Laboratory and Equipment
Machine Tool Technology Research Foundation Equipment Loan: Multi-Axis Mill Turn Center
- Mori Seiki NT1000W
- Motor for spindle 1: 15 hp max, 10 hp continuous
- Motor for tool spindle drive: 12 hp max, 7.5 hp continuous
- 1.2 s minumum tool-to-tool change time
- Full cover and door interlock system with low air pressure detecting switch
- 6,000 & 12,000 rpm spindles with internal cooling systems
- 38-tool storage capacity
3D (4-Axes) Optical Metrology System
CNC mill
- HAAS Model TM-1 "Tool Room Mill"
- Full 3-axis
- 7.5 hp spindle
- HAAS controller
- Integrated fiber-optic laser delivery
- Instrumented for temperature and force measurement
- Flat panel display (linked to DAQ System) of temperature and force data
Nd:YAG Laser
- Lee Laser Model 8250MQ
- 200 W (maximum output)
- Continuous wave, pulsed, and q-switched operation modes
- Fiber-optic beam delivery
- Computer controlled power level
- High-speed laser scan head
- Processing Field: 45 x 45 mm
- Max Processing Speed: 1.5 m/s
- Angular Repeatability: <22 urad (Translates to <2.2 um in working plane
Force Dynamometers
Data Acquisition Systems
- 3 PC-based and 2 laptop-based
- 8 differential analog channels each
- 2 digital channels each
- National Instruments Co. DAQ board
- LabView software by National Instruments Co.
Optical Table
- Newport Model
- 3'x6'
- Areas for laser head and future experiments
High-Speed Spindles
- 36,000 rpm air-spindle
- 10,000 - 50,000 rpm electric spindle (NSK Model HES510)
- 20,000 - 80,000 rpm electric spindle (NSK Model HES810)
- High-speed, low power spindles for micro-endmilling
- High-speed, Radial runout measurement device (Union Tool Model: )
Digital Microscope
- 1X - 20X magnification
- Based on Nikon D70 SLR with bellows and lens reversers
- 6 Megapixel
Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition System
- Custom design for growing ultra-thin continuous nanocrystalline diamond coatings
- Growth areas up to 1.5" x 1.5"
- Available gases: H2, CH4, Ar
Infrared Pyrometers (Radiation Thermometers)
- Williamson Corp. Model 92
- Fiber-optic pyrometer
- Measures temperature between 400 C ~ 1350 C
- Measures surface temperature and emissivity on-line
- Two color (dual wavelengths around 1.5 microns) allows for true
surface temperature measurement without a-priori knowledge of emissivity
- Calex Model EL301HT-0
- Single wavelength pyrometer
- Measures temperature between 0 C ~ 400 C
- Cyclops
- Single wavelength pyrometer
- Measures temperature between 0 C ~ 400 C
- Measures surface temperature and emissivity on-line
- Qavelengths are transparent to hydrogen plasma
- Two color (dual wavelengths around 2.0 microns) allows for true
surface temperature measurement without a-priori knowledge of emissivity
The following equipment is available in the Material Science Center:
White Light Interferemeter
Scanning Electron Microscopes |
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