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Course: Surface Treatment Application

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Course title Surface Treatment Application
Course code UCHTML/C729
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kalendová Andréa, prof. Ing. Dr.
Course content
1. Introduction, basic definition and glossary of surface finishing and application terms. Physical and physico-chemical aspects of dispersing, dispersing equipment, paint manufacturing processes and procedures 2. Paint formulation principles, pain binder types, paint formulation calculations and principles. Paint types, paints for wood, metals, mineral materials, plastics and paper 3. Paint solvents, solvent selection criteria, VOC content determination methods. 4. Pigment and filler powders 5. Inorganic and organic types of coloured pigments 6. Paint manufacturing operations: filtration, mixing/stirring, raw material transport, dilution, paint colour modification, shading 7. Surface properties with respect to their cleaning, modification and functional coating application. Surface pretreatment wood, plastics and mineral materials 8. Diffuse galvanisation, electroplating, allotation, diffuse sulphuring, sulphonisation, sulphonitridation. Vacuum deposited coatings, layer properties and effects on organic coatings 9. Paint application by pneumatic, high-pressure and electrostatic spraying. Roller-coating, coil-coating, coil-coating materials, reactoplastics, thermoplastics, glass-reinforced plastics, curing and baking, application in drums. Glazing, curtaining, dipping, paint application by printing processes 10. Electrostatic paint powder application, application in electric fields, triboelectric application, fluid application, rotary and cup application equipment. Electrostatic application of liquid paints, pneumatic, centrifugal, slit, combined rotary technology, environmental protection aspects 11. Electrophoretic paint application, electrochemical process theory, chemism, bath preparation, coat deposition, baking, bath modification and technological requirements for bath and substrate quality 12. Film formation processes based on physical, chemical, and physico-mechanical mechanisms (convex, UV, IST, EBC curing) 13. Designing paint systems and surface pretreatment and treatment technologies specific cases

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The course Application of surface treatments introduces the surface treatment of materials, especially in terms of application and the creation of protective, functional and decorative coatings or layers on the materials. Theoretical background and technologies of surface pretreatment procedures are presented and the technologies of application and formation of organic coatings using paints are clarified. Technologies of creating inorganic layers, metal and combined coatings are also discussed. Attention is paid to applications of surface treatments and types of protective or functional coatings for real environments and specific purposes, as well as some new elements in technologies for application and surface pretreatment.
The participant who has completed the course is competent for work at research institutions and at companies whose business scope includes paints and organic coatings.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of macromolecular chemistry and chemistry of organic coatings.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation, Presentation

The examination is oral and follows a written test. In order to examine how they work during the semester, the students are required to deliver short presentations on selected topics. The outcome of the presentation is included in the student's overall classification.
Recommended literature
  • Kalendová, Andrea. Technologie nátěrových hmot II. : povrchové úpravy a způsoby předúpravy materiálů. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2003. ISBN 80-7194-555-2.
  • Kittel H. Lehrbuch der Lacke und Beschichtungen, band 1,2,3. Stuttgart, 2001.
  • Satas D., Tracton A.A. Coatings Technology Handbook. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc., 2001.
  • Talbot D., Talbot J. Corrosion Science and Technology. CRC Press LLC: Boca Raton, 1998.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
University of Pardubice, date of update: 16.03.2026 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026