Material Testing Equipment
- Experienced with standard material characterization and component testing
- Tension, compression, flexure, fatigue, shear, buckling, and impact testing
- Test temperatures up to 1500°C
- Axial forces ranging from 25 – 50,000 lb
- Materials tested include steel alloys, titanium, ceramics, foams, polymer composites, additive manufactured materials, plastics, reinforced polymer concrete, dental materials, biological tissue, animal bones, pottery, springs, etc.
- MTS Hydraulic Axial/Torsion Fatigue Test System
- 250 kN (55,000 lb) capacity, 1000°C inert gas furnace, 2-zone heating capability
- Instron Dynatup Instrumented Drop Weight Impact System
- Charpy Pendulum Impact Tester (equipped with furnace)
- 2-Stage Gas Gun for Ballistic Impact (.20-caliber and .375-caliber projectiles up to 7.5 km/s)
- United Test Systems Electromechanical Test System, 25 kN (5,000 lb) capacity
- Low Force Tensile Testing Machine for Biological Tissue and High Elongation Polymers
- Biaxial Testing System for Tubular Biological Tissue
- Vibration Research Electrodynamic Shaker
Manufacturing and Fabrication
- Machine Shop Facilities
- Center for Materials and Structures Dedicated Machining Equipment
- Omio CNC Router/Mill/Engraver
- Composite Tile Saw
- TBE Engineering Machine Shop
- HAAS 5-Axis CNC Mill; HAAS CNC Lathe; HAAS 3-axis Mill; HAAS Mini Mill; 3D Rapid Prototype Machine (2); Handheld 3D Scanner; Laser Etching; Welding Facilities; Hand Operated Mill & Lathe; Shear; Band Saw; Drill Press; Bead Blaster, etc.
- SEB Research Machine Shop
- CNC machining (Haas TL-2, Haas TM-2, Haas VF-3), MIG welder, Plasma cutter, TIG welder, Manual Machining (Bridgeport mill, Clausing-Colchester lathe, drill presses, Lagun lathe, Surface grinder, Cylinder grinder, Vertical and horizontal bandsaw, Other Machines (Water jet and Stratasys 3D Printer)
- AEB Maker Space
- Laser Cutters, FDM and SLA printers, High Precision Machining (Detailed List Coming Soon)
- Center for Materials and Structures Dedicated Machining Equipment
- Additive Manufacturing (Equipment Located in TBE, SEB, and AEB)
- Fused Deposition (FDM)
- Stratasys Models: F170, F190CR, J5 Medical
- Materials – ABS, FDM Nylon 12, PC-ISO, PPSF, ULTEM, Composite
- Print area: up to 10 x 10 x 14 in.
- Layer Thickness: 0.005 – 0.013 in.
- Lulzbot: Taz Pro S, Taz 5, Taz 4 and Taz Mini (Dual filament extruder)
- Materials – ABS, PLA, HIPS, PVA, Nylon, Ninjaflex
- Print Area – 11.4 x 10.8 x 9.8 in.
- Layer Thickness: 0.003 – 0.014 in.
- Bambu Labs X1C Combo (2)
- Stratasys Models: F170, F190CR, J5 Medical
- Binder Jet (Metal Printing)
- Markforged Metal X (Dual filament extruder)
- Materials: 17-4PH and 316L stainless steel, Copper, Inconel 625, H13 tool steel
- Print Area – 11.8 x 8.7 x 7.1 in.
- Layer Thickness: 0.002 in.
- Markforged Metal X (Dual filament extruder)
- Formlabs Stereolithography (SLA)
- Form 4, Form 3, and Form 2 printers
- Fused Deposition (FDM)
- Polymer Composites Lab
- Vacuum Wet Layup
- Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding
- Lab Scale Autoclave
- 100 psi
- 400 oF (200 C)
- Part size roughly 18″ x 36″ (45 cm x 90 cm)
Robotics Prototyping
- Mechanical Components Available for Assembly of Prototypes
- Aluminum channel sections, flat plates, and bars (hole patterns for adaptable structures)
- Gear sets (spur, worm, bevel, rack/pinion)
- Linear slide and actuator mechanisms
- Belt drives, variety of wheels and tires, pulleys, tank treads
- Electrical Components Available for Assembly of Prototypes
- DC motors and encoders
- Servo motors
- Variety of on-board motor controllers
- Portable DC and servo motor controller for testing
- Arduino and Lego NXT controllers
- Sensors (IR, ultrasound, gyro, force, magnetic field, accelerometer, temperature, touch)
- Computational Hardware and Software Experience
- Recently upgraded Linux Server for parallel processing
- 3D Modeling: SolidWorks; Creo, OnShape
- Finite Element Analysis: LS-DYNA; ANSYS; Altair (HyperMesh, Inspire); AVL
- • Metrology and Reverse Engineering: Verisurf
- • Other: MATLAB; LabView
