A number of research tasks solved for practice, in which we use advanced machines and equipment available to the department.
CNC machining
Department has several software packages for programming and control of CNC machines such as Siemens Sinumerik, Heidenhain, Mach3, SolidCAM, Siemens NX and many more.
3D printing
3D printing or Rapid Prototyping is one of the most revolutionary technologies in recent years, which is predicted to have a significant position in the industry. This technology has been in our department for several years and we have been pioneers of this technology throughout the faculty.
Forming
The most modern equipment for the research of forming is largely used in teaching process, where students get acquainted not only with theoretical knowledge but also with their practical application.
Practical teaching
We are not just "tough theorists", but we offer you to participate together in solving projects within research teams working in various technological fields.
CERTIFICATION
Solidworks:
Certification exams for students.
CAX SIMULATION
We use several CAx systems in teaching, researching and solving problems for practice.
Department of Technology, Materials and Computer-Aided Technologies is part of the Institute of Technological and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University in Košice. At present, the teaching area at our department is focused on available conventional and progressive technologies for the production of components in mechanical engineering as well as on the use of CAx technologies in designing and optimizing production processes. The content of the subjects is the theory and technology of machining, sheet metal forming a bulk forming, plastics processing, welding and surface treatment.
The content of subjects includes design of technological processes, production technology, design and construction of the tools, experimental methods in engineering technology, progressive methods of product production, design and construction of the molds for plastic moldings, simulation of melt flow into the mold cavity, mechanization and production automation. Within the application of individual methods and designs in various technological processes, we use CAD/CAM/CAE systems, simulation programs such as PAM-STAMP, SolidCAM, Moldex 3D and others. Within our workplace, we develop or participate in research in the field of forming, welding, machining, plastics processing, surface treatment, thin layers and many others in order to support the industrial environment and ensure its sustainable economic development. We always try to be accommodating and open to possible opportunities for new cooperation. In case of any information, please contact us.
Come to us to studyprogressive study programs.
Technologies, management and innovations in mechanical engineering
The study program is focused on the preparation of experts for the performance of engineering functions in the companies of the engineering, electrical and consumer industries in technical and managerial services, in the field of design, provision and management of production. Teaching in this study program is aimed at gaining theoretical knowledge, experimental and practical experience, knowledge of performance and processability of materials according to machinability, formability and weldability, knowledge of conventional and unconventional materials, processing technologies sucg as machining, forming, welding, electrochemical, electroerosive technologies, etc., further knowledge of the construction of the tools and jigs with the support of PC and the application of CAD/CAM/CAE systems in product design and production. A key and inseparable part is the optimization of technological production processes and products for specific technical and economic conditions of the production.
Graduates of the study programme Engineering Technologies are on the basis of the acquired knowledge, able to coordinate engineering production and solve current practical tasks. In addition to that, they have the knowledge of conventional and progressive engineering technologies, technical materials, knowledge of engineering production computer support, testing, design, as well as foreign language proficiency.
The graduate of this study program:
acquire knowledge of the conventional and unconventional technological processes of the production of semi-finished and finished parts,
acquire knowledge of the principles of the designing tools and preparations, their economical use and management,
acquire knowledge of the principles of effective design on the semi-finished and finished parts,
can analyze product errors and propose technical solutions to eliminate them with a high degree of the creativity and independence,
acquire knowledge and practical experience on the principles of the product assembly, handling, transport and storage of the components within the production process,
acquire knowledge of the production machines and equipment,
can design and evaluate experiments in order to optimize the choice of the material, tool geometry and parameters of technological processes,
can design and manufacture components on numerically controlled production machines and equipment,
can creatively and systematically analyze technological processes,
can verify mathematical - physical models of the technological processes based on the experimental tests,
acquire knowledge to use CAx technologies in production design and management,
acquires the ability to independently solve the problem of the technologiacl design of the production processes and systems on the basis of complex and systematic relationships of the individual technologies according to the requirements of integration, automation and efficiency of production processes,
acquires sufficient knowledge of economics and production management in the pre-production stage so that he can find application in management and operational positions in enterprises of the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, consumer industry, etc.
Department of Technology, Materials and Computer - Aided Technologies is one of the profiling departments of the faculty. Provides teaching of technological, material and technological - economic subjects as well as subjects from the field of automotive production and computer support of engineering production from the 1st year to state examinations in bachelors, engineering and PhD. studies.
Department is the quarantor of habilitation and inauguration proceedings in the field of study Engineering Technologies and Materials. At present, all acreditations of study programs are in bachelors, engineering, PhD. studies and accreditation of habilitations and inaugurations without a time limit.
Study programs of the department
1995 – 2009
Teaching in the only accredited study program in Slovakia „Expertise in industry“ in engineering study and „Forensic engineering“ (specialization Mechanical Engineering) in PhD. study.
2002 – 2009
Based on the requirements of practice, teaching began in the study program „Plastics Processing“, at that time the only such oriented study program in Slovakia.
History – practical experience – formability of sheets
In the second half of the eighties, the Department of Computer Science began to use the Department of Computability of Sheet Metal Formability, thanks to which mathematical models were solved for an alternative design of the technology of pressing stampings of various basic geometric shapes. Necessary programs were also developed for solving these models using computer technology.
Among the new progressive technologies, which resulted in the solution of some tasks, are mainly the technology of retraction and the technology of precision cutting. At KSTaM, several research tasks from volume forming were solved (semi-hot forging, tool forging, etc.).
the department was intensively involved in cooperation with VSŽ in Košice and ŠkodaMladá Boleslav focused on the development of higher strength steel sheets for the automotive industry. The cooperation in the introduction of serial production of the Škofa Favorit passenger car was particularly important, where, based on the analysis of the deformation of individual body parts, the requirements for sheet metal for the production of a specific part were determined.
History - practical experience - thin packaking sheets
The staff of the department played an importance role at the turn of the eighties and nineties of the last century in the analysis of problems of breaking the packaging of meat cans in Czechoslovakia, where the causes of breaking the packaking were defined on the basis of research results. Since then, the department has been a leader in the field of research of thin packaking sheets in the region of Central Europe. With these results, KSTaM ranks among the important workplaces, especially in surface forming not only in the Slovak Republic, but also in the world. It was these results that prompted the IDDRG to accept a KSTaM employee as its member and at the same time the national coordinator of the Slovak Republic membership in this important scientific world organization, which was first prof. Ing. Andrej Hrivnák, CSc. and since 2002 prof. Ing. Emil Spišák, CSc.
History - practical experience - surface treatment
In the field of surface treatment technologies, the department was one of the first in the whole of the Czechoslovak Republik, which in its focus, based on the issue of thermal spraying of metals, began to pay more attention to surface pretreatment with coatings. The result of several decades of research is extensive scientific, publishing and practical activities, including activities in many surface treatment technologies. During this period, the research and pedagogical team laid the theoretical foundations of the blasting process as a priority technology of mechanical surface pretreatment in terms of cleaning and roughening effect with a focus on a wide range of metallic and non-metallic materials.
New original findings have been obtained in the study of the formation and properties of ceramic coatings obtained by plasma spraying by water stabilization of the arc, especially in terms of resistance to cyclic thermal shocks, porosity and methods of their detection, impregnation and sealing, sliding properties and wear.
History - practical experience - machining
Research activities in the field of machining focused on the following focus areas: innovative procedures in machining technology, evaluation of machinability of construction materials and cutting properties of new tool materials, abrasion-resistant layers on tools, tool wear, energy intensity during machining.
The development of knowledge in machining technology is derived from the accompanying phenomena in the cutting zone. Several works are devoted to this aspect, following the 40-year tradition of research in the field of machining, preferably in terms of the level and distribution of the deformation, the effects of the external environment, added energy sources. A comprehensive overview of the development of knowledge about the cutting zone was prepared at the workplace, covering the period from 1945.
The research obtained data on machinability, especially when machining using new tool materials (coated cintered carbides, cutting ceramics, tool based on boron nitride and diamond). The proposed cutting system evaluation system contains seven relevant outputs (cutting force, resistivity, specific chip deformation, friction coefficient, cutting edge stress load, wear intensity and cutting edge durability) and makes full use of the existing level of knowledge in cutting theory recommended intervals of cutting speeds, derived according to correction factors. The procedure guarantees the economical use of the cutting properties of the tools during a given time period with a high statistical probability.
Modernization of laboratory equipment of the department
2006 – 2011
During this period, the laboratory equipment of all laboratories of the department was substantially modernized. Many of the facilities are unique not only in th eregion but also in Slovakia.
Scientific research projects at the department
The research projects of grant agencies APVV, VEGA, KEGA, 7RP, Tempus, Inco-Copemicus, CEEPUS are solved at the department. The department has extensive cooperation with SAV workplaces, university workplaces in Slovakia and abroad, as well as good cooperation with research and development workplaces and with production practice.
Former professors at the department
In the past, in addition to the already mentioned professors, prof. Ing. Michal Šefara, CSc., prof. Ing. Ladislav Pollák, CSc., prof. Ing. Imrich Kažimír, CSc., prof. Ing. Karol Takáč, CSc. a prof. Ing. Dušan Kniewald, PhD.
Objectives of the department
One of the main goals of the department is to constantly respond to changes in the external environment characterized by engineering production with an increased level of sophistication of production, innovation, high technologies, agility od production systems and network cooperation. The main challenge is to actively contribute to technological change and prepare a new generation of „¡nnovators“ for it.
On 04.03.2025, an event called Katedrovica was held for our students from the PPSV Ing. 1st and 2nd year study programme. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the awesome atmosphere and great fun.
From 02 to 05.11.2024 the KSIT 2024 conference was held in Tály, Slovakia. It brought together experts from metallurgy, metallurgy and industry from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania. The event was also a celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the scientific journal Acta Metallurgica Slovaca.
Ing. Samuel Vilkovský took part in a one-month Erasmus+ Traineeship at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, which broadened his knowledge with additional academic opportunities. Within the framework of the above-mentioned stay at this faculty, he also focused on future scientific cooperation with this university in the field of forming under the guidance of prof. Pepelnjak. He extended his previous knowledge in the field of simulation of forming processes by the possibilities of using Neural Network and Random Forest methods, which contributed to a new insight into new modern research techniques and methodologies. His further experience from his stay at the University of Ljubljana Mr. Ing. Vilkovský can be read by clicking on the link below.
On 21.05.2024 company Sumitomo DEMAG representatives visited the Institute of Technological and Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of TUKE. This company presented cutting-edge solutions in the field of plastic injection moulding technology, including a real demonstration on an injection moulding machine. The presentation was intended for employees of the Institute of Technological and Materials Engineering, as well as for students and representatives of various companies from KE and the surrounding area. With her expertise in the field of plastic injection moulding, she pointed out the latest trends, tools as well as functions and control panels showing the entire injection moulding process. One of the many features was an introduction to the so-called activeMeltControl function, which adapts the injection moulding process to changes in material (including regranulate), automatic pressure adjustment, or correction of moulding weight fluctuations.
On 14.02.2024 Volvo Cars visited the Institute of Technological and Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, TUKE. They were interested in study programs oriented on the issue of automotive production, scientific and research activities and possibilities of further cooperation. There was a discussion about the possibility of applying our graduates within the company. A number of study programmes of our faculty offer a wide range of graduates who can find employment in the newly created company in Valaliky Industrial park. In the coming period, representatives of Volvo Cars will visit the laboratories and workplaces of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
On 27.06.2023 an excursion was held for the students of the PPSV Ing. studies in the company RF Elements in their development and production centre at the city of Humenne.
As part of the CEEPUS scholarship program, KTMaPPV students completed a study stay at Politechnika Svietokrzyska in KIelce, Poland. As part of their two-week stay, they had the opportunity to take interesting lectures, visit the laser technology center, several laboratories, but also get to know the city and its surroundings in free time. As part of the summer school, they also visited the 25th year of the exhibition PLASTPOL
The students of the 2nd year of engineering studies of the PPSV study program completed a study stay at the University Politechnika Świętokrzyska in Kielce, Poland, within the CEEPUS scholarship program. During the two-week stay, they had the opportunity to attend interesting lectures, visit the laser technology center, but also get to know the city and its surroundings in their free time.
An international scientific conference will take place in Herľany from 15 to 17 September 2019. All interested parties from Slovakia and abroad are invited. More information can be found at:
On March 20, 2019, an event entitled ,,Open Day" was held in the University Library of the Technical University in Košice, which was attended by the general scientific and lay public as well as students and teachers of secondary schools. As part of the Open Day event, employees of the technologies and materials informed about the possibilities of studying the Bachelors study program Technology, Management nad Innovation of Mechanical Engineering as well as about the knowledge that students can acquire and then apply in practice after studying other study programs at KSTaM.
On February 25-26, 2019, a management meeting and workshop was held at KSTaM within the international project NEWEX entitled „Research and development of a new generation of machines for processing composite and nanocomposite materials“, where the design and production of a new innovative extruder is concerned. The implementation of this project supports real cooperation between industry and education, which is of key importance for the European research development strategy.
STEEL Park
Kreatívna fabrika At our department under the leadership of prof. Ing. Emila Spišáka, CSc. and Ing. Juraja Hudáka, CSc. as well as the other educators, employees and students and the guarantor of the project U.S. Steel Košice was gradually prepared and realized one of the exhibits - the production of a toy car from sheet steel.
On March 19, 2015, a competition of FME TU students in CNC machine programming took place. It was prepared by the Department of Computer Aided Technologies and the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technologies and Materials under the auspices of the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Dr.h.c. mult. prof. Ing. Františka TREBUŇU, CSc.
Conference
On 7 and 9 October 2015, the international scientific conference Pro-tech-ma 2015 and Surface Engineering 2015 took place, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technologies and Materials in cooperation with the universities of the Rzeszow University of Technology and Polish University of Technology. The conference took place at the Hotel Hubert in Gerlachov in the High Tatras.
EUR-ACE European Accreditation of Engineering Programmes
With EUR-ACE accreditation, the university receives the EUR-ACE label, which allows it to be among the leading European universities and colleges that have already received this label. It gives students the assurance that by completing a EUR-ACE accredited degree, they will meet the most exacting criteria set for graduates in European business practice. The EUR-ACE label guarantees that the holder meets demanding criteria, not only in terms of organisation but also in terms of the content and outcomes of the study programme.
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Welding school
"Ideas alone have little worth. The value of innovation lies in its practical implementation"
Werner von Siemens (in letter to his brother Carl, 1865)
Mäsiarska 74 040 01 Košice - Old town Slovak Republic
Contact
Department of Technology, Materials and Computer-Aided Technologies Institute of Technology and Materials Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Technical University of Košice
Head of the department and director of the institute: prof. Ing. Emil Spišák, CSc. phone: 055/602 3502 e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Secretariat: Ing.Eva Krupárová phone: 055/602 3502 e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
HORIZON 2020 - NEWEX project
