RESEARCH FACILITIES

Nano-Mechanical Testing

� Nano-hardness, -scratch, -wear

� Raman Spectroscopy for strain measurement

� Atomic force microscopy

Mechanical Testers

� Hardness

� Tensile

� Charpy Impact

Wear Rigs

� Rolling Wear

� Abrasive Wear

� Sliding Wear

Micrographic

� Light Microscope

� XRD

� SEM

� AFM

� Interferometer

NANO-INDENTATION, NANO-SCRATCH, NANO-WEAR, AFM

RAMAN SPECTROMETRY

HARDNESS TESTING
Avery macro-hardness (HB, HV) testing machine	Mitutoyo (Mvk-H1) microhardness machine
TENSILE TESTING
Hounsfield 20 kN W-Series machine	Instron 30 kN 55-Series machine

IMPACT TESTING
Avery Charpy impact testing machine
TRIBOLOGICAL TESTING FACILITIES
Rolling/Sliding Wear	Abrasive Wear
Conforms to following standards IP300 ASTMG99 ASTMD2266 ASTMD4172 ASTM2783 IP239
Plint TE92H6 high speed microprocessor controlled rotary tribometer	ASTM G65 DRSW abrasion tester
Sliding Wear
Conforms to: ASTM G133

MICROSCOPY, SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY & X-RAY DIFFRACTION
X-Ray Diffraction SIEMENS (D5000) diffractometer	X-Ray Diffraction (xrd) SIEMENS/BRUKER (D500) diffractometer
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) HITACHI (S-2700)	Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) TOPOMETRIX (TMX 1010)
Interferometer ZYGO New View	Light Microscope NIKON with video controller