Equipment
Ascott Salt Spray Test Chamber
Ascott salt spray test chambers are among the world’s most modern and versatile corrosion test systems, designed with ergonomic features and outstanding build quality. These chambers cover every testing requirement, from continuous salt spray tests to condensation humidity and various modified tests.
CEAST Resil Impactor
The CEAST Resil Impactor is a high-end pendulum impact testing machine for determining the impact resistance and resilience of plastics and composite materials. It is capable of performing Charpy, Izod, and tensile impact tests. Th MoAM RG system can perform multi-impact tests.
Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer DMA/SDTA861
Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) is used to measure the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of materials as a function of temperature, time and frequency when they are subjected to a periodic stress. The types of materials that can be analyzed with this technique include thermoplastics, thermosets, composites, elastomers, ceramics and metals.
Gleeble 3800-GTC
The Gleeble 3800-GTC is the most powerful standard system offered by Dynamic Systems Inc. and is capable of exerting as much as 20 tons of static force, heating specimens at a rate exceeding 10,000ºC/sec and achieving stroke rates up to 2,000mm/sec.
See https://gleeble.com/products/gleeble-systems/gleeble-3800.html
High-temperature testing system Instron 5982
Model 5982 Materials Testing System, Capacity 100kN equipped with Compact, EC65 Split Environmental Chamber and separate controller and a viewing window up to 600 degC, with High temperature strain gauge extensometer suitable for the furnace.
Modified to perform compressive creep tests.
Instron 5848 MicroTester
Instron's MicroTester™ testing system fis designed to deliver accurate and consistent results in the most demanding test environments. Designed for both static and dynamic testing, the MicroTester performs tensile, compression, flex, shear and cyclic tests on a variety of materials, specimens and components.
LUMet® : Laser Ultrasonic Sensor for In-Situ Metallurgical Microstructure Studies
To monitor metallic microstructures in real time, in-situ, and at high temperatures while conducting physical simulations on a Gleeble, thanks to laser-ultrasonics.
Real-time, in-situ measurement of:
- Recrystallization
- Grain Growth
- Grain Size
- Phase Transitions
- Elastic Constants
See https://gleeble.com/products/specialty-systems/laser-ultrasonic-measurement-system-lumet.html
Nanoindenter (NanoTest 600)
The NanoTest 600 is a specialized nanomechanical testing platform from Micro Materials designed for measuring thin film and surface properties, such as hardness and elastic modulus. Utilizing a unique pendulum system with high stability, it offers versatile testing capabilities including nanoindentation, nanoscratches, and nanoimpact tests across a wide load range (1 µN – 30 N).
For more information, please contact
Prof. Vadim Silberschmidt
at
v.silberschmidt@lboro.ac.uk.