Laboratory of tribology (M74-041/A)

Responsible persons: prof. Ing. Ján Slota, PhD., Ing. Gerhard Mitaľ, PhD.

Location: Mäsiarska 74

Focus of laboratory

Research in the field of tribological properties of materials and their surfaces. Tests of resistance to various types of wear of metallic and non-metallic materials, tests of microhardness of surfaces and surface layers, as well as research on biomaterials used for joint replacements in the human body. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of tribology, PC systems are applied in the laboratory in the creation of programs for the management and control of tribological test parameters. At present, the laboratory houses equipment that is used for scientific and research activities of basic and applied research, as well as for the solution of final bachelor, diploma and doctoral theses in the department.

Laboratory equipment

- Leica microscopes type ICC50W and stereomicroscope S9i from the manufacturer Leica Microsystems.

- Stereomicroscope NIKON SMZ 1500 made by Nikon.

- Certified digital scales, manufacturer KERN, with a load capacity of up to 2.5 kg and an accuracy of 0.0001 g.

- Metallographic microscope Neophot 21, manufacturer Carl Zeiss.

- Alfred Amsler 135/309 from WOLPERT WERKSTOFFPRUFMASCHINEN, Switzerland, designed for adhesive wear resistance tests, allowing testing of sliding pairs in different test conditions with or without lubricant, which includes MATLAB Simulink software.

- The ELTC tribometer on which the biomaterials research is carried out is PC controlled. It is also used for special tribological tests (Utility Model No. 6580), which models sliding reciprocating motion conditions even at elevated temperature with lubrication thus meeting the demanding requirements for testing.