Success Stories

Founded in 1994, the International Center of Electron Beam Technologies (ICEBT) is presently one of the recognized world leaders in the field of EB-PVD technologies and equipment, actively working with many foreign companies and scientific organizations. Cametoid Ltd., a Canadian company with many years of experience working in the area of functional protective coatings, including EB-PVD, and their extensive commercial use, proposed combining their efforts with the ICEBT to develop and distribute new technologies in Canada.
Joint work began in 2002 between the ICEBT at the Paton Electric Welding Institute of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and Cametoid, with the participation of the STCU. In a short period of time, the partners began to conduct joint research and showed a willingness to carry out mutually beneficial work. A five-year agreement was signed on July 25, 2002 setting up a strategic partnership between the Ukrainian and Canadian sides in the area of R&D of vacuum condensation coatings using the EB-PVD method, as well as in the projection and preparation of pilot equipment for exploitation.
The realization of the Agreement came in the first Partnership Project connected with the EB-PVD method of settling erosion-resistant coatings on models and gas turbine engine blades, as well as researching their structures and qualities. It was successfully completed in the second half of 2002. During this project, Ukrainian scientists convincingly demonstrated their high potential and the vast capabilities of their technologies and equipment developed by the ICEBT, with the participation of the STCU. The next stage of the 5-year Agreement will be connected with developing new and industrial applications of already-developed types of erosion-resistant coatings for the protection of gas turbine engine blades, as well as joint work in the area of thermo-barrier gradient coatings.