JUNE - 2021

Engineering Labs Directory for Industrial Services

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Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................... 4

Vision ............................................................................................................................. 5

Mission ........................................................................................................................... 5

Faculty Resources & Capacity ..................................................................................... 6

Consultation Areas ....................................................................................................... 7

Knowledge Transfer ...................................................................................................... 9

Chemical Engineering Labs ....................................................................................... 13

5-in-1 Environmental Meter ........................................................................................ 14

Digital psychrometer .................................................................................................. 15

Water conditioning Photometer .................................................................................. 16

Heat Stress Meter ...................................................................................................... 17

Turbidity Meter ........................................................................................................... 18

Aerosol Monitor .......................................................................................................... 19

Tensile Machine ......................................................................................................... 20

Distillation of crude petroleum and gasoline .............................................................. 21

Salt Crude Analyzer ................................................................................................... 22

Flash and Fire point app. ........................................................................................... 23

Ashing Furnace (Ash content from petroleum product ............................................... 24

Conradson carbon residue ......................................................................................... 25

Civil Engineering Labs ................................................................................................ 26

Total Station .............................................................................................................. 27

Level .......................................................................................................................... 28

GPS .......................................................................................................................... 29

Compressive testing machine .................................................................................... 30

Non-destructive tests ................................................................................................. 31

Beam bending apparatus ........................................................................................... 32

Sieve shaker apparatus ............................................................................................. 33

Direct shear apparatus ............................................................................................... 34

Triaxial apparatus ...................................................................................................... 35

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Casagrande apparatus .............................................................................................. 36

Mechanical Engineering Labs .................................................................................... 37

Exhaust Gas Analyser with internal line printer ......................................................... 38

Charpy Impact Test Machine ..................................................................................... 39

Universal Testing Machine ......................................................................................... 40

Micro Hardness Tester ............................................................................................... 41

Heat Treatment Furnace ............................................................................................ 42

Manual Polishing Machine ......................................................................................... 43

VersaSTAT 4 - Potentiostat Galvanostat ................................................................... 44

Olympus Microscope ................................................................................................. 46

Husky Robot platform ............................................................................................... 47

Tile Abrasion Testing Machine ................................................................................... 48

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Introduction

The Faculty of Engineering at BUE is embarking on a new stage of its development,

whereby, it is now of the utmost importance to extend its resources, facilities and expertise

to support the industry and the community at large. The Faculty is emphasizing its role

towards the community through engagement in a dialogue that would provide

collaboration schemes and partnerships to help foster innovative solutions to persisting

industrial challenges.

The Faculty is aiming at launching multifaceted professional dialogue with potential

industrial partners, which would engage both sides in a fruitful collaborative scheme. In

addition, the Faculty is aiming at identifying a range of services that could be offered to

the community considering its current expertise.

This directory is intended to provide a comprehensive description of current

expertise, knowledge transfer technical workshops and testing facilities that are useful in

a range of industrial applications.

The directory should be viewed with its supplement directory “Engineering Academic

Staff Directory”

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Vision

“To be a focal point of knowledge, solutions, facilities and consulting services to the

engineering industry and the community across a broad subject range.”

Mission

“To offer high quality expertise to stimulate and support demand for innovative

solutions, knowledge transfer and collaboration in support of economic development.”

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Faculty Resources & Capacity

The Faculty of Engineering (FoE) houses five active departments, in addition to a

basic sciences service department. All engineering departments offer a wide range of

industrial, applied and consulting expertise that are available for the engineering

community to help address industrial challenges.

The collective expertise ranges from analysis and design of standard engineering

projects to the employment of state-of-the-art technologies in modelling complex

engineering problems.

Multi-disciplinary teams are trained to work in harmony to analyse cross boundary

engineering systems.

The Faculty offers its expertise through a range of engaging mechanisms such

as knowledge commercialization, knowledge transfer and providing comprehensive

testing services through its state-of-the art testing facilities.

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Consultation Areas

Architectural Engineering

• Post Occupancy Evaluation of Buildings in use;

• Spatial analysis of Buildings, Urban Spaces and Cities using space syntax;

• Urban & Heritage Conservation;

• Environmental Simulation;

• Acoustical Analysis;

• Urban Design / Planning;

• Socio, Behavior studies & enthuses in work place & open space;

• Environmental Impact Assessment;

• Sustainable Design;

• Ecological urban & landscape design.

Chemical Engineering

• Qualifications for accreditation to ISO management systems;

• Environmental remediation;

• Simulation of urea plants, steam reforming plants and Polystyrene plants;

• Modeling, simulation and optimization of Direct Reduced Iron Plants;

• Energy Conservation in Cement industry.

Civil Engineering

• Analysis & Design of lateral load resisting systems;

• Analysis of Floor vibrations, lateral drifts and deflections;

• Evaluation of existing structures;

• Design, Review and Evaluation of pre-stressed and post-tensioned concrete

structures;

• Innovative and sustainable construction materials;

• Development of special steel connections;

• Design and review of steel structural systems;

• Parametric investigation of soil profiles;

• Stability of slopes and ground water evaluation;

• Analysis of soil-structure interaction problems;

• Reliability assessment of structural elements and systems;

• Analysis & Design of smart structural systems.

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Electrical Engineering

• Design and Optimization of:

a. Antennas Systems for various applications;

b. RF/Microwave Front-Ends for Various applications;

c. RF/Microwave Resonators and Filters;

d. Advanced reconfigurable radio systems, including antennas, filters and RF

Front-Ends;

e. Ground-Penetrating Radar RF Front-End;

• Optimization of special radio links;

• Design of low voltage and medium voltage Networks;

• Design of light current systems (Fire Alarm, Surveillance Systems);

• Measurements of Electromagnetic field exposure and determination of hot areas.

Mechanical Engineering

• Control & Instrumentation Solutions for Industrial Plants;

• Hydraulic and Pneumatic Control;

• Installation and Commissioning of Boilers, Heat Exchanger and Engines;

• Fuel Combustion;

• Machinery Failure Analysis;

• Mechanical Design of Machinery;

• Material Characterization;

• Water Desalination;

• Lean Manufacturing;

• Lean- Six Sigma;

• Maintenance & Material Management.

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Knowledge Transfer

One of the important modes of community service is knowledge transfer through

training workshops that are directed towards practicing engineers. Such workshops are

intended to keep engineers up-to-date with recent developments in their profession. In

addition, such workshops would provide a method for expanding the professional

backgrounds of practicing engineers. The Faculty of Engineering at BUE holds the

necessary expertise to offer a wide range of such training workshops.

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Knowledge Transfer Workshops Architectural Engineering

• Parametric modeling:

• Post Occupancy Evaluation;

• Spatial Analysis of Architectural and Urban Spaces;

• Environmental Simulation and Analysis using ECO-Tect;

• Sketching, Water coloring and visual design;

• Green Architecture & Sustainability;

• Modern Trends in Architecture Design;

• Façade, New Building Materials and Contemporary finishes;

• Environmental Impact Assessment;

• Acoustics and noise control;

• Aural Architecture and Soundscape;

• Zero Energy Communities.

Chemical Engineering

• Corrosion Protection;

• Awareness and internal audit of ISO management systems;

• Design and operation of ammonia and urea plants;

• Natural Gas Processing;

• Petroleum refinery operations;

• Energy Conservation in the chemical industries;

• Fundamentals of desalination.

Civil Engineering

• Lateral loads & Lateral Load Resisting Systems;

• Pre-stressed Concrete Design;

• RC Design using EC2 and ACI;

• Surveying Equipment Training workshops;

o Total Station;

o GPS Equipment;

o GIS Equipment;

• Geotechnical Equipment Training;

• Soil Testing for site engineers and consultants;

• Structural Reliability Assessment;

• Smart Structural Systems.

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• Bridge Engineering

• Design of blast resistant structures

Electrical Engineering

• Antenna Design and Optimization;

• Advanced Microwave Resonator/Filters design;

• Advanced Techniques for Reconfigurable Microwave Filters and Antennas;

• RF/Microwave Front-End Architecture Design and Optimization;

• Ground-Penetrating Radar RF front-End Design;

• Reconfigurable RF Front-End, Antennas and RF Filters;

• Use of Simulation Software HFSS in Electromagnetic problems;

• Power System Design & Analysis;

• Electrical Safety;

• Safety issues in Low Voltage Installations;

• Transformer Operation & Maintenance;

• Supervision of execution of overhead lines networks;

• Safe Operation & Maintenance of circuit breakers and switchgear;

• Type & Care of overhead lines tools.

Mechanical Engineering

• Reactive Power Control in Factories;

• Inventory Control;

• Manual Assembly Systems;

• ISO- Quality Management Standards;

• Operation Management;

• Six Sigma;

• Planning and Control of Maintenance Processes;

• Statistical Quality Control;

• Design of Jigs and Fixture for Production Lines;

• Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting;

• Non-Traditional Machining Processes;

• Theory of Metal cutting and Optimization;

• Hydraulic and Pneumatic Control;

• Control and Mechatronics Applications in Thermal Plants;

• Process Control Instrumentation, fundamentals, operations and maintenance;

• Advanced Measurement and Control Systems;

• Operation, Control and Maintenance in Boilers;

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• Vibration Analysis;

• Fundamentals of Design and Operation of Combustion Equipment;

• Energy Conversion and Energy Audits;

• Reading and Interpreting Machine Drawings for Technicians;

• Modern Techniques for Machining of Hard and Brittle Alloys;

• Preparation and Characterization of NANO-Particles;

• PLC;

• Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence;

• Robotics;

• Material Testing, Fatigue and Heat Treatment.

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Chemical Engineering Labs

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5-in-1 Environmental Meter

Parameter Value

Sound

Accuracy ±2.0dB

Resolution 0.1dB

Measurement range 35dB - 130dB

Light

Measuring range 0 Lux - 200K Lux, 0Fc - 20KFc

Accuracy ±4% rdg ±0.5%f.s. (<10,000Lux) ±5% rdg

±10dgts. (>10,000Lux)

Air Velocity

Air velocity range 0.5m/s - 30.0m/s

Air velocity accuracy ±3%

Temperature

Measuring range 40 - 70℃ (-40 - 158℉)

Accuracy ±2.0℃,±3.6℉

Humidity

Measurement Range 10 - 95%RH

Accuracy Accuracy: ±5RH%

Measures Temperature, Humidity, Light, Air velocity, & Sound.

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Digital psychrometer

1. Simultaneous display of %RH, Temperature and Dew point or Wet Bulb or Probe

Temperature 2. Unique sensor cap design twists to closed position for protection during storage 3. Switchable °F/°C temperature units with 0.1° resolution 4. Auto power off to save battery life 5. Includes external temperature probe

Measures both the wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures

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Water conditioning Photometer

Parameter Value

Display 128 x 64 pixel LCD with backlight

Battery Type / Life 3.7 VDC Li-polymer rechargeable battery / >500 photometric measurements or 50 hours

of continuous pH measurement

Power Supply 5 VDC USB 2.0 power adapter with USB-A to micro-USB-B cable (included)

Measures most common parameters in water quality monitoring

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Heat Stress Meter

Parameter Value

TG - Black Globe Temperature 32 to 176°F / 0 to 80°C

Accuracy ±1.1°F/0.6°C

TA - Air Temperature 32 to 122ºF / 0 to 50ºC

Accuracy ±1.5°F/0.8°C

Relative Humidity 1 to 99%RH

Accuracy ±3%RH

Dew Point -31.5 to 120.1°F / -35.3 to 48.9°C

Accuracy 0.1°

Measures most common parameters in water quality monitoring

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Turbidity Meter

Parameter Value

Range 0-50 NTU and 0-1000 NTU

Accuracy +1 % of full scale

Resolution 12 bit

Method Nephelometer with correction

Power Internal 9VDC battery

Warm-up Time 3 seconds

Operating Temperature 32 to 122°F (0 to +50°C)

Materials 306 sainless steel, delrin, Sapphire optical windows, Polyurethane jacketed cable.

Measure the turbidity in liquids

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Aerosol Monitor

1. The DustTrak™ II Aerosol Monitor 8530 is a desktop battery-operated, data-logging,

single-channel, light-scattering laser photometer that gives you real-time aerosol mass readings and collects a gravimetric sample. It uses a sheath air system that isolates the aerosol in the optics chamber to keep the optics clean for improved reliability and low maintenance.

2. It is suitable for clean office settings as well as harsh industrial workplaces, construction and environmental sites, and other outdoor applications. The DustTrak II Aerosol Monitor measures aerosol contaminants such as dust, smoke, fumes, and mists.

Measures aerosol contaminants such as dust, smoke, fumes, and mists

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Tensile Machine

Parameter Value

Force 1-300

Speed 0.005-5% F.S/S

Accuracy 0.5%--0.5%

Power Electronic

Tensile, Compression and Bending

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Distillation of crude petroleum and gasoline

1. Conforms to the specifications of: ASTM D86, D216, D233, D447, D850, D1078, E133;

IP 123, 195; ISO 3405; DIN 51751; FTM 791- 1001, 791-1015; NF M 07-002

The sample is evaporated and condensed under controlled conditions, and observations are made of the temperatures at which various percentages are recovered and/or the percentages recovered at specified temperatures.

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Salt Crude Analyzer

Parameter Value

Conductivity range 0.0 to 151 lbs/1000bbl (Res: 0.1 lbs/1000bbl) 0.0 to 430.0 g/m3 (Res: 0.1 g/m3)

Temperature range -20 ºC to 150 ºC (res: 0.1 ºC)

Power 9 volt dc battery or mains adaptor (110/120/220/240 V, 50/60 Hz adaptor

supplied)

Size (HxWxD) 20 x 7 x 3.5 cm

Weight 1.6 kg

Salt content is determined by measuring the conductivity of a solution of crude oil in a polar solvent when subjected to an alternating electrical current and is obtained by comparison of the resulting conductance to a calibration curve of known salt mixtures.

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Flash and Fire point app.

This apparatus is used for determination of flash points of 0 samples, whose flash points are below +49 C. The apparatus Made of Copper, and consists of a brass cup and cover fitted with shutter mechanism, Test Flame arrangement, Hand operated stirrer, Thermometer socket, Water jacket electrically heated. COMPLIANCE IS:1448, ASTMD92, IP-36, IP-403, BS2000 P-403, Bs4689, DIN51 376, ISO 2592

Flash & Fire Point Apparatus used for determining the flash point of fuel oils and lubricating oil, bitumen other than cutback bitumen and suspension of solids in liquids, having a flash point above 49°C. The apparatus consists of brass test cup with handle removable cup cover with the spring operated rotated shutter having the oil test jet flame device, the stirrer with the flexible shaft. The assembly rests in Air Bath which is covered with dome shape metal top. The cup assembly is positioned in a cast iron air bath, fitted with a chrome plated brass top having the electric heater with the temperature controller. Suitable for operation on 220V, 1Ph, 50Hz AC Supply

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Ashing Furnace (Ash content from petroleum product

Parameter Value

Frequency 50/60 Hz

Temperature (Metric) 100°C to 1200°C

Voltage 208/240 V

Electrical Requirements 208/240 V 50/60 Hz

An economical, rapid heating and lightweight furnace

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Conradson carbon residue

Conforms to the specifications of: ASTM D189, D6074; ANS Z-11.25; IP 13; ISO 6615; DIN 51551; FTM 791-5001; NF T 60-116

Provides an indication of relative coke forming properties of petroleum oils. The residue remaining after a specified period of evaporation and pyrolysis is calculated as a percentage of the original sample. Tests petroleum products to determine the amount of carbon residue left after evaporation and pyrolysis of an oil and to indicate relative coke-forming propensities. Includes burner, tripod, refractory block, nickel chrome triangle, nickel crucible and cover, Skidmore crucible, porcelain crucible and monel hood and bridge. Component parts available separately.

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Civil Engineering Labs

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Total Station

Parameter Value

Available types Trimble M3 2”, 3”,5”

Topcon GTS - 235 N

Measurement range Measurement range with no haze, visibility

over 40 km (25 miles)

Prism mode

Reflector sheet (5 cm x 5 cm) 300 m (984 ft)

Mini prism 3,000 m (9,800 ft) Standard prism (1P) 5,000 m (16,400 ft)

Direct-Reflex mode Reference target 200 m (656 ft)

Prism mode

± (3 + 2 ppm × D) mm* (–10 °C to +40°C) ± (3 + 3 ppm × D) mm* (–20 °C to –10 °C),

(+40 °C to +50 °C) Direct-Reflex ± (5 + 2 ppm × D) mm (–10 °C to +40 °C) ± (5 + 3 ppm × D) mm (–20 °C to –10

°C), (+40 °C to +50 °C)

Standard mode Prism mode ± (10 + 5 ppm × D) mm

Direct-reflex mode ± (10 + 5 ppm × D) mm

1. Surveying works and land division 2. Establishing Control points for projects 3. Survey works for large facilities 4. Road survey works, longitudinal and cross sectors 5. Surveying works and land division

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Level

Parameter Value

Available types Optical level Topcon At-G4.

Electronic level Topcon At-G4

Electronic measurement

invar precision bar code staff 0.3 mm 0.7mm -foldable bar code staff 1.0 mm 1.3 mm

- Visual measurement •foldable staff, metric scale 1.5 mm 2.0 mm

Accuracy and distance Electronic measurement with a 20 m sighting

distance 20 mm 25 mm • invar precision bar code staff 25 mm 30mm

Foldable bar code staff Visual measurement: 0.2 mm 0,3 mm

• foldable staff, metric scale

1. Leveling works and contour mapping 2. Detect and following up the tendencies of the buildings 3. Detect the movement of Buildings and bridges 4. Road survey works, longitudinal and cross sectors

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GPS

Parameter Value

Available types GPS-R8 Model 4.

GPS-R7 5700

Code differential GNSS positioning

Horizontal 0.25 m + 1 ppm RMS Vertical 0.50 m + 1 ppm RMS SBAS differential positioning accuracy

typically <5 m 3DRMS

Static GNSS surveying High-Precision Static

Horizontal 3 mm + 0.1 ppm RMS Vertical 3.5 mm + 0.4 ppm RMS

Static and fast static Horizontal 3 mm + 0.5 ppm RMS Vertical 5 mm + 0.5 ppm RMS

Postprocessed Kinematic (PPK) GNSS surveying

Horizontal 8 mm + 1 ppm RMS Vertical 15 mm + 1 ppm RMS

Real Time Kinematic surveying Single Baseline <30 km

Horizontal 8 mm + 1 ppm RMS Vertical 15 mm + 1 ppm RMS

Network RTK Horizontal 8 mm + 0.5 ppm RMS Vertical 15 mm + 0.5 ppm RMS

1. Creation of survey databases with geographic information systems 2. remote sensing applications in detecting spatial changes.

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Compressive testing machine

Parameter Value

Measuring Range .1500kN

2000kN

1. Qualifying Test for OPC: compressive strength of OPC mortar specimens 2. Design of concrete mixture according to the required strength and available materials 3. Characteristic compressive strength for standard concrete cubes 4. Characteristic compressive strength for standard concrete cylinders

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Non-destructive tests

Parameter Value

Available devices Schmidt hammer

Ultrasonic apparatus

Non Destructive Test NDT: Schemedit rebound hammer test for hardened concrete

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Beam bending apparatus

Parameter Value

Measuring Range .1-point load

2-point load

Modulus of rupture for standard concrete beams

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Sieve shaker apparatus

Parameter Value

Measuring Range 9 standard sieves.

1. Qualifying Tests for fine aggregate (Grading, volumetric weight, specific gravity, % fine

materials by weight)

Qualifying Tests for Coarse aggregate (Grading, volumetric weight, specific gravity, % fine materials by weight)

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Direct shear apparatus

Parameter Value

Measuring Range .

Investigating soil capacity

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Triaxial apparatus

Parameter Value

Measuring Range .

Investigating soil capacity

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Casagrande apparatus

Parameter Value

Measuring Range .

Atterberg Limits

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Mechanical Engineering Labs

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Exhaust Gas Analyser with internal line printer

Parameter Value

Measuring Range CO 0 – 10 % Vol., CO2 0 – 20 % Vol.

HC 0 – 2500 ppm Vol., O2 0 – 22 % Vol.

Lambda calculation 0 - 9,999

RPM measuring range 400 – 9999

Temperature measuring range 0 – 130 °C

Working temperature 5 – 45 °C

Warm up time 30s

Accuracy OIML class 1,0 (Organization International de

Métrologie Légale)

Dimensions

(WxHxD): 258mm x 330mm x 203mm (with base + printer

Weight 6.5 KG

Connectivity Wired/Bluetooth/Wireless

Measuring the exhaust gases and emissions produced by an engine and determine the environmental effects of these gases and understand what factors increase or decrease them.

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Charpy Impact Test Machine

Parameter Value

Impact Energy 500J, 250J

Dial Graduation Range 0-500J~5J, 0-250J~2.5J

Pendulum moment 268 N.m, 134 N.M

Pendulum Preparing Angle 150

Distance between pendulum center and impact point

800 mm

Impact Velocity 5.4

Specimen Dimension 10x10x55mm

Charpy impact testing

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Universal Testing Machine

Parameter Value

Model WDW-100D

Max Testing Force 100 KN

Control Accuracy ±1%

Pull & Push Space 600 mm

Crosshead Moving Range 1100 mm

Test Width 400 mm

Wedge Grip Body One suit

Flat Jaw 0~7, 7~14, 14~21 mm

Round Jaw Ф4~Ф9,Ф9~Ф14, Ф14~Ф20 mm

Bending Clamp One suit

Extensometer 10/50mm (optional)

1. Tensile strength testing

2. Compression strength testing

3. 3-Point bending testing

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Micro Hardness Tester

Parameter Value

Test load range with test load extension 1g -10 kg (0.0098 – 98.1 N)

Turret 6-fold, Motor-driven

Software Qpix T12

Test anvil / Cross slide Ф 100 mm

Traverse path X/Y/Z Z 145 mm

Max. work piece weight 50 kg

Lenses 10x, 20x, 40x, 65x

Penetrator Vickers

Sample holder 1-fold, 4-fold (Ф 30 / 40 / 50 mm), 8-fold (Ф 30

/ 40 mm)

Cross anvil X 300 x Y150 mm

Vickers microhardness testing at various loads (1g -10 kg) and times.

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Heat Treatment Furnace

Parameter Value

Inner Chamber Dimensions W 175 x H 150 x D 300 mm

Max. furnace temperature 1200°C (as option 1300 resp. 1340°C)

Heating Power 3.2 KW

Heat treatment up to 1200 C

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Manual Polishing Machine

Parameter Value

Model LABPOL DUO 12

Grinding platens 203mm

Water Feed Single

1. Samples grinding with different grinding papers grades up to 40002. Samples Polishing with alumina (0.3 µm) or diamond suspension (0.6 µm)

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VersaSTAT 4 - Potentiostat Galvanostat

Parameter Value

System performance

Minimum Time Base: 2 μs

Minimum Potential Step: 1 μV

Noise and Ripple < 50 μV rms typical

Minimum Current Range 4 nA with 50X gain

Minimum Current Resolution 120 fA

Power Amplifier

Compliance Voltage + 12 V

Maximum Current + 1 A (+/-2A with 2A Option)

Voltage Control

Applied Voltage Range + 10 V maximum

Applied Voltage Resolution + 10 mV = 300 nV

Applied Voltage Accuracy + 0.2% of value + 2mV

Maximum Scan Rate 5000V/s Staircase Voltammetry (10mV step)

Current Control

Applied Current Range + full scale per range

Applied Current Resolution + 1/32,000 x full scale

Applied Current Accuracy + 0.2% of range +/-200 pA

Minimum Current Range/Resolution + 4 nA / 120 fA

Differential Electrometer

Input Bias Current < 5 pA at 25oC

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Maximum Voltage Range + 10 V maximum

Input Voltage Differential + 10 V

Bandwidth -3 dB @ > 10 MHz

Common Mode Rejection 60 dB at 100 kHz

Input Impedance > 1012 Ω in parallel with < 5 pF

Voltage Measurement

Voltage Range + 10 V maximum

Minimum Voltage Resolution + 6 uV

Voltage Accuracy + 0.2% reading, + 2 mV

Current Measurement

Range 2A to 4 nA

Accuracy 20 μA to 200 mA < 0.2% full scale

200 nA & 2μA < 0.5% + 1nA full scale 4nA and 20nA, <5% + 50 pA

Frequency Response 20 mA -3 dB at > 1 MHz, 1K source imp.

20 μA -3 dB at > 100 kHz, 100K source imp.

IR Compensation Range

Positive Feedback Range 50 MΩ to 5 Ω depending on current range

Dynamic iR 5s/pt rate limit (limited to Corrosion

techniques)

Potential/Current Control (DACs)

Resolution 16 bits

Range (potentiostat) + 10V, (galvanostat) + 100% of

full-scale current

Impedance Specifications

Frequency Range 10 μHz – 1 MHz

AC Voltage Amplitude 0.1mV RMS - 1000mV RMS

Electrochemical techniques provided by the VersaSTAT 4 that are widely used in corrosion applications include:

1. Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR)

2. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)

3. and EIS at various polarization levels

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Olympus Microscope

Parameter Value

Optical system UIS2 (UIS) (Universal Infinity System)

Reflected light illumination

• Reflected light illuminator (BX-KMA-LED, BX-AKMA-LED), tube magnification 1X,

super widefield compatible.

• Available observations:

• Reflected light brightfield.

• Reflected light Nomarski DIC.

• 3 Reflected simplified polarized light.

• Reflected light oblique

Focusing system• Stroke per rotation: 0.1 mm (fine), 17.8

mm (coarse)

• Full stroke range: 25 mm

Revolving nosepiece

• U-5RE-2, U-ORE

• DIC slider insertion type

• U-DORE, U-DORE-ESD-2, U-D7RE, etc.

Observation tube

U-B130-2 – Widefield binocular

FN 22

Tube tilting angle: Fixed

Interpupillary distance adjustment: 50 to 76 mm

StageU-SIC4R2/SIC4L2 4 x 4 inch stage

Stroke: 100 Y-axis x 105 X-axis mm

1. To characterize, examine, and capture the microstructure of the specimens with different magnifications (5X, 10X, 20X, 50X, and 100X).

2. Image Analysis

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Husky Robot platform

Parameter Value

Speed 1.0 m/s

Runtime 3 hours

User power 5v, 12v and 24v fused at 5a each

Driver & APIS Ros melodic, RPS kinetic, C++ library,

MathWorks

1. Apply quick prototyping for any new ideas related to automated guided vehicles 2. Applications related to factory material handling automation 3. Applications related to agricultural automation

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Tile Abrasion Testing Machine

Parameter Value

Testing load range 10~1000N (Stepless adjustable)

Relative error of load indicating value ± 1%

Friction torque measuring range 2 N.m

Relative friction indicating error ± 2%

Friction load cell 300 N

Friction arm distance 50mm

Rotating speed range of spindle 0.1 ~2000r/min

Rotating speed error of spindle ± 1%

Max. torque of main spindle axis motor 5 N.m

Temperature control range Room temperature~200°C

Time control range 1S~999 hours

Testing revolution control range 109 revolution randomly set

Max. Distance between spindle and coupling plate

75mm

Friction spot Microscope, Reading precision

0.01mm

The tile abrasion testing machine can simulate rolling, sliding and combined movement under different contact pressures to complete point, line and plane simulating tests. It can be used to evaluate the friction and wear performance of lubricants, metal, plastics, coating, rubber, ceramics etc. Also, it can be tested under dry condition, but also the needs of simulating evaluation to new material development and new technology research.

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