Material Characterization Laboratory

Pin-on-Disc Tribometer - Rotary Type

• Make: Ducom Instruments - POD 4.0

• Load Range - 1 N to 200 N

• Track Diameter - 10 mm to 50 mm

• Sample - ASTM G99 Standard Pin and Ball (4 mm, 6 mm, 10 mm in diameter and 15 mm in length)

• Temperature range of Ambient to 1000 °C (Operating Temperature - Ambient to 950 °C

• Compliant with ASTM G99 Standards

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYZER

(Facility under Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF))

• Make: Perkin Elmer - DMA 8000

• Dynamic range of 0 to 600 Hz

• Temperature range of -190 °C to 400 °C

• Compliant with ISO 6721 tests

• Five Modes of Tests possible - Single Cantilever, Dual Cantilever, 3 Point Bending, Tensile and Compression

SPLIT HOPKINSON PRESSURE BAR WITH BALLISTIC ATTACHMENT

(Facility under Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF))

• Make: Artis Technologies - SHPB & SHTB with Ballistic Attachment

• Striker Bar Velocity - up to 50 m/s (SHPB & SHTB)

• Ballistic Velocity - 100 to 300 m/s

• Barrel Diameter - 32 mm, Barrel Length - 2500 mm

• Bullet Mass - 5 g to 8 g, Bullet Diameter - 8 mm to 10 mm (Special Fixture should be used for holding the bullet)

• IR Camera to capture the ballistic impact

OPTICAL MICROSCOPE

• Make: Zeiss - AXIO

• 50x Resolution Micro-structure Study

• Samples should be mounted or supported to view the micro-structure

DYNAMIC UTM

(Facility under Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF))

• Make: Walter+Bai

• Maximum load capacity - ± 250kN

• Test Capabilities: High cycle Fatigue test, Low Cycle Fatigue, Fatigue Pre-cracking, Crack growth, K IC, J IC , Tensile, Plastics Tensile, Fatigue properties of plastics, Composite materials Tension – Tension Fatigue.

• Type of test(s): Load controlled, position control, and strain control.

• Test Materials - Metallic materials, High-strength alloys, Polymers, Polymer Composite materials like FRPS.