Materials Research Centre
in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

Equipment

Mechanincal testing - Materials Processing - Optical Microscopy - Electron microscopy - Materials Characterisation

Major items of equipment only are included:

Denison-Mayes DH 2004C 200kN Servo-hydraulic universal testing machine

Contact: Dr M P Ansell

3 of Instron 1195 100kN testing machine
1 of Instron 1185 100kN testing machine
1 of Instron 1122 5kN table mounted testing machine
3 of Instron 1332 100kN servo-hydraulic fatigue testing

Contact: Mr P F J Taylor

Instron 3111 Environmental cabinet
Wallace extensometer
1600°C high temperature facility

Contact: Mr P F J Taylor

Santec Systems AcousticScope ultrasonic defect monitor, fatigue

Contact: Prof. D P Almond

Leco M400 microhardness tester
Vickers and Avery Rockwell hardness testers

Contact: Mr P F J Taylor

100 ton laminating hot press – 50cm x 50cm
Induction furnace – 50kW at 3kHz
Astro Industries furnace 2800° C
Comprehensive range of tube and chamber furnaces, 1100-1700° C
Stansted Fluid Power 207MPa isostatic press
Szegvari Attritor mill
Lab Plant SD.05 spray drier

Contact: Mr P F J Taylor

Two Zeiss ICM405 optical microscopes
Comprehensive collection of laboratory microscopes – high, low resolution, polarising, binocular
Optimas image analysis
Logitech PM4 precision lapping and polishing machine
Suit of metallographic cutting, lapping and polishing machines

Contact: Mr P F J Taylor

T330 SEM - scanning electron microscope
6310 SEM - scanning electron microscope
1200 EX TEM - basic transmission electron microscope, 40 - 120 keV
2010 TEM - 200 keV high resolution transmission electron microscope
8600M EPMA - computer-controlled electron probe micro analyser
Nanoscope III SPM - scanning probe

Supporting facilities: freeze drying, critical point drying, ultramicrotomy, ion milling, electro-chemical thinning, sputter coating, evaporation of carbon and metal films.

Contact: Mrs Ursula Potter

Philips PU9700 IR spectrophotometer
TA Instruments DSC2 2910 differential scanning calorimeter
Triton 2000 DMA

Contact: Mr P F J Taylor

Solatron S1 1260 impedance analyser
Solatron 1296 dielectric interface
Datacolor SF600+ spectra photometer
Malvern System 3601 particle size analyser

Contact: Prof. R Stevens

Micromeritics ASAP 2000 gas porosimeter
Micromeritics 1330 pycnometer
Netzsc DIL 402C dilatometer
Setaram TGA92 thermogravimetric analysis

Contact: Dr T J Mays
(Dept Chem Eng)

Non-contact surface profilimeter proscan 2000

Contact: Dr C R Bowen

Santec Systems AcousticScope
Thermal Wave Imaging Thermoscope
Limess Shearography system
USL Ultrasonic C-scanner with 3x1 metre tank
Matec 6600 (ultrasonic) pulse modulator receiver
Laservall 25 watt fibered diode laser

Contact: Prof. D P Almond

Thermal Wave Imaging Thermoscope

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