair

• Laboratory for Heat Treatment






2. Project: Dynamical-mechanical analysis of polymers and composites Funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ)Leader: Doc. dr. sc. Tatjana HaraminaFund: 1.095.000 HRK (approx. 142.764 EUR)Acquisition of DMA instrument i UV point source, 16 months, 1 junior scientistProject time: 42 months

3. Project: High Altitude Wind Energy – FP7 (ENERGY)Coordinator: Omnidea Lda, Portugal (SME)RH partner: FSB (Prof. Neven Duic, Prof. Josko Deur, Doc. Tatjana Haramina)Project start: Oct. 2010Construction of the device for measuring the gases permeabilityDuration: 42 months

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

PA CVD

1. Project IPA IIIC: Advanced Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer in Surface Engineering- ARISE

Project leader: Prof. dr. sc. Franjo Cajner, 2013 - 2015Fund: 657.780 EUR (acquisition of PA CVD: 404.800 EUR)Project time: 24 months






MZOS PROJECTS (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)

1. Project leader: Prof. dr. sc. Franjo Cajner POC5_1_60: CoatPro - Coatings with Advanced Properties 2. Project leader: Prof. dr. sc. Zdravko Schauperl PoC5_1_3: TiMg Alloy for Dental Implants

BICRO POC5 projects

1. 120-1201785-1783 - Prof. dr. sc. Mladen Franz: Improving the Measurement Capabilities of National Force Standard

2. 120-1201833-1788 - Prof. dr. sc. Vinko Ivusic: Modifying the surface of austempered ductile cast iron

3. 120-1201833-1789 - Prof. dr. sc. Lidija Curkovic: The Study of Structure and Properties of Engineering Ceramics and Ceramic Coatings

4. 120-1201780-1779 - Prof. dr. sc. Tomislav Filetin: Modeling of Material Properties and Process Parameters

5. 120-1201833-1791 - Prof. dr. sc. Franjo Cajner : Surface Engineering in Manufacture of Structural Parts and Tools

6. 120-1252973-1814 – Prof. dr. sc. Bozidar Matijevic: Steel Diffusion Modifying Using Carbide Layers






Laboratory for Testing Mechanical Laboratory for Testing Mechanical Properties of MaterialsProperties of Materials






LIMS ACTIVITIESLIMS ACTIVITIES

TESTINGTESTING CALIBRATIONCALIBRATION

ScientificScientificresearchresearch

Cooperation withCooperation withindustryindustry






HMI/FSB-HMI/FSB-LIMSLIMS

LIMS in Croatian MetrologyLIMS in Croatian Metrology

LIMS - NUL = National LIMS - NUL = National Calibration LaboratoryCalibration Laboratory






CalibrationsCalibrations

2004 - 20132004 - 2013

FORCEFORCEISO 376 ISO 376 - Calibration of force-proving instrumentsISO 7500-1 ISO 7500-1 - Verification of tension/ compression testing machines






CalibrationsCalibrations

2014 - 2014 -

FORCEFORCEISO 376ISO 376 – Calibration of force-proving instrumentsISO 7500-1ISO 7500-1 – Verification of tension/ compression testing machinesEN 12390-4EN 12390-4 – Testing hardened concreteDKD-R 3-3DKD-R 3-3 – Other force measures

HARDNESSHARDNESSISO 6506-2 ISO 6506-2 – Brinell hardness testISO 6507-2 ISO 6507-2 – Vickers hardness testISO 6508-2 ISO 6508-2 – Rockwell hardness test






TESTINGTESTING

Tensile testing Tensile testing – ISO 6892-1HardnessHardness – ISO 6506-1, 6507-1, 6508-1Charpy pendulum impact Charpy pendulum impact – ISO 148-1

PRODUCTSPRODUCTS

MATERIALSMATERIALS

Child bicyclesChild bicycles– EN 14765LadderLadder – EN 131 / 1,2,3,4Stepladders Stepladders – EN 14183Expertise of Expertise of machine partsmachine parts fracturesfractures






STAFFSTAFF

MEMBERS OF:MEMBERS OF:EURAMET TC-MEURAMET TC-M

IMEKO T5 i T3IMEKO T5 i T3

HAAHAA

HMIHMI

CrolabCrolab

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L A B O R A T O R Y F O R M A T E R I A L O G R A P H Y

Staff:Prof. dr. sc. Zdravko Schauperl, Head of laboratoryIvan Vovk, laboratory technician

Equipment:Equipment for sample preparation (cutters, ultrasonic cleaning machine, polishers)Light microscopes (Olympus universal microscope BHSM, Olympus invert metallographic microscope GX51F-5)Electron microscope (scanning TESCAN VEGA TS5136LS with EDS)USB digital microscopeApplications for image analysis (qualitative, quantitative)

Preparing materialographic samples and analysis of macro- and microstructure of metals, polymers, composites, ceramics






Material characterization

Forgery?

Activities:Activities:







Attests for processes

Analysis of macro- and microstructure of welded joints








Fractographic analysis

Determination of the fracture character on an aircraft landing gear

Research of the causes of fracture of screws truck engines








Cooperation with other faculties

Cooperation with Faculty of Science (PMF)

School of Dental Medicine (effect of carbonated beverages on the structure of

tooth enamel)








Equipment:1. DMA (Dynamic Mechanical Analysis) Mettler Toledo to 1000 Hz, from -190 to 600 °C *2. Device for measuring the permeability of gases *3. Point source of UV radiation Hamamatsu L 9588 *4. Universal Testing Machine5. Charpy pendulum impact (flexural and tensile / tensile load)6. Hardness tester with a ball for thermoplastics and thermosets7. Hardness tester for elastomers (Shore)8. Polarizing Microscope Olympus BX51-P9. Equipment for preparation (grinding and polishing) of microscopic specimen: LaboPol-5,

Struers10. Vicat - softening temperature thermoplastics11. Martens - temperature stability of thermosets

* Purchased from ongoing projects

L A B O R A T O R Y F O R N O N – M E T A L S

Staff:Prof. dr. sc. Tatjana Haramina, Head of laboratory Vesna Đurđa, laboratory technicianBožidar Bušetinčan, laboratory technician






up to 1000 Hz

-190 to 600°C

DMA- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis

Mettler Toledo

Point source of UV radiation

L A B O R A T O R Y F O R N O N – M E T A L S






Staff:Prof. dr. sc. Suzana Jakovljević – Head of laboratory

Description of activities:Scientific research activity takes place within the current technological and

scientific projects of MZOS, and within the COST action 532 “Triboscience and Tribotechnology”, led by the European Commission-Brussels.

The laboratory has solved a number of cases of wear of industry equipment as well as numerous legal expertise cases.

L A B O R A T O R Y F O R T R I B O L O G Y






Equipment for the determination of wear

Abrasive Wear Resistance Testing Device

Erosion Wear Resistance Testing Device

Adhesion Wear ResistanceTesting Device







Ferrographic analysis equipment

Ferrograph PMA 90 S

Analytical ferrograph MA -1

Measuring instrument TCM-U







Thermal spray coating system “Castolin Castodyn DS 8000”

The device for the four balls testing method







Glow Discharge Atomic Emission Glow Discharge Atomic Emission Spectrometer (GD - OES), Leco 850Spectrometer (GD - OES), Leco 850

The device GDS-OES can be used for:

- determination of the chemical composition of the base material,

- Quantitative phase analysis (QPA) of the surface layers on the base material.

Staff:Prof. dr. sc. Lidija Ćurković, Head of laboratory

Zrinka Šokčević, mag. ing.

L A B O R A T O R Y F O R C H E M I C A L A N A L Y S I S O F M E T A L S







PVD coating: TiAlSiN / TiSiN / TiAlN PVD coating: TiAlSiN / TiSiN / TiAlN

Substrate: ASAP 30 (PM high speed steel with W-Mo-V-Co )Substrate: ASAP 30 (PM high speed steel with W-Mo-V-Co )







Coating: Al / Cu / Fe / AlB2 / Al Coating: Al / Cu / Fe / AlB2 / Al

Substrate: ASAP 30 (PM high speed steel with W-Mo-V-Co)Substrate: ASAP 30 (PM high speed steel with W-Mo-V-Co)







Sol-gel TiOSol-gel TiO22−ZrO−ZrO22 film, 3 layers, 600 °C film, 3 layers, 600 °C






Atomic AbsorptionSpectrophotometer

AA-6300, SHIMADZU

UV/VIS SpectrophotometerPerkin Elmer Coleman 55

Laboratory microprocessorconductivity meter, ISKRA MA 5964







Planetary ball mill Retsch PM100

Brookfield DV-III Ultra rotational rheometer







Staff:Prof. dr. sc. Darko Landek, Head of laboratoryŽeljko Kostanjski, laboratory technicianBruno Knežević, laboratory technician

Equipment:- Pit furnaces (2 pcs) and furnaces (3 pieces) without protective atmosphere

for annealing, preheating or tempering

- Pit furnace with protective atmosphere for heating up to 1100 °C, annealing, carburizing or boriding

- Quenching bath with controlled flow velocity (up to 0.5 m / s)

- Salt bath for isothermal annealing or tempering (at 250 to 350 °C)

- Vacuum furnace VFC 25 Ipsen GmbH (for quenching up to 1200 °C in N2 or

Ar)

- Bath for deep freezing of small parts (-196 °C) in liquid nitrogen

- Workstation for induction hardening (50kW, 410 kHz)

- Salt bath for the nitrocarburizing processTENIFER (580 °C, 500 lit.)

- Salt bath for oxidation of nitrocarburized parts using the TENIFER QPQ (350-400 °C, 50 lit.)

L A B O R A T O R Y F O R H E A T T R E A T M E N T






Salt bath TENIFER

Vacuum furnace

Equipment forinduction hardening






DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT OF OF MATERIALSMATERIALSOsoblje

Cooperation with industry- 150 heat treatment users from the industry and crafts.

- The most commonly used services:

1. Nitrocarburizing in the TENIFER bath

2. Hardening of small tools and structural parts in the vacuum furnace

3. Induction hardening

4. Nitrocarburizing with subsequent oxidation (TENIFER Q)

5. Other treatments: cementing (in granulate), boriding (in paste or powder, vanadising (in salt bath)

Induction hardened steel 100 Cr6Nitrocarburized steel C45

Hardness Tester“Wilson-Wolpert 2100B”

(HV0.5 - HV1)

Heat treated parts for the industry







Quenching Research Centre (QRC)Founded at the Department of Materials in 2010, with the equipment for research of phenomena and processes during quenching

Equipment: Testing equipment for cooling in

compressed gases (donated by the Institute of IWT, Bremen, Germany)

Measuring computer system for the determination of cooling characteristics “IVF smart quench”

Measuring system for determining the thermal conductivity of fluids

FEM program “Comsol Multiphysics” Bath for quenching in oil, water or

aqueous solutions of polymer Salt bath for isothermal processes







International projects

High Altitude Wind Energy – FP7 (ENERGY) Control of friction and wear by use of appropriate Materials,

coatings and lubricants (COST 532) Tribological and Mechanical characteristics of shot peened

and surface coated / modified Austempered ductile iron (COST 532)

Multidisciplinary Research and Training on Composite Materials Applications in Transport Modes (MOMENTUM)






Technological projects

Study of reliability of materials in power plants Natural zeolites in filtering waste water from

chemical industry Development and application of modern

materials Network of materials centres Biogas plant Prototype of the rear and side underrun

protection device on trucks






Patents

Duplex process of diffusion forming of hard carbide layers on metallic materials

Equipment and method for hardening in the rare gas atmosphere

Antiballistic multilayer armoured plate with reinforced aluminium foam






Plans for the future

Laboratory for material development- Metal foams- Sandwich constructions- Technical ceramics (project: Development of

slip casting process of composite ceramics)- Sol - gel coating- Metal composites...

Laboratory for surface engineering- Equipment for vapour deposition

Laboratory for antiballistic testing of materials ...






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