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 |
