Regional Materials Science and Technology Centre in Ostrava

摘要

The article informs about creation and activities of the Regional Materials Science and Technology Centre (RMSTC) at the VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Science. The first stage of the project ("Start-up" stage) is focused on building of the centre in terms of investments into equipment, infrastructure and creation of research teams. This stage is solved during the years 2010 to 2013. The project is financially supported by the amount of CZK 680 million, out of which is the subsidy amounting to CZK 578 million that was obtained from the EU structural funds, the rest is from the national budget of the Czech Republic. The next stage of the project will be realised in the period 2014 to 2018. It will concern achievement of the state of sustainability, i.e., RMSTC own scientific and research activities^realisation of various national and international projects, cooperation with external companies, offer and sale of special materials and services, creation of prototypes, industrial designs, patents, technical publications, etc. From the viewpoint of material the activities are aimed at preparation of highly pure materials, special alloys, bio-medical materials, development of materials for high temperature applications, preparation of materials by progressive powder metallurgy technologies, preparation of nano-crystalline materials based on non-ferrous metals, alloys and steels processed by severe plastic deformation. The project solves the issues of the processes running in the liquid phase, both in steel and in materials based on non-ferrous metals, in order to improve their structural perfection with impact on the service properties. In the area of modelling the activities of the RMSTC are focused on the physical and mathematical modelling of the processes of materials forming, including forging and application of the latest research and development findings in the field of technology of forming of the components for equipment of nuclear power engineering. Within solution of research and development activities of the RMSTC the findings obtained at solution of the research plans are further developed and applied at solution of the issues that are realizable in the application sphere, and which offer high innovation potential at solution of specific tasks in practice.