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The Cote Research Laboratory at WPI is focused on research which advances the materials science of large-scale metal additive manufacturing processes.
The lab’s primary location is home to extensive modeling and materials processing/characterization capabilities with over 1,800 sq. ft. of dedicated laboratory space, featuring integrated characterization-to-processing under one roof.
Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing
VRC Gen III Cold Spray System
Capable of producing coatings with diverse compositions on a multitude of substrates
GEFERTEC arc405 Wire Arc Directed Energy Deposition (Wire Arc DED) System
Capable of printing large (330 lb) 3D metal parts at high deposition rates controlled by a five-axis robotic system
Powder Processing
Powder Processing
Nabertherm High-Temperature Inert Gas Rotary Tube Furnace
Thermotron Environmental Chamber
Low temperature Box Furnaces
MRF Bell Jar Arc Melter Furnace
Powder Characterization
Powder Characterization
Microtrac MRB’s SYNC Particle Size Analyzer
Hall Flowmeter from Alcan Powders & Pigments
Mercury Scientific’s Revolution Powder Analyzer (Powder Rheometer)
Retsch Vibratory Sieve System
Elemental analysis
Elemental analysis
Eltra ELEMENTRAC ONH-p 2 Analyzer
Horiba Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
Oxford Instruments WITec 300R confocal microscope and Raman Spectrometer
Mettler Toledo C30S Coulometric Karl Fischer Titrator with an InMotion KF Pro Oven Autosampler
micromechanical characterization
micromechanical characterization
KLA Instruments NanoFlip Nanoindentation System
FemtoTools FT-I04 FemtoIndenter Nanoindentation System
Shimadzu Corporation MCT Particle Compression
Plastometrex (UK) Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometer (PIP), Portable PIP, Elevated Temp PIP
In-lab Microscopy
In-lab Microscopy
Zeiss EVO-MA10 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Bruker Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS)
Keyence VHX-7000 Digital Microscope
Olympus Corporation Inverted Optical Microscope
Additional Analyses
Additional Analyses
Netzch -150ºC - 1000ºC Differential Scanning Calorimeter
JEOL Argon Ion Beam Cross Section Polisher
Dolphitech Ultrasonic Flaw Detection equipment
SciAps handheld portable LIBS
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