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            |   | Dr. Alexander I. SOM |  | 
				
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							 Data:
          Born 1951; 1968-1974 - student of Welding 
            faculty of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute; 1974-1992 - research assistant 
            of E.O.Paton Welding Institute; 1985 - defended thesis "Wear-resistant 
            plasma facing of details of machine for reprocessing of polymeric 
            material " for the degree of candidate of technical science 1992 - 
            director of scientific-production company "Plasma-Master 
            Co. Ltd." - up till now  
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					| Scientific Activities:
           development of new technological processes
            of plasma transferred arc (PTA) surfacing method (valve seats, screws,
            cutting and stamping tools, pipeline valves and etc.); 
           development of new technological method
            - plasma centrifugal surfacing;
           plasma torches for PTA-process;
           new alloys for surfacing; 
           Publications: 31 publications in scientific
            journals and collections including 10 the USSR inventors certificate.
            Main fields of research: Theory of processes in plasma and their applications
            for spraying, materials processing and plasma chemistry.
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      | Selected Publications:
           Frumin I.I., Som A.I., Gladkiy P.V.
             Plasma surfacing extruder srews injection machine //
            Theoretical and technological basics of surfacing. Surfacing in mechanical
            engineering and repair. - Kiev: PWI, 1981. - p.13-21. 
           Som A.I., Gladkiy P.V., Perepletchikov
            E.F. New wear-resistant alloy for plasma surfacing //
            Surfacing wear-resistant and heat-resistant steels and alloys. Surfacing
            materials. - Kiev: PWI, 1983. - p.7-11. 
           Gladkiy P.V., Som A.I., Perepletchikov
            E.F. Centrifugal plasma surfacing // New processes of
            surfacing. Features of surfaced metal and transition zone. - Kiev:
            PWI, 1984. - p.31-34. 
           Som A.I. New plasma torches for
            plasma transferred arc surfacing // Automatic welding. - 1999.
            - ¹7. - p.44-48. 
           Inventors certificate 600784 (the USSR).
             Plasma torch for surfacing by powder additive material
            // Gladkiy P.V., Som A.I., Perepletchikov E.F., Sarrykin Y.
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