Modern Material Technologies Intended for Industrial Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, significant changes can be observed in the technologies that are used to manufacture the traditional elements of machines and devices. These changes concern, on the one hand, new additive, plastic, or subtractive manufacturing systems, and, on the other hand, they represent modern material technologies that are aimed at improving the functional properties of these elements. With regard to new technologies, a significant problem is their transfer from a laboratory scale to an industrial scale. Technologies that have been proven to be effective for small samples is not always scaled up to the finished product. Additionally, the resulting product will not always be able to be used in all possible applications due to the different overall dimensions. The aim of this publication is to present the effects of modern material technologies, possible directions for their development, and ways of adapting them to practical applications. Studies on the microstructure and properties of the materials that can be obtained with these technologies are crucial for the further development of industrial research and practical implementations in industrial practice. The results of this study can greatly contribute to broadening our knowledge of actual modern materials and technologies that are implemented to industrial practice. In this Topic, we will focus on and are interested in receiving manuscript contributions in one or more of the following areas:

- Innovative heat treatment technologies;

- Microstructure and properties of new metallic materials and their alloys;

- Nanostructured metallic materials;

- Surface processing of advanced materials;

- Welding technologies for modern steels;

- Industrial applications of modern materials;

- Surface layers, including hybrid ones.

Prof. Dr. Tomasz Tański
Prof. Dr. Andrzej N. Wieczorek
Dr. Marcin Staszuk
Topic Editors