ŁUKASIEWICZ RESEARCH NETWORK – INSTITUTE FOR FERROUS METALLURGY – CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Abstract

At the beginning of 2023, Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy (Łukasiewicz – IMŻ) begins its activity in the structure of a new institute under the name of Łukasiewicz Research Network – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology, after consolidation with Łukasiewicz – Institute of Welding and Łukasiewicz – Institute of Electrical Drives and Machines KOMEL. On the eve of this change, this study presents the research achievements of Łukasiewicz – IMŻ in 2022 and the topics planned to be undertaken in 2023. It takes into account projects financed from the national and EU budget for science, as well as the significant involvement of the Institute in the implementation of applied projects that contribute to increasing the innovativeness of the domestic industry, including the energy and defence sectors. Attention was paid to the dynamically developing new hydrogen technologies in metallurgy, additive technologies and high-temperature material characteristics, important for the aerospace industry. At the same time, we would like to announce that the current issue of “Journal of Metallic Materials” is the last issue of our quarterly, publishing original research results in the field of metallurgy, materials engineering, chemistry, environmental protection and management in the iron and steel industry. Its traditions date back to 1949, when the first issue of the journal was published under the title “Prace Badawcze Głównego Instytutu Metalurgii i Odlewnictwa (Research Works of the Central Institute of Metallurgy and Casting)”. In 1976-2018, the quarterly was published under the title “Prace Instytutu Metalurgii Żelaza (Works of the Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy)”. The title changed to the current one in 2019. On behalf of the entire editorial team, we would like to thank all readers and authors of articles and reviewers for their cooperation. The establishment of the new Institute will certainly create conditions for the continuation of publishing activities in a broader substantive scope.