Arc melting & tilting caster with diffusion pump.
Induction melting (Ar atmosphere) and Water-cooled Cu mold for fast cooling.
Universal tensile test machine (Shimatsu AGS-X 100 kN): Especially, cryogenic temperature (liquid nitrogen (-196 oC)).
Digital Image Correlation (DIC) software (VIC2D): To calculate local elastic/plastic strain during tensile/compression test at room and cryogenic temperature (liquid nitrogen (-196 oC)).
Vac./Ar/H2 atmosphere tube furnace up to 1200 oC (80 mm diameter)
Vac./Ar/H2 atmosphere tube/box furnace up to 1200 oC (40 mm diameter)
Induction heater for cylinder (20 mmP, 100 mm in length) and thin plate ( t < 2 mmt)
Salt bath, 3 baths, Temp: 950 ~ 650 oC, 750 ~ 450 oC, 550 ~ 270 oC
Oil bath: 300 ~ 50 oC
Twin jet polisher (Struers TenuPol)
Three Polishing tables (colloidal silica down to 50 nm for EBSD and ECCI).