Surface evaluation and surface treatment laboratory (M74-A_LPÚ)

Responsible person: doc. Ing. Dagmar Draganovská, PhD.

Location: Mäsiarska 74

Focus of the laboratory

The laboratory focuses on research in the field of surface quality and evaluation of coating properties. Currently, the laboratory houses equipment used for scientific and research activities in basic and applied research, as well as for the solution of final bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses. The professional focus of the laboratory includes diagnosis of metallic and non-metallic surfaces, evaluation of basic substrates and coatings in terms of their morphology, measurement of microgeometry using touch profilometers, testing of coatings, evaluation of surface and coating interaction, measurement of surface activity.  

Laboratory equipment

Surftest SJ-301 and SJ-201 contact roughness meters, QuaNix thickness gauge for coating thickness determination, APGi instrument for determination of abrasive wear of coatings, SP-150 potentiostat for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, an Elcometer 510 hydraulic tear-off gauge for determining the adhesion of coatings, an Elcometer apparatus for determining the adhesion of coatings by grid test and a cylindrical mandrel apparatus for carrying out bending tests on coatings.