New Electron-Beam Equipment and Technologies for the Production of Advanced Materials Using Vacuum Melting and Evaporation Methods Developed at SPE [“Eletekhmash”]

Abstract

We present the results of the electron-beam equipment and technologies developed to produce materials and coatings, performed in Scientific and Production Enterprise “Eltekhmash” (Ukraine) in the period from 2005 to 2017. The presentation is about result analysis of developments of a new generation of electron-beam equipment and technologies in this company over more than 10 years. The company is intensively developing such directions of electron-beam technology:

• Production of electric contacts;

• Gas turbine blades protective coating manufacturing;

• Development of a variety of laboratory and production electron-beam equipment with different functional capabilities, which are currently realized in L-2 unit, allows saving time and money for the development of a new technological process.

This unit is capable of realizing four types of different technological processes:

• Coating depositions of numerous ingredients on the turbine blades;

• Production of composition materials from the vapor phases including porous and microlaminate types of materials;

• Production dispersed metals, ceramic, and composite powders.

The company is also manufacturing different types of equipment based on mentioned development or equipment according to customer design and goals.