Lab Equipment Listing

For 1.25 inch specimen, supports a variety of mounting compounds including PhenoCure (phenolic resin), TransOptic for transparent mounts plus several others including a few appropriate for SEM use.

Provides both Xray images and CT scans to detect product defects such as porosity in castings.  9" x 9" detector and 190 to 330 um voxel size.

Working volume is 10" diameter  (8.4" if using parts basket) x 12" deep, max temperature of 600 C, fluidized bath medium is aluminum oxide.

Supports 1.25 inch specimen, 8" and 10" platens/polishing cloths, able to store methods for each unique material, automated dispensing system for up to 4 suspensions and one lubricant.  Supports a large variety of polishing cloths for various materials.

Supports 1.25 inch specimen and 8" platen/polishing cloths.  Suspensions suitable for materials that are sensitive to water.

Vickers-Knoop fully automated hardness tester that supports both 1.25" and 1.5" specimen and has both 1kg and 50kg load cells for a wide range of test forces.

Precision saw with additional features and blade speed from 2000 to 5000 rpm.  Includes automatic dressing system, laser for initial visual alignment, align cuts with 3-axis controls.  Supports a variety of blades for different materials.

7 foot horizontal band saw that uses 1" wide blades, primarily used for cutting aluminum ingots prior to melting in induction furnace.  Uses coolant while cutting.

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy is a technique to analyze a sample for its elemental content.

Tilt-furnace, for steel-based casting, 50lb max charge, driven by Power-Trak 35kw power supply that is shared with push-up furnace.

Push-up furnace, for aluminum-based casting, 40lb max charge, driven by Power-Trak 35kw power supply that is shared with a Mini-Melt furnace.

Inverted metallurgical microscope with camera, stage and 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x and 100x objective lens'

Precision saw designed for cutting various types of materials with minimal deformation.  Targeted for delicate parts by only using gravity fed force.   Blade speed from 100 to 975 rpm.

Stationary metal analyzer with argon purge and several programs for analyzing Al, Cu, Fe, Ni and Mg-based metals.

Configure with either 20,000 lb or 50,000 lb load cells for tensile and compression testing

Saw with 12" vertical space that uses 1" wide blades, no coolant.  Primarily used to cut smaller pieces.  Four T-slots in sliding table for use with step block and clamp set to hold work pieces.

Prepares high quality polished surfaces on a variety of materials, including for electron-backscatter diffraction (EBSD) applications.