The laboratory Equipment includes modern machines and software that can be categorized as follows:
i. Equipment for the tribological properties (friction and wear) evaluation of materials, under a wide range of test conditions
Ball/Pin-on-Disk CSM Tribometer
Normal Load: 1 to 10 N
Friction: 10 N max.
Disk Speed: 600 rpm max.
Linear Speed: 100 mm/s max.
Stroke length: 60 mm max.
Hielscher UIP1000hdT Ultrasonic Device-Cavitation Erosion Tester
Ultrasound Power: 1 kW max.
Frequency: 20 kHz
Amplitude: 25 μm max.
Sonotrode/Horn Tip Size: Ø 34 mm max.
Sonotrode/Horn Tip Material: Titanium
Dry Sand/Rubber Wheel Abrasive Test Rig
Wheel Speed: Variable/Selectable 200 rpm max.
Motor Drive Power: 0.7 kW
Central Applied Force : 130 N max.
Sand Flow: 300 to 400 gr/min
Wheel Revolution Counter: Yes (digital)
Falex Four-Ball Extreme Pressure (EP) Test Machine
Speed: Variable/Selectable 300 to 3000 rpm
Normal Load: Variable/Selectable 0.1 to 10 kN
Friction Force: 0 to 200 N
Friction Torque: 0 to 16 Nm
Temperature: Up to 90 deg C
ii. Equipment for metalography sampling preparation
QATM QCUT 200A Sectioning (Cut-Off) Machine EU-Funded
Cut-Off Disk Size: Up to Ø 203 mm
Cutting Capacity: 75 mm (cut-off disk Ø 200 mm) max.
Disk Flange Size: Ø 12,7 mm (0.5 in)
Feedrate: 0.01 to 20 mm/s
Cut-Off Disk Speed: 300 to 5000 rpm
QATM QPRESS 40 Hot Mounting Press EU-Funded
Temperature Control: Heating/Cooling Technology
Moulds Sizes: Interchangeable Ø 25 mm, Ø 30 mm, Ø 40 mm
Temperature: Adjustable 20 to 200 deg C
Mould Cylinder Pressure: For Ø 40 mm, 250 bar max.
Mould Cylinder Pressure: For <Ø 40 mm, 350 bar max.
QATM QPOL 250 A1 Grinding & Polishing Machine EU-Funded
Single Pressing Force: Variable/Selectable 5 to 80 N
Central Pressing Force: Variable/Selectable 20 to 350 N
Working Wheels Size: Ø 200/250 mm
Speed: 30 to 600 rpm (grinder), 30 to 160 rpm (head)
No. of Samples: 1 to 6 samples Ø 40 (single pressure)
iii. Surface evaluation properties (hardness and topography) equipment
QATM QNESS 10M Micro Hardness Tester EU-Funded
Hardness Test Methods: Vickers, Knoop, Brinell, Rockwell
Test Force Range: 20 gr to 10 kg (0.196 to 98.07 N)
Microscopy Features: Qpix Control2 M Software
Camera System: 5 Mpixel CMOS chip
Z axis: Controlled Automatic
Taylor Hobson Surtronic 3+ Surface Profilometer
Driving Length: 25.4 mm (1.0 in) max.
Selectable Cut-off Values: 0.25, 0.8, 1.25, 2.5, 4.0, 8.0, 12.5, 25.0 mm
Selectable Range: 10, 100, 500 μm
Resolution: 1.0 μm (horizontal), 10 nm (vertical)
PC Connected/Software: Yes (Talyprofile)
Beijing Time 3230 Surface Profilometer
Driving Length: 40 max.
Selectable Cut-off Values: 0.08, 0.25, 0.8, 2.5, 8.0 mm
Selectable Range: 8, 80, 800 μm
Resolution: 1 nm / 50μm, 16 nm / 800μm
PC Connected/Software: Yes (TIMESurf)
LW Scientific Z2 Trinocular Zoom Stereoscope
Magnification Range: 6.5X to 45X
Maximum Magnification: 225X
Interpupillary Distanse: 47 to 78 mm
Stand: Dual Light
Digital Microscopy Camera: Yes (Moticam 1000)
Meiji Techno ML7000 Metallurgical Microscope
Magnification Range: 4X to 100X
Maximum Magnification: 1000X
Interpupillary Distanse: 200 mm max.
Stand: Dual Light
Digital Microscopy Camera: Yes (Moticam 1000)
Moticam 1000 Digital Microscopy Camera
Image Resolution: 1280×1024 pixels max.
Frame Rate: 10 fps min.
CMOS Chip: 1.3 Megapixels
Interface: USB 2.0 (plug & play)
Application Software: Motic Images Plus
Precisa 4000 C Laboratory Precision Balance
Weighing Capacity: 4000 gr max.
Readability & Reproducibility: 0.01 gr
PC Connected: No
Software: No
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iv. Auxilliary laboratory (Machinery-Welding-AM-RE) equipment
Machinery Equipment
Conventional Cutting Machines
Conventional Drilling-Turning-Milling Machines
Semi-automatic Surface Grinding Machine
OFW-MMA-GMAW/FCAW-GTAW Machines
Oxy-Fuel & Plasma Cutter Set
Additive Manufacturing (AM) & Reverse Engineering (RE) Equipment
3D Scanner: EinScan SE v2
RE Software: Geomagic Design X
3D Printer: Creality Ender-3 v3
Slicing Software (Slicer): Simplify 3D
WAAM Gantry System
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) Gantry System
External Dimensions: 2.2 x 2.2 x 0.8 m
Motors: 4 Stepper motors & 1 Router/Spindle
Stepping Driver: 4-axis LV8727T4V3 (with 5th axis extension)
Selectable Torches: GMAW/FCAW, Plasma, Laser etc
System Controller: Artsoft Mach 3
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