Currently, the workplace of additive technologies deals with the research on Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) production method, particularly for thermoplastics such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and polymer lactic acid (PLA). The experiments are focused mainly on the research of additive production parameters impact (thickness of model layers, model orientation, constructing structure of a model filling, etc.), then on qualitative properties of manufactured parts and on the research of additive technologies possibilities in various fields of science and technology (machine technology, industrial design, medicine, etc.). The workplace provides also subsequent processing and modification of parts after additive production – post-processing operations.
The workplace of surface layers analyses and material deformation stages provides the possibilities of an experimental study of metal materials´ deformation phenomena via the method of deformation networks analysis, then the assessment of mechanisms of building and forming the chip in machining processes, wear meachanisms of machining and forming tools as well as the analyses of morphology and microgeometry of surfaces after conventional or progressive ways of maching and forming. The research group of the workplace is primarily oriented on the experimental analyses of laser textured surfaces from the point of their impact on tribologic and durability chracteristics of pressure tools utilised in the production of thin-walled sheet workpieces. The attention is also paid to the analyses of special metal alloys surfaces, ceramic and composite materials after laser micromachining processes with focus on their microgeometric machinability assessment.