Metal Processing & Characterization Lab

The materials processing and characterization lab (MPCL) is a part of the department of Mechanical Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) at IIT Dharwad. The lab provides the facility for material development, materials characterization, and also the processing of the materials using various manufacturing techniques such as welding, friction stir processing/welding,  casting and wire drawing processes. Also the department provides the facility of different materials characterization tools like optical and electron microscopes, UTM, nano and micro indendation hardness tester, etc. to carry out the microstructural analysis and mechanical testing . 

The parallel domain also serves the facility for the fabrication of prototype of the identified components from steel and aluminium alloys using solid state-additive manufacturing (friction stir additive manufacturing), wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), cold metal transfer (CMT) techniques as part of the sponsored projects. Simulation work is also being carried for the composition selection during alloy development, microstructure prediction, optimisation of the process parameters, etc.