In this paper, a methodology for depositing wear- and corrosion-resistant layers of geometrically more complex tracks on metal substrates is presented. The corresponding mathematical model includes the temperature field produced by the laser beam, the field of residual mechanical stresses, and the efficiency of utilization of the delivered powder material. The computations are realized using the finite element method, with a substantial improvement in processing the time-variable geometry of the investigated system being found, based on the introduction of two specific matrices that characterize both the surface on which the tracks are cladded as well as the track itself. The proposed technique is illustrated by cladding an angled helix on a metal surface. Selected results are successfully verified by experiments.

Electromagnetic processing of molten copper is provided in a special kind of electrical furnace called an induction furnace with a cold crucible (IFCC), making it possible to successfully remove impurities from the workpiece. In order to analyze the process in a sufficient way not only electromagnetic, thermal and flow but also metallurgical and mass transfer phenomena in the coupled formulation should be taken into consideration. The paper points to an analysis of the kinetic process of lead evaporation from molten copper. It was shown that mass transport in the gas phase determines the rate of the analyzed evaporation process. The possibility of removal of lead from molten copper is analyzed and described.

The paper deals with the numerical modeling of a pulse-width modulated voltage inverter-fed induction motor drive for the common and differential current modes. The pro-posed model of the drive respects the influence of the feeding cable described by the lumped or distributed parameters. The theoretical analysis is supplemented by results of relevant simula-tions and experiments. Evaluated are also the frequency charac-teristics of selected parts of the system and their contributions to its resultant harmonic spectra.