The article is aimed at verifying the state of a real workplace using virtual reality. In analyzing the readiness of virtual reality applications, augmented reality was selected for the following work. The most significant advantage of augmented reality is the implementation of a virtual model and the ability to deal with the analysis in a real environment, which is particularly beneficial in the case of production plants. In the first phase of the work, an analysis of the current state of the workplace was carried out, where the requirements for the design of the new workplace were specified. This was followed by the phase of design preparation in 3D modeller. At this very stage it appeared to be advantageous to use virtual reality applications; in the design process, regular approval procedures are required as for an expert team (management, design, quality, ...), which puts high qualification requirements on the readiness of this team. In this phase, the 3D design of the new workplace was inserted into the application supported by augmented reality and some options were indicated to deal with the ergonomic and risk analysis. The result of this work is, in particular, an extension of options in designing and analyzing production workplaces and machinery in multidisciplinary teams.

Efficient machining using the technology of wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) is a compromise between cutting speed and surface quality. Typical morphology of WEDM processed surface features plenty of craters caused by electrospark discharges produced during the cutting process. The study deals with the evaluation of S-parameters enabling quantitative evaluation of the surface in all directions which are technically significant. Attention was also paid to surface morphology and its evaluation using 3D colour-filtered and unfiltered images. The experiment included 33 variants of setting machine parameters on samples made of two metallic materials: Al 99.5 and Ti-6Al-4V.

The article deals with the modal analysis as a tool for specification of natural frequencies and the mode shapes of the turning tool. This type of analysis is the first step that is necessary to do at the dynamic analysis of technical components. At the beginning, the verification of numerical method was realized in laboratory conditions, where the fixed beam substituted the turning tool. Vibrodiagnostics of the real cutting tool in the workshop and the modal analysis using FEM in the software PTC Creo followed. It can be said that the results of the numerical method based on FEM were comparable with the data achieved by means of experimental measurements. The work described in this paper can be considered as a foundation for the dynamic tool life analysis.

The article deals with the research of the pressures originate inside the cooling system and also in the mould cavity during the injection moulding process. The reason for this research is the fact that the wear on the injection device reduces with the decreasing of pressure in the mould cavity during the injection process what increases its lifetime. The simulations were realized for three designed types of running system and for four versions of cooling system. 3D model of the mould was created in Autodesk Inventor Professional software and then solidification of material was simulated in Autodesk Moldflow Insight software. The most significant decreasing of the pressure has shown the fourth alternative, at which the inlet system was heated in its entirety and trajectory of cooling channels have ensured better heat removal. The results were compared and the best version from the view of pressure was manufactured and placed into the injection moulding machine Arburg Allrounder 320 C.

The energy absorption at crash, usually described by stiffness and crashworthiness, is the key request for the car-body components, considering the material they were made from. The modified 3-point bending test with fixed ends has been developed in our department to assess materials for the carbody parts. The force and punch path are measured and used to calculate stiffness and crashworthiness. Experiments were performed on high strength low alloyed steel H220PD, dual phase steel DP 600 and austenitic stainless steels AISI 304 for base material and specimens welded by solid state fiber laser YLS-5000. Based on the experiments and analysis, the austenitic stainless steel is better to use for car body components of frontal deformation zones. Otherwise, the passenger's compartment is better protected by applying dual phase steel for car body parts when side impact occurs.