Prof. Leszek Łatka
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Country Poland
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Graduated from Wrocław University of Science and Engineering in Poland (MSc) in two specialities: (i) Construction and Operation of Machines and (ii) Processes, Machines and Production Systems (as an Individual Program of Studies) in 2007. Then he worked in the industry company. In 2008 he started a PhD studies in Wrocław University of Science and Technology and since 2009 he continued his PhD in the University of Lille 1 in France (in the co-tutelle system). In 2012 he received double PhD form Wrocław University of Science and Technology and University Lille 1 (with honours). During his career, he was in the few research stages in: European Ceramic Centre in Limoges (France), Belgian Ceramic Research Centre in Mons (Belgium), Institute of Plasma Physics in Prague (Czech Republique). Since 2017 he is a Head of Thermal Spray Group at the Alma Mater University. In 2020 he received DSc (habilitation) in Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Also since 2020 he is an university professor. He worked in four projects and was a supervisor of one scientific project.
He has been teaching and researching for 13 years in the area of surface engineering, materials science, welding and manufacturing processes. He is an author or co-author of 24 articles in the JCR data base and more than 40 other articles.
Presentation title:
Finely grained coatings manufactured by plasma spraying
Abstract:
Thermal spraying methods are commonly used in surface engineering area. Among them, plasma spraying exhibit many features and allows to obtain high quality coatings. In the last three decades, in the field of thermal spraying the finely grained structures are extensively investigated. There are many varieties, which make a possible to manufacture coatings build with submicrometric or even nanometric structure. The most perspective ones are: (i) suspension plasma spraying (SPS) and (ii) solution precursor plasma spraying (SPPS). In the presentation, the results of author’s investigations as well as from literature are presented in terms of microstructure analysis, mechanical and functional properties.
Selected recent 2 or 3 Journal publications.
1. Michalak M., Łatka L., Sokołowski P., Toma F.-L., Myalska H., Denoirjean A., Ageorges H., Microstructural, mechanical and tribological properties of finely grained Al2O3 coatings obtained by SPS and S-HVOF methods, Surface and Coatings Technology, 404 (2020), 126463, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126463
2. Jonda E., Łatka L., Pakieła W., Microstructure and selected properties of Cr3C2–NiCr coatings obtained by HVOF on magnesium alloy substrates, Materials, 13 (2020), 2775, https:// doi:10.3390/ma13122775
3. Winnicki M., Łatka L., Jasiorski M., Baszczuk A., Mechanical properties of TiO2 coatings deposited by low pressure cold spraying, Surface and Coatings Technology, In Press (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126516