facilities

processing

  • Impulse atomization tower (0.6m D x 4m H) for atomizing into controlled atmospheres. 0.5 kg steel melt capacity. High temperature spray deposition heater (1470K) and gas atomization capabilities also available on this unit.

  • Box tower with vibration continuous jet.

  • Stainless steel sieves and riffles for sampling and size measurement of metal powders.

  • Standard powder bulk density and flowability testing equipment.

  • Tape casting of metal and ceramic powders.

  • Sintering furnace.

  • Air melt furnace.

Additive manufacturing

  • Hybrid investment casting

  • Ceramic 3D printing

  • Ceramic mould making

  • Form 2 LASER SLA 3D printing with all available resins

  • Autodesk Ember 3D Printer with all available resins and custom resin 3D printing capabilities

  • Lulzbot TAZ 5 FDM 3D printing

  • Custom composite design and fabrication with 3D printing (we can formulate resin and printing process)

  • FDM printer Machina X

  • FDM printer Eder 5 Pro

  • FDM printer Geetech A10M

  • Wire arc additive manufacturing with Fronius CMT welding machine

  • Laser powder bed fusion system (3D METAL PRINTER CREATOR 250)

  • Plasma transferred arc additive manufacturing

  • Hybrid additive subtractive manufacturing

Computing

Two high-performance workstations are available for simulation and 3D visualization. Several commercial softwares are available for use, including:

    • Matlab

    • Abaqus

    • Thermo-Calc with Dictra (list databases)

    • FactSage

    • Avizo

    • Dragonfly

    • Topas

    • Comsol Multiphysics