History of development of vacuum-arc method of synthesis of ion-plasma coatings
- 1965…1972 - first positive results of vacuum arc use for production of reinforcing coatings;
- 1970…1974 - development and manufacture of 20 installations of the type "Bulat" for plants of Kharkov;
- 1974 - foundation of specialized laboratory for vacuum-arc coatings;
- 1978 - foundation and organizing of industrial output of installation “Bulat-3”;
- 1979 - sale of license to technology TiN and installation Bulat-3 to USA;
- Development of principally new units in comparison with Bulat-3 and development on their base of industrial installation Bulat-6, organization of its full-scale production;
- 1979…1990 - solving of the problem of full-scale industrial use in USSR of vacuum-arc coatings for hardening of tools;
- 1983-1985 - solving of the problem of development of “wear resistant” friction pairs;
- 1981-1991 - development of the processes and equipment for protection of nuclear, fuel and structural material from corrosion in operational conditions;
- 1992 - broadening of investigation scale, foundation of specialized department of ion-plasma modification of surface;
- 1988-1995 - development and realization of series of “low temperature” technology;
- 1992-1999 - development, production and realization in Ukraine and outside of installations “Bulat-TNP-3, TNP-4, TNP-5” with low-temperature technologies;
- 1997-1999 - production of pioneer processes and installation for production of multilayer self-carrying articles
- 1995-2013 - exit on the world market with our products (China, USA, Armenia, South Korea, Germany, Russia);
- 1990-2015 - development of new lines of investigation, development of new processes and equipment (diamond coatings and films, transparent and thermal reflecting coatings, “no-wear’ super thin coatings for recording systems of PC, bactericide coatings on implants, electro-and thermal resistant coatings for international apparatus “ITER”, multifunctional nanostructure coatings, corrosion, thermal and radiation-resistant coating for protection of zirconium from failure in emergency situations with the loss of heat-transfer agent in WWER ( conditions of Fukusima);
- 1992-2013 - production of new equipment (plasma generator for coating of inner surfaces of hollow articles, high-capacity sources of plasma and separators etc).
Recognition of significance of development for vacuum-arc processes, technologies, equipment
- 1986 -State award of USSR. Winners: A.A.Romanov (left), A.A. Andreev (right);
- 1986 - Award of Council of ministers of USSR. Winner:V.M.Khorochikh, L.G Sablev, I.I.Aksenov;
- 1987 - State award of USSR. Winner V.E. Strelnitskyi;
- Large-scale production of installation of the type “Bulat” for general use in industry of USSR;
- 1979 - sale of first in the history of NSC KIPT license for technology of deposition of TiN on cutting instrument in USA;
- 1982 - Sale of license in Czechoslovakia .I.I.Aksenov, A.I.Getman, I.S. Gladkiy, A.Chikrizhov;
- 2003 - Award of international prize of Manfred von Arden on applied physics to I.I.Aksenov;
- 2010 - obtaining of international patent on discovery in the field of interaction of gamma-radiation with composition nanostructural materials 2010 (V.A.Belous, I.M.Neklyudov);
- 2012 - sale of the first in the history of ISSPMT of international license for plasma separator to the Dutch firm. V.E.Strelnitskiy, V.V.Vasiliyev, V.A.Belous, A.A.Luchaninov;