Title:
Production of coatings with increased corrosion resistance on steels for the automotive industry
Description:
Advanced corrosion is often the reason why cars are withdrawn from service. The agents used to eliminate winter slipperiness increase the aggressiveness of the environment, periodically even up to the C5 category. Under such conditions, parts of the car's chassis are particularly exposed to corrosive wear. Their operation in an advanced state of corrosion endangers safety, and repair is unprofitable. Therefore, proper corrosion protection of the car body and load-bearing elements of the vehicle structure is required. This makes it necessary to develop more effective and economical anti-corrosion protection. The aim of the project is to develop the basis for the formation of ZnAlMg coatings on selected steels for the automotive industry. The result of the project will be the development of new ZnAlMg coatings with increased corrosion resistance and reduced weight compared to traditional zinc coatings.
Main PBL tutor: doc. eng. Krystian Janiszewski
Title:
Determination of the influence of the shape of the ingot mold with slenderness λ = 2.5 on the kinetics of the crystallization process
Description:
The ingot crystallization begins when the liquid steel comes into contact with the cold walls of the ingot mold. This process is influenced, among others, by the speed of the cast steel, its temperature and the shape of the ingot mold (its slenderness). Sodium thiosulphate (Na2S2O3 ∙ 5H2O) will be used as a model factor in the experiment. The main purpose of the research is to determine the influence of a specific shape of the ingot mold, known as its slenderness, on the course of the crystallization process of the steel cast into it. It is defined as the ratio of the height of the ingot mold to the square root of its cross-sectional area.
PBL tutor: doc. eng. Joanna Willner,
doc. hab. eng. Saternus Mariola, prof. PŚ
Title:
Using the potential of acidophilic bacteria in the processes of metal recovery from lithium batteries
Purpose of the project:
PBL tutor: doc. eng. Joanna Willner,
doc. hab. eng. Saternus Mariola, prof. PŚ
Title:
Effective techniques for separating cobalt from solutions
Purpose of the project:
Designing an experiment and completing a laboratory stand for the cementation process of cobalt separation and cobalt separation through its precipitation from aqueous solutions.
Project effects:
Main PBL tutor: doc. eng. Tomasz Maciąg
Auxiliary tutor: doc. eng. Jakub Wieczorek
Title:
Adaptation of a damaged high-temperature microscope to research on polymeric materials used in 3D printing
Description:
The main goal of the project is to launch a new research stand intended mainly for the research of polymers and polymer composites. The stand will include a microscope allowing for digital image registration of the sample subjected to heating to 350 ° C, built on the basis of an inoperative Leitz high-temperature microscope.
Main PBL tutor: doc. eng. Jakub Wieczorek
Auxiliary tutor: doc. eng. Tomasz Maciąg
Title:
Construction of a stand for testing the resistance of materials to UV radiation, which can be used as a disinfection chamber
Description:
The main goal of the project is to build a stand for testing the resistance of materials to UV radiation, consisting of a UV chamber. The stand is to be safe for the operator and people around him. It is also to be mobile, equipped with remote control and the ability to register processes taking place inside.
Main PBL tutor: doc. eng. Tomasz Maciąg
Auxiliary tutor: doc. eng. Jakub Wieczorek
Title:
A functional prototype of an electroplating device dedicated to 3D printing amateurs
Description:
The main goal of the project is to build a functional prototype of a device for electroplating objects made by amateurs of 3D printing at home and to propose 3D visualization for the final product.
Main PBL tutor: doc. hab. eng. Jerzy Łabaj prof. PŚ
Auxiliary tutor: doc. eng. Karolina Łakomy
Auxiliary tutor: doc. eng. Grzegorz Kopeć
Title:
Design and construction of an automated laboratory stand for the metal electrolysis process
Description:
The aim of the project is to develop a concept, prepare a process and working design, build and conduct operational tests of an automated teaching and research station for the process of electrolysis of metals. The key element is the use of the Internet of Things (IOT) technology that enables remote monitoring and operation of the process by the operator and the recording of the process parameters in the data cloud for further analysis or machine optimization. The applied system will enable remote control of the process with comprehensive data analysis, and thus will allow for intuitive determination of the influence of parameters on the electrolysis process. Process research conducted on the basis of raw materials from industrial technologies will make it possible to compare the parameters with the results obtained on the constructed laboratory stand and thus, the stand will be able to play an experimental role in determining the possibility of using new metalliferous raw materials in the electrolysis process, by selecting parameters, i.e. temperature concentration of electrolyte components and current parameters. The situation is important because in the case of zinc, the national base of available natural resources has been exhausted, therefore, a search is being made for the possibility of using various types of waste materials, the components of which may adversely affect the efficiency of the electrolysis process. In addition, the project provides for the use of the station for the design and application of the LOTO system, identification of hazards in the work environment, risk assessment, as well as for the implementation of the basic principles of ergonomics and biomechanics in the workplace reflecting industrial conditions.
Main PBL tutor: Prof. doc. hab. eng. Leszek Blacha
Auxiliary tutor: doc. hab. eng. Wojciech Simka, Prof. PŚ
Auxiliary tutor: doc. eng. Dorota Babilas
Title:
The use of electronic waste in the reduction of metallurgical slags
Description:
Metallurgical slags are by-products of the metal preparation processes. Their chemical composition depends on the process in which they are made and the raw materials processed in them. For years, research has been carried out on their processing in terms of the recovery of the metals they contain and obtaining secondary materials that can be directly used in various areas of the economy. In the presented project, it was proposed to study the slag removal process using electronic waste (wafers with integrated circuits). When choosing such a reducer, the environmental and technological aspects were taken into account. In the first case, it is the use of a waste metal-bearing material, the management of which is a big problem. In the technological aspect, the specific composition of this waste was taken into account. As a result of its gasification, hydrocarbons are produced, which are perfect reducing agents for the discussed process.
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