The European Ceramic Society
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Poland
CENTRE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND SINTERING TECHNOLOGY Short name: SINTERCER
Sintering of advanced materials and comprehensive materials studies
Director : DSc. Eng. Piotr KLIMCZYK
Email : piotr.klimczyk@ios.krakow.pl
Phone : +48 12 6317100
Address : 37A Wroclawska St., 30-011 Krakow
Website : www.ios.krakow.pl
Research topics :
- Advanced sintering: sintering of superhard materials based on polycrystalline diamond (PCD) or polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PcBN), sintering of ceramic composites, nanocomposites, refractory materials and many others
Contact information:
Contact name: DSc. Eng. Piotr KLIMCZYK
Tel : +48 12 6317330
Email: piotr.klimczyk@ios.krakow.pl
- HT materials studies: studies of materials at high temperature conditions, including: XRD, dilatometry and tribology
- RT materials studies: studies of materials at room temperature, including: SEM, XRD, density
(helium pycnometer, Archimedes method), Young’s modulus (ultrasonic method), Vickers
indentation methods (HV, KIC), tribology (Ball-On-Disc)
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr Eng. Paweł FIGIEL
Tel : +48 12 6317411
Email: pawel.figiel@ios.krakow.pl
Exceptional facilities :
- HPHT (High Pressure High Temperature) apparatus: pressures: ~4 – 8 GPa, temperatures: 20 – 2400°C, max. heating rate: ~100 °C/s
- Various sintering equipment: SPS, MW, free sintering, etc.;
HT Dilatometer (DIL 402 E, Netzsch): temperatures: 180 ° C – 2800 ° C (He), temperatures: 25 ° C – 1600 ° C (N2, Ar, O2, vacuum);
HT XRD (Empyrean, PANalytical): high-temperature chamber Anton Paar HTK 16N for in-situ diffraction studies in high temperatures up to 1600 ° C, high-temperature chamber Anton Paar HTK 2000N with temperature range of 25 – 2000 °C, 5-axis (Chi-Phi-XYZ) cradle for measuring reflectivity, residual stress and sample texture, High Score Plus, Stress Plus, Texture, PDF-4+(ICDD).
HT tribology: Ball-On-Disc, up to 1000°C
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: REGPOT (FP7), M-Era.Net
- National fundings: Programmess of : the National Centre of Research and Development, the National Science Centre, the Fundation for Polish Science
Latest news
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 50th ICACC (International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites) that will be held from 25th to 30th January 2026 in Daytona Beach - Florida - United States!
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 30th November 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-February 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 30th November 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-March 2026.
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