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  Mechanical Testing
  Electro-Magneto-Thermo Testing Systems
  Manufacturing
  Measurement Systems
  Computing
   
Mechanical Testing  
  MTS Tytron micro-fatigue test system with thermal chamber
Load capacity: 25 lbf at 25 Hz
Displacement resolution: 0.1 micron
Thermal chamber: -120 °C to 200 °C

  MTS 858 Tension/Torsion servo-hydraulic test system with thermal chamber

Load capacity:
Axial: 3,300 lbf at 20 Hz
Torsional: 1000 in-lb at 20 Hz
Thermal chamber: -150 °C to 250 °C

  Instron 8516 servo-hydraulic testing system with thermal chamber

Load capacity: 22,000 lbf at 50 Hz
Thermal chamber: -150 °C to 250 °C

  MTS high frequency test frame with thermal chamber

Load capacity: 5,000 lbf at 1,000 Hz

     
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Electro-Magneto-Thermo Testing Systems  
  Trek 20kV 20/20 high voltage AC/DC power supply
  Trek 50/750 2 channel high voltage AC/DC power supply
  3 channel high voltage amplifier
  Tektronix TDS460A oscilloscope
  Burleigh 600-C-1-0-1 inch worm motor
  Solenoid (Boston Transformer, custom made)
  Shimadzu DSC-50 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Temperatures range: -1500C to 7000C
Heat flow sensitivity: 10 - 100 J/s
Temperature sensitivity: 0.10C
Heating rate : 0.5 - 500C/min
Atmosphere : Inert gas

  Four Point Probe
Temperature range : -400C to 3000C
Rate of heating/cooling: 0.5oC/min (min)
Probe spacing : 0.05"
Tungsten carbide tips
Programmable (LabVIEW)

  SR785 Two Channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer
90 dB dynamic range
16-bit A/D conversion
Low distortion synthesized source
GPIB and RS-232 interfaces included
DC to 102.4 kHz Bandwidth

  Flash Lamp System
480 V Breaker Box (40 Amp)
Control Concepts Power Controller
Omega Temperature / Process Controller
Research Incorp. Gold Plated Reflector Radiant Lamp Bank (AU612)
(8, 12" lamps, 1000 W ea.)
  Wavetek Model 29 function generator
Trek 4kV 609-D AC/DC power supply
Burleigh PZ-150M AC/DC power supply
Keithly 1kV 228 AC/DC power supply
HP DC Power 6268B
Kistler dual mode charge amplifier
 
     
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Manufacturing  
  Ultra-High Vacuum Sputtering System with in-situ annealing and RGA (in-house)
  Tempress Dicing Saw
  Enco Milling and Drilling Machine
  Felker Tile Master XL
Cuts up to 18" by 18" panels
Allied 10" Abrasive Cut-Off Blade, Diamond Metal Bonded

  Delta Design 9028 thermal cycling chamber
(-150°C to 200°C)
  Spex mixer mill Capable of mixing 50ml or grinding up to 10ml in a single load, accepts vials from 1¾ in. to 3 1/8 in. in length, and up to 2¼ in. in diameter; grinds 3-10 ml or mixes 5-50 ml.

  Thermolyne 10500 sol gel furnace  
     
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Measurement Systems  
  Nikon MM-11 microscope with CCD camera and diagnostic software
  Probe station
  Portable Engineering Moire Interferometer
  Magnetic Instruments 916 Flux meter
Radiant Technologies RT-66a and High Voltage Interface Measurement System
Micro-measurement Vishay 2360
Fabry-Perot laser interferometer
Luna AFSS-PC
Newport 9'x5' optical table
Kurt Leskers LVDT AV-3Lab-View and Lab Tech Notebook data acquisition and control systems
National Instruments data acquisition and control system
 
     
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Computing  
  Pentium and Pentium Pro computers (9)
Epson scanner ES01299C
HP laserjet 4 and inkjet color printer
ANSYS linear piezoelectric finite element package
Electro-Magneto-Mechanical Nonlinear Finite Element Codes (in-house)

 
     
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