Facilities in MMTA Lab

The Manufacturing Materials and Thermal Applications (MMTA) Lab is located at two locations within IIT Kanpur. 

Location 1: Old TA202 Lab, IITK (Welding, casting, wire cutting and Polishing)        Location 2: NL1-115D, IITK (steel casting and other facilities)

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List of facilities in MMTA Lab, IIT Kanpur

1. CNC Wire Cut EDM Machine

2. Bridgman Furnace: Directional Solidification (~1600°C)

3. Aluminum casting furnace (900°C) with vacuum and gas purging facility.

4. Robot welding

5. IR Thermal camera (600-1900°C)

6. High-speed camera

7. Fronius Welding Machine (MIG/SMAW) Pulse technology included

8. Spin coater

9. Magnetic Stirrers Hot Plate

10. Polishing Machine

11. CMOS Camera~200 FPS

12. Navitar Zoom lens (6.5X)

13. Shadowgraph (Light source + lens + mountings + rails)

14. Lens for micro PIV (droplet application)

15. White light Source for high-speed imaging (~10000 FPS)

16. 2800 K- 6500 K Light source for high-speed imaging: GODOX SL100BI (100W and 200W)

17. Circulator bath (-20°C to 80°C)

18. Julabo Circulator bath (-40°C to 200°C)

19. Data Acquisition System: TC 08 Data logger

20. DC Power source 

21. Diaphragm Vacuum Source

22. Ultrasonic Cleaner

23. Holmarc optical table (150 cm × 90 cm)

24. Hot air oven (250 °C)

25. Fluke Digital Multimeter

26. Weighing Balance (max: 220 g)

27. Micropipette

28. Refractometer