Equipment

Metallography

  • Diamond wire saw from Well
  • Precision cutting machine Brillant from QATM
  • Precision cutting machine Secotom from Struers
  • Hot mounting press Prontopress from Struers
  • Grinding and polishing machines LaboSystem from Struers
  • Electropolishing machine LectroPol from Struers

Light Optical Microscopy

  • Zeiss Axiophot
  • Reichert Univar
  • Keyence Digital Mikroscope
  • Keyence Confocal 3D Laser Scanning Microscope
  • Image data base Imagic

Scanning Electron Microscope Zeiss Ultra 55

  • equipped with EDAX EBSD and EDX system

Dual Dilatometer L75VD1600/500 LT (Linseis)

  • Temperature range : 150 to 1600 °C
  • Max. heating range 0,1 to 50 K/min
  • Max. cooling range 0,1 to 50 K/min
  • Resolution : 0,1 nm
  • T Accuracy / Precision / Resolution: 1K/0.1K/0.001K
  • Sample length : 50 mm
  • Sample diameter: 20 mm
  • Max. length variation: 5 mm or more if optical
  • Atmosphere: inert gas, air, vacuum

Chemical Analysis

O/N/H elemental analyzer inductar ONH cube

  • Detection of oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen
  • From 0 to 20 mg absolute or 0 - 100% oxygen,
  • From 0 to 30 mg absolute or 0 - 100% nitrogen
  • From 0 to 2 mg absolute (TCD) or 0 - 100% hydrogen
  • Analysis time: 60 - 120 sec
  • High temperature combustion up to 3000 °C in helium or argon inert gas atmosphere
  • Sample mass up to 1 g
  • No sample preparation required.

 

C/S elemental analyzer inductar CS cube

  • Detection of carbon and sulfur
  • From 1 ppm up to 100% or up to 60 mg absolute carbon.
  • From 1 ppm up to 100%, or 5 mg sulfur absolute.
  • Analysis time: 40 - 80 sec
  • High-temperature incineration at over 2000°C in an oxygen atmosphere
  • Sample mass up to 1 g
  • No sample preparation required.

Thermography

Hardness testing

Analysis of metallic powders