subjecting it to annealing at various parameters. The thermal shape memory properties were evaluated by means of the DSC method. In most cases, the higher the annealing temperatures for the material were in the range up to 595°C, the lower the transformation temperatures. As the DSC runs showed, a different character of the changes especially in characteristic temperatures, was observed for annealing temperatures above 600°C. The results showed that the different annealing temperatures, and even the method of cooling, provide a wide range of possibilities to control the SMA spring reaction – transformation behaviour and temperatures. Such treatment can be a simple technical procedurę used for the preparation of the selected SMA functional properties if required. This means that the same SMA element can be reused without having to source a new one. This may be desirable from the point of view of sustainability.

obtain the best effects of reducing the surface roughness.

uzyskać najlepsze efekty obniżenia chropowatości powierzchni.

seldom willing to lift the veil of secrecy on this topic. In the context of own experimental studies, the authors made a reference to the technical aspects of some post-treatments of a Ni-Ti alloy with a view to further practical application, e.g. the design and construction of machinery and structures with the involvement of SMA. For these purposes, high-temperature shape setting trials were carried out using various parameters of heat treatment with no secrecy surrounding the procedures applied. Some of the tested parameters proved effective, whereas some were less useful. Following the activation of the reverse transformation by heating, a somewhat different behaviour was observed, and simultaneously one of the crucial material temperatures was determined. The paper as a whole is reported from a specifically engineering/technical point of view, which is continuously emphasized in the content of the presented article.

version of the equation developed by Augis and Bennett. Activation energy was determined at Ea = 242.0 - 254.2 kJ / mol, subject to the applied method. The Avrami exponent of crystallization in the amorphous phase n was determined in the range of n = 2.40 - 2.52, depending on the method of calculating the transformation of activation energy.