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Planetary ball mill PM 400

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Make: Retsch               Model: PM 400

  • Power consumption        :   ~ 2100 W (VA)

  • W x H x D closed            :   836 x 1220 (1900) x780 mm

  • Net weight                     :   ~ 290 kg

  • No. of grinding stations :    4 / 2

  • Speed ratio                    :   1:-2 / 1:-2.5 / 1:-3

  • Grinding jar sizes (ml)    :   12,25,50,80,120,250,500 ml

  • Drive                              :   3-phase asynchronous motor with                                                       frequency converter

  • Drive power                   :   1.5 kW

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Use

  1. ·  The PM 400 is a robust floor model with 4 grinding stations and accepts grinding jars with a nominal volume from 12 ml to 500 ml. It processes up to 8 samples simultaneously which results in a high sample throughput.

  2. ·  The extremely high centrifugal forces of Planetary Ball Mills result in very high pulverization energy and therefore short grinding times.

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High Temp. pin on disc  tribometer

Make: DUCOM                  Model: SP-300

  • Specimen            : Pin size: - 3, 6, 8 & 10 mm (RT) - 5, 6, 8 & 10 mm (HT)

  • Wear Disc Size    : 100 mm x 4mm thickness.

  • Wear Track Dia.  : Min 20mm , Max 80mm (auto )

  • Disc speed          : Min: 1 rpm, Max: 1000 rpm

  • Normal Load       : 5N - 200N

  • Friction force       : 0 – 200 N

  • Wear                    : Up to 2000 µm

  • Temperature        : 700° C pin heating; 600° C disc heating

  • Heater                  : Cartridge for pin, Induction for disc

Use

  1. Tribometers, or devices to measure friction and wear, are the basic technology used in most of the tribological investigations.

  2. The purpose of a tribometer is to provide simulation of friction and wear under controlled conditions. Friction and wear are very sensitive to factors such as variations in temperature, load or humidity, therefore it is essential to provide an apparatus where all these factors can carefully be controlled and monitored.

Vacuum Arc Melting

Make: VEC Solution  

  • Furnace Chamber made of Stainless steel and sustain vacuum level of 1*10-6mbar.

  • Able to melt material upto 140g in Ar atmosphere.

  • Gain temperature upto 2500°C for fabrication of buttons.

  • Equipment is capable of melting Ta/Hf/W base alloy.

  • Automatic power off if water flow is insufficient.

  • Electrical over load switch is provided.

  • Dimension of crucible for melt

    • Hemispherical:15-30mm dia.

    • Cylindrical :6-10mm dia. and 60mm length max.

Use

Vacuum arc melting furnaces are specialized equipment used to produce high-performance materials. They operate under high vacuum conditions, which eliminates contamination, minimize gas entrapment in the molten metal leading to improved material density and reduced porosity and allows for precise control over the melting process. This enables the production of materials with superior properties, such as high strength, excellent corrosion resistance.

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Vacuum hot press

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  • Capacity: 10 TON

  • Maximum furnace Temperature: 1,600° C

  • Vacuum (10-3 Torr range) and Inert gas (Ar, He, N2) operation.

  • Semi-automatic operation by PLC

  • Simultaneous temperature and pressure control.

  • Thermocouple and Pyrometer based temperature control.

  • Rapid vacuum cycling: typical <10min

  • Water flow and furnace over temperature system protection.

Use

  1. Vacuum hot press furnace combines vacuum/atmosphere, hot press moulding, high temperature sintering, suitable for powder metallurgy.

  2. Thermal Technology Hot Press furnace systems (HP) allow for the precise application of hydraulic pressing force and simultaneous high temperature operation. Typical uses for hot press include sintering of metal or ceramic powders and diffusion bonding of solid components.

  3. It is composed of following system:

    1. Vacuum system

    2. Hydraulic system

    3. Water-cooling system

    4. Temperature control system

    5. Inflation system

Electrochemical cell

Make: CH Instruments

  • CV and LSV scan rate                     : 0.000001 to 10,000 V/s

  • Potential increment during scan     : 0.1 mV @ 1,000 V/s

  • CA and CC pulse width                   :  0.0001 to 1000 sec

  • CA & CC minimum sample interval : 1 μs

  • True integrator for CC

  • DPV and NPV pulse width               : 0.001 to 10 sec

  • SWV frequency                                : 1 Hz to 100 kHz

  • i-t sample interval                            : minimum 1 μs

  • ACV frequency                                 : 0.1 Hz to 10 kHz

  • SHACV frequency                             : 0.1 Hz to 5 kHz

  • FTACV frequency                              : 0.1 Hz to 50 Hz (simultaneously acquires 1st to 6th harmonics ACV data)

  • IMP frequency                                    : 0.00001 Hz to 1 MHz

  • IMP amplitude                                    : 0.00001 V to 0.7 V rms

Use

A 3 electrode electrochemical cell is used to study the corrosion behavior of a material in a liquid medium. The counter electrode consists of a Pt wire mesh and the reference electrode is Ag/AgCl  (sat’d KCl). The material for the working electrode is provided by the user

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Tubular furnace

Make: Priya Enterprises

  • Temperature                 : 1200°C

  • Temperature Control    : Programmable, Microprocessor based

  • Control system             : Integrated control system

  • Construction                 : Double Walled steel construction

  • Safety                           : High limit over temperature protection, circuit breaker,

  • Power Supply                : 220 Volts

  • Gas Purging                   : Available

Muffle furnace

Make: Priya Enterprises

  • Temperature                 : 1200°C

  • Temperature Control    : Programmable, Microprocessor based

  • Control system             : Integrated control system

  • Construction                 : Double Walled steel construction

  • Safety                           : High limit over temperature protection, circuit breaker,

  • Power Supply               : 220 Volts

  • Gas Purging                  : Available

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High Temperature Muffle Furnace

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Make: Metrex (Delhi) 

  • Temperature                 : 1550°C (Max)

  • Temperature Control    : Programmable, Microprocessor based

  • Control system              : Integrated control system

  • Construction                 : Double Walled steel construction

  • Safety                            : High limit over temperature protection

  • Power Supply                : 220 Volts, 1-20 Amp

  • Gas Purging                   : Not Available

  • Thermocouple                : Dual (Imported)

  • Microcontroller               : Imported

Use

  1. Muffle furnace is essential laboratory instrument used for high-temperature heating and heat treatment of materials, ensuring isolation from combustion byproducts and contaminants for precise and controlled processes.

  2. It is used for various Heat Treatment studies of various metals, Study microstructural stability at various temperature range etc.

  3. It is used to study Oxidation behavior of materials at elevated temperatures under controlled environment.

VIBROMET Polisher

Make:  CUH                  Model: SDVC 21- S

  • Remove Deformation for All Hardness Materials and Multiple Material Specimens

  • Generous Specimen Capacity

  • Operator Free Sample Preparation

  • Corrosion and Impact Resistant RIM Cabinet

  • Membrane Keypad Interface

  • Variable Vibration Control with Digital LED

  • Quick Change Polishing Bowl

  • Achieve High Quality Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) Patterns

Use

  1. VibroMet: Vibratory Polisher is a machine designed to prepare high quality polished surfaces on a wide variety of materials, including EBSD applications.

  2. After mechanical specimen preparation, the VibroMet Vibratory Polisher removes any minor deformations remaining.

  3. This reveals a stress-free surface without need for the hazardous electrolytes required by electro-polishers

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Polishing machine

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Make: Chennai Metco           

Model: BAINPOL VTD, VFD 10”

  • 0.5 HP high torque AC motor

  • Single phase input 220v/50Hz or 110v/60Hz

  • Imported AC Drive

  • 8" disc dia. standard

  • 10" & 12" dia. options

  • Feather touch control

  • 50 to 1000 RPM or 50 to 600 RPM

  • Machine size :710 X 660 X 310 mm

  • Dual drive and Individual drive

Use

  1. Fully molded FRP/ABS cover. Quick change disc design enables discs with different grits / polish cloth to be used in desired steps.

  2. Grinding uses fixed abrasives—the abrasive particles are bonded to the paper or platen—for fast stock removal. Polishing uses free abrasives on a cloth; that is, the abrasive particles are suspended in a lubricant and can roll or slide across the cloth and specimen.

  3. Diamond abrasives are recommended for grinding most ceramics, but silicon carbide (SiC) paper and cubic boron nitride (CBN) platens can also be used.

Digital Microhardness Tester

Make : Matsuzawa ( Japan) Digital Micro Hardness

Model : MMT X7 - Test Load Type B

  • Testing load                 : 5,10,25,50,100,200,300,500,1000 and 2000 gf

  • Loading mechanism     : Automatic Loading and Releasing

  • Objective lens              : 40X, 20x

  • Total Magnification      : 400X, 200X

  • Max measuring length : 250um

  • Measuring mode          : 5 kinds of HV, HK, HB, KC, Xbar, Cyllindrical

  • Dimension & Wt.          : Main body only W250 x D520 x H530 mm 35 kg.

  • User Interface               : LCD touch panel

  • Measuring area Specimen : Height 120mm and Depth 160mm

Use

A digital microhardness tester is a lab instrument that measures the hardness of various range of materials using the micro indentation method, typically employing Vickers or Knoop indenters, and provides precise hardness values for small or thin samples.

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Glove Box

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Make: VEC solutions 

  • Dimension(mm)          : 1250 (L)* 900 (H) *750 (D)

  • Ante- chamber(mm)   : 400 (D)* 600 (L)

  • Material                     : Stainless steel (304L)

  • Pressure gauges         : 6” inches diameter

  • Glove ports                : 2 Aluminium glove holders with 220 mm(D)

  • Illumination                 : LED lamp

  • PLC controller             : 7” full-color touchscreen

  • Box Pressure control   :  ± 15 m bar

  • Vacuum pump              : Rotary pump

Use

  1. A glovebox is an isolated enclosure that is designed to maintain an inert atmosphere.

  2. This machine will be used to avoid surface contaminations, oxidation, and corrosion of the metallic powders.

Differential scanning calorimetry

Make: NETZSCH    Model: STA 509 jupiter

  • Temperature range       : RT to 1600 ℃

  • Heating rates                : 0.001 – 50K/min

  • Accuracy                       :± 0.2 K

  • Precison                        : ± 0.02 K

  • Environment                 : Ar,  N2, and O2

  • Sample weight              : 35 gms (min)

  • Reference material        : Alumina 

Use

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) measures the heat flow into or out of a sample as a function of temperature or time, comparing it to a reference material to detect thermal events like phase transitions and chemical reactions, melting point, glass transition, amorphous.

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HRTEM

Make: Tecnai FEI (USA) 

  • Voltage Range                  : 50-300 kV

  • Point resolution                 : 0.20 nm

  • Line resolution                   : 0.10 nm

  • STEM resolution                : 0.17 nm

  • Information limit                : 0.14 nm

  • Energy spread                   : 0.7 eV

  • Max alpha-tilt angle with double-tilt holder      : ±40°

  • Max alpha-tilt angle with tomography holder   : ±80°

  • Maximum diffraction angle                                : ±12°

  • Camera length                                                   : 35–2300 mm

  • EDS solid angle                                                  : 0.13 srad

Use

  1. The Tecnai TF-30 is a transmission electron microscope (TEM) that can also be operated in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) mode it is used  for:

  2. High-Resolution TEM (HRTEM) imaging, bright Field (BF) & Dark Field (DF) imaging with an objective aperture, selected Area Electron Diffraction (SAED), STEM imaging with a High-Angle Annular Dark Field (HAADF) detector, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) with an Oxford INCA system, Automatically capture tilt series of images for tomographic imaging

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Dilatometer

Make: NETZSCH       Model: DIL 402 Expedis

  • Temperature range      : RT to 1600 ℃

  • Heating rates               : 0.001 – 50K/min

  • Accuracy                      :± 0.2 K

  • Precison                       : ± 0.02 K

  • Environment                : Ar,  N2, and O2

  • Sample diameter          : 10 mm(max), 8 mm(min)

  • Sample length              :  19mm (max), 12 mm(min)

  • Reference material       : Alumina

Use

Dilatometer is a device that measures changes in the dimensions (length, area, or volume) of a material as a function of temperature, primarily used to determine thermal expansion and phase transitions, and other temperature-related changes. 

Nanoindentation

Make : Micro Materials

Model: Nano Test Vantage

  • NanoTest Alpha Platform: with NTX5  Controller including Vibration isolation platform, thermal enclosure and single objective optical microscope

  • Load application and range: Electromagnetic actuator with load range from 0 – 500 mN (low load head)

  • Indenters:  Berkovich, Spherical

  • Test Modes:  Load controlled, depth controlled, creep, nano-scratch module, friction measurement and nano positioner/SPM

  • Analysis: Complete indentation analysis including hardness, modulus, creep and data export

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Use : Nanoindentation is a high precision nanomechanical testing facility designed for mechanical property measurement of thin films, coatings, metallic alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites. The system provides controlled  nano-scaled displacements and loads to evaluate hardness, elastic modulus, creep behaviour.

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Optical Microscope

Make : Zeiss

Model: Axiovert 5

  • Microscope Type            : Inverted Metallurgical  microscope

  • Reflector Turret               : CODED 6x position reflector turret

  • Contrasting Technique: Bright Field, Dark Field

  • Focusing range                 : 13mm and above

  • Eyepiece                               : Wide field eyepiece 10x with a field of View of 23mm with a diopter position of +/- 5

  • Objectives                           : 5X, 10x, 20x, 50x and 100x

  • Camera system                : 8MP CMOS Colour camera with software

Use

An inverted metallurgical microscope is designed for microstructure observation, grain size analysis as well as phase contrast studies.

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Abrasive-cutter

Make : Chennai metco

Model: BAINCUT – HSS (Automatic Precision High Speed Saw)

  • 1.Cutting Capacity: Up to 40 mm diameter

  • 2.Motor Power: 1 HP (750 W), 3-phase motor

  • 3.Speed Range: Continuously variable from 100–4000 rpm

  • 4.Cutting Movement:

  • 1.X-axis: Manual, movement up to 50 mm

  • 2.Y-axis: Automatic longitudinal cutting

  • 5.Cooling System: External recirculation coolant system with 20 L capacity

  • 6.Safety Features: Door safety interlock system, LOTO switch, and laser line system

  • 7.Machine Dimensions: 790 mm (L) × 800 mm (W) × 470 mm (H)

Use

The abrasive cutter is used for precision sectioning of metallic and non-metallic samples without altering their microstructure. It employs a high-speed rotating abrasive wheel with coolant circulation to minimize heat generation. The machine provides clean, accurate cuts, making it ideal for preparing specimens for metallographic and mechanical testing

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