Our Department has following laboratories for conducting experiments at UG/ PG / Ph-D and research levels:
SYNTHESIS FACILITIES
The department has several melting, PVD and chemical synthesis facilities for making a variety of alloys, inorganic materials, powder metallurgy components.
| Equipment | Make & Model |
| Vacuum arc melting | VEC solutions, Bangalore |
| Vacuum induction melting | VEC solutions, Bangalore |
| Arc melting/suction casting | VEC solutions, Bangalore |
| Melt-spinning | Custom made |
| DC Magnetron sputtering | Vacuum industries Pvt. Ltd. |
| Ball mill | Retsch MM500, Mixer Mill |
| Vacuum hot pressing | VB ceramics, Chennai |
| Plasma arc melter | Custom made, 2.5 Kg capacity |
| Hammer mill | Ikon Instruments |
HEAT TREATMENT/SINTERING FACILITIES
Most metallurgical processes require various kinds of heat treatment for better properties. The following heat treatment facilities are currently present in the department
| Equipment | Model |
| Autoclave | Amar equipments Pvt. Ltd. |
| Vacuum microwave furnace | Omicron Scientific Equipment, Model: 160021 |
| Vacuum heat treatment tubular furnace | Custom made |
| Electropulsing machine | Custom made |
CHARACTERIZATION FACILITIES
Understanding the microstructural aspects of a material is key to analyzing the properties of any material. In this regard, characterization facilities ranging from optical to high end electron microscopes are present in the department.
| Equipment | Model |
| XRD | Panalytical Empyrean |
| Tabletop XRD | Rigaku Miniflex 600 |
| Optical microscope | Leica DM 1750 M |
| Scanning electron microscope | Quanta 200F |
| Transmission electron microscope | Tecnai G2T20 |
| Differential thermal analysis | Netzsch DSC 404 F3 Pegasus |
| Gas chromatography | Nucan 5700 |
| Drop calorimeter | MHTC 96 Line EVO, Setaram Instrumentation India |
| Atomic absorption spectrophotometer | ELICO – SL 168 |
MECHANICAL TESTING FACILITIES
A diverse range of testing facilities are available in the department to measure mechanical properties like strength, ductility, fatigue life etc.
| Equipment | Make & Model |
| Universal Testing Machine | Instron 100 kN |
| Corrosion Fatigue Machine | MTSTM Landmark Servo hydraulic test system (Model 370.10), 100kN |
| Fatigue Machine | MTS 50 kN (model: 312.21) |
| Pin on Disc Wear | Magnum Engineers, Bangalore |
| Ultrasonic Shotpeening | Sonats – Stress Voyager |
| Instrumented Indentation | AntonPaar |
| Rolling Mill | HILLE, Sheffield England, 50T capacity |
| Impression Creep Testing | Spranktronics, Bangalore, capacity – 1 kN |
| Izod Impact Testing | W & T Avery Ltd. |
OTHER MAJOR FACILITIES
Apart from the mechanical property measurement set-ups, the department also possesses facilities to perform cell culture as well as corrosion studies.
| Equipment | Make and Model |
| CO2 incubator | Thermo scientific |
| Hot corrosion set-up | Two zone tube furnace, 1200°C, M/s Anil Scientific |
| Wire EDM | Expresscut EX-2530 |
