“…Of these methods, the lightest, cheapest, most affordable and most versatile is electrical spark deposition (ESD). The method has a number of advantages over the above methods [11][12][13][14][15][16][17], the main of which are: its simplicity, low cost of equipment, its easy technology, the insignificant heating of the layered products, absence of thermal deformations, low energy consumption and ease of RESEARCH implementation of the technological operations, the possibility of hardening surfaces of complex shapes. The main disadvantages of this method is a small thickness, relatively higher roughness and unevenness of the applied coatings, and lower productivity.…”