The basic pillar of laboratory infrastructure is represented by the Centre of Excellence of 5-Axis Machining equipped with a modern production and measuring technology for the field of design, production, and control of complex surfaces by machining. Besides several 5-axis high-speed machining devices, the workplace is also equipped with the coordinate measuring machine, 3D measuring system based on computer tomography, measuring systems for 3D optical scanning, tools for experimental research of cutting process dynamic characteristics, and research of cutting liquids properties.
Another significant workplace of the Institute is represented by the specific laboratory of welding equipped with an experimental technology for the field of arc and beam welding technologies, for cladding, and material surface finishing. There is a robotised workplace for welding by a disc laser, a devicefor welding by an electron beam and an experimental workplace for complex research on technological processes of welding and cladding by electric (MIG/MAG, CMT, TIG, TOPTIG), plasma, and microplasma arcs in all welding positions and in random trajectory of the weld (or weld deposit) with incoroporated device for monitoring the welding parameters in real time, and monitoring the processes via a high speed camera.
The Institute of Production Technologies has also a specialised workplace focused on plasma polishing of metal surfaces in electrolyte at its disposal. As far as known, it is the only and unique workplace of the kind in Slovakia (and neighbouring countries as well) with such a progressive technology. The laboratory is also eqipped with the techhological device for electrochemical surface modifications which makes the electrochemical sample polishing possible as well as it allows the chemical surface passivation.
Further modern workplaces are as follows: the laboratories for research on plastics injection moulding, metrologic laboratory equipped with a highly precise coordinate measuring machine, and a wide range of tools for defining the geometric specifications of products and microgeometric surface characteristics.
For the purposes of training, research and development in the field of foundry technologies, the Institute has also a foundry workplace as well as the workplace for the research on the properties of foundry formation mixtures.