A long-time automotive industry veteran has published a new book on surface treatments.
Jan LilkoJan Lilko has authored The Surface Treatments in Manufacturing Companies, hoping to increase awareness of surface treatments and provide coating professionals with missing information.
“Surface treatment is the systematic change of material properties by applying different types of materials using physical, chemical, or physical-chemical processes,” Lilko says. “The aim is to achieve a product surface that is more resistant to external atmospheric influences, wearable, and has better durability and wearability. Surface treatment also improves corrosion, abrasion resistance, hardness, and visual appearance.”
The book starts with the dawn of surface treatments and describes the most common materials used in surface treatments. It describes the design, implementation, and integration of facilities and products in manufacturing processes.
“The last chapter is dedicated to individual surface treatments used in industrial companies,” Lilko says. “Some of them are well-known ages, and some are future rising stars of the surface treatment industry.”
Lilko studied materials engineering and surface treatments at the MTF STU in Trnava and completed his doctoral studies at the TF SPU in Nitra in 2022. He has worked in the automotive industry for over 15 years in Slovakia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Austria, and England.
Lilko has also collaborated on the projects Embraer KC390, Discovery, Defender, Sputter Metacircle, Hardcoating center, Antifog line, and headlights for Mercedes, MAN, and Scania. He is the author of the publication Surface Treatments in Industrial Enterprises.
The Surface Treatments In Manufacturing Companies can be purchased as an E-book on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and Rakuten Kobo.
