Competence Center “Joining and modification structural materials using the welding technology” – InnoWeld Poland Consortium Zaawansowane systemy wytwarzania i materiały

Joining and modification structural materials using the welding technology – InnoWeld Consortium established 18 of March 2015 at the Instytut Spawalnictwa (Institute of Welding). The Consortium is aimed at commercialization of researches results and conduct R&D projects for the practical implementation of the new joining technologies.

InnoWeld Consortium, as a Competence Center of the Institute of Highway Technology and Innovation (IATI) Consortium, is carry out  projects covers the following main topics:

• new structures for automotive, aeronautical as well as pipelines, bridges, overbridges, power boilers, special vehicles structures,
• industrial technologies for advanced joining (welding, resistance welding, brazing, weld brazing, adhesive bonding) for materials such as metals, composites and thermoplastics.
• the implementation of numerical simulation techniques for joining processes,
• the development of high efficient, cost-effective and flexible surface condition solutions,
• the implementation and set up of reliable, efficient and automated in-situ monitoring and control systems,
• non-destructive inspection techniques for joint quality evaluation,

Areas of special interest of InnoWeld Consortium are:

• application of innovative joining technologies such as laser welding, electron beam welding, arc welding techniques (plasma welding, MIG/MAG, TIG, MMA, Submerged arc welding),  Friction Stir Welding, friction welding, resistance welding,  as well as weld brazing, adhesive bonding,
• weldability of structural materials such as steel, aluminum, titanium, nickel, magnesium alloys,
• fatigue, fracture mechanics and residual stress tests of parent material and welded joints;
• systems of on-line monitoring of joining process,
• numerical and physical simulation of joining processes.

InnoWeld Consortium’s Partners have highly qualified and titled staff as well as our laboratories are equipped with a newest machines for development of joining technologies and characteristics the properties of raw materials and welded joints. They represent the main industrial brands in Poland, namely: automotive, aerospace, military, structures, industrial equipment. Members of Consortium are:  Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances OBRUM Ltd ., ASPA, Fiat Auto Poland, General Motors Manufacturing Poland, Pro-Cars, ISD Czestochowa Steelworks Ltd., JT, Mostostal Zabrze, PZL Mielec, Rafako, Rosomak, Teleskop, WSK “PZL-Rzeszow”, Zelkot, Bumar – Labedy.

Center partners are also recognized at home and abroad research units: AGH University of Science and Technology, Rzeszow University of Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Kielce University of Technology, Wroclaw University of Technology, the Institute for Sustainable Technologies – National Research Institute