Equipment
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Apart from our talented researchers, excellent technical equipment is the basic for successful research. Below you can find the devices available at ZMP.
Devices for Manufacturing
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Arcam A2 – Selective electron beam melting (SEBM) Material development, manufacturing of auxetic structures, basic research |
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| Arcam Q10 – Selective electron beam melting (SEBM) Selective electron beam melting with narrow beam diameter |
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| Freemelt One – Open source SEBM system Freely programmable selective electron beam melting machine with an in situ electron-optical process monitoring system |
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| Estanit – Haage Sheet Former BBS | |
Laboratory scale manufacturing of paper sheets
Stereolithography for manufacturing of three-dimensional objects made from synthetic resin
Laminated Object Manufacturing system for manufacturing of three-dimensional prototypes or parts made from paper, pre-ceramic paper or ceramic green parts. After lamination of each layer, the final shape is generated by laser cutting.
Laminated Object Manufacturing system for manufacturing of three-dimensional prototypes made from paper, pre-ceramic paper or ceramic green parts. After lamination of each layer, the final shape is generated by cutting with a drag-knife.
Vacuum casting system for processing of polymers. Used for example for the infiltration with pre-ceramic polymers.
Generation of interlayers as diffusion barrier in diamond coating
Spectroscopy Devices
| Ametek – SPECTROMAXx LMM06 | |
Arc spark metal analyzer
Characterization of chirality of carbon nanotubes based on optical spectroscopy
Standard spectrometer for characterization of chemical compounds and layer thickness, including gas measuring cell for coupling with thermogravimetry
Raman microscope for characterization of chemical compounds and nano-scaled objects
Raman microscope with six laser excitation wavelengths for the characterization of chemical compounds and nanoscale objects
Fluoreszens spectrometer for characterization of nano-scaled objects and self-assembly of organic compounds. Two detectors (CCD and IGA) are covering the spectrum from 300 to 1600 nm.
Determination of particle size distribution from 0.01 to 3500 µm
Zeta potential and particle size measurement (DLS) for characterization of colloidal dispersions including automatic titration unit
Optical spectrometer for characterization of chemical compounds and nano-scaled objects
Handheld X-Ray Fluorescent (XRF) Analyzer S1 Titan from Bruker Corporation
Handheld (XRF) analyzer S1 Titan for fast, non-destructive elemental analysis. (Weight: 1.5 kg with battery, Size: 25 × 28 × 9 cm³)
Microscopes
| Carl Zeiss – Axio A1m Imager
Light microscope |
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| Carl Zeiss – Axio M1m Imager
Light microscope with quantitative image analysis for optical characterization |
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| Carl Zeiss – SteREO
Stereo microscope for three-dimensional surface characterization |
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| FEI – Helios NanoLab 600i FIB Workstation
High-resolution scanning electron microscope with field emission source and integrated FIB technique for in-situ sample preparation |
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| Large-chamber scanning electron microscope
In-situ observation of deformation and failure analysis of large parts |
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| Olympus – Lext OLS 4000
Laser measuring microscope for contactless surface characterization |
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| NT-MDT – Solver Pro SPM Platform
Topological characterization of nano-scaled materials |
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Devices for Materials Characterization
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| Fraunhofer Institute EZRT – CT system
Computer tomograph for three dimensional imaging of complex parts |
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| Fungilab – Premium
Rotational viscometer for determination of viscosity |
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| Göttfert – RheoTester 2000
Cappilary rheometer for determination of the flow characteristics of materials for powder injection moulding |
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| Linseis – LFA 1000
Laserflash system for determination of heat and temperature conductivity |
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| Netzsch – DIL 402 C High temperature dilatometer
Characterization of thermal expansion up to 2000°C |
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| Netzsch – Skimmer STA 409 CD
Thermo analysis (TG, DSC, DTA) of powders and feedstocks, coupled with mass spectrometry and IR spectrometry (Bruker Tensor27) |
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| Perkin-Elmer – TGA-MS
Device for thermal analysis (TG, DSC, DTA) of powders and feedstocks, coupled with mass spectrometry and gas chromatography |
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| Porotec – Pycnomatic ATC Helium pycnometry
Helium pycnometry for determination of closed porosity and true density |
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| Sigmatest – Creep tester
Characterization of creep properties of metallic compounds |
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| Steinbichler – 3D digitalizing system
3D scanner for digitalization of complex parts |
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| Thermo Scientific – Porosimeter Pascal 140/440
Mercury porosimetry for determination of open porosity |
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| Tropel – Flatness measuring system
Process and quality control of diamond-coated parts |
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| walter+bai – Rotary bending testing machine
Fatigue strength testing on constant rotating rods |
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Furnaces
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| FCT – Pressure sintering furnace
Hight temperature furnace up to 2500 °C for sintering/graphitation of debindered preforms under pressure up to 100 bar |
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| Gero – HTK 25 sintering furnace
Sintering of injection mold parts, max. temperature: 1500 °C, atmosphere: high vacuum, argon, nitrogen, hydrogen |
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Gero – GLO 40/11 debinding furnace Thermal debinding of incetion mold parts, max. temperature 1000 °C, atmosphere: argon, nitrogen, hydrogen |
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Gero – LHTM 250/300 vacuum glowing furnace Heat treatment of Fe, Ni and Ti alloys, max. temperature: 1500 °C, atmosphere: high vacuum, argon |
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| Gero – HTRH 100-300-18
High temperature furnace for sintering of oxidic ceramics in oxidizing atmosphere up to 1750 °C |
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Linn – MFG 180 cold wall induction melting system Melting of alloys with high melting points under inert atmosphere. Power: 180 kW |
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| MUT – Debinding furnace
Furnace for removal of binder from injection-moulded green bodies |
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| Nabertherm – HAT 16/17
High temperature furnace for sintering in oxidizing or inert atmosphere up to 1800 °C |
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| Nabertherm – P330
Muffle furnace for calcination of catalyst materials up to 1100 °C |
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Preparative Laboratory
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| Beckman-Coulter – Ultracentrifuge
High performance centrifuge for separation of compounds |
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| CEM – Discover SP
Laboratory microwave for chemical synthesis |
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| Hermle – Centrifuge Z366
Desktop centrifuge for separation of compounds |
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| KSV Nima – Minitrough
Langmuir-Blodgett instrumentation for fabrication of monomolecular thin films |
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| Martin Christ – Freeze drying ALPHA 1-4 LDplus
Universal freeze drying machine |
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| Metrohm – Karl Fischer 831KF Coulometer
Electrochemical characterization of chemical compounds |
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| MBraun – MB-Labmaster SP Glovebox
Glovebox providing an inert atmosphere for oxygen and water sensitive reactions |
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| Retsch – PM100 Planetary ball mill
Planetary ball mill for grinding of powder based materials |
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Simulation
Workstations from Fujitsu and Hewlett Packard:
- 1 × FTS R920
- 2 × FTS R930
- 1 × FTS R940
- 1 × HP Z800
- 2 × HP XW 8600
- 1 × FTS M720
Processors:
- 2 × Core i5 4950 3.3GHz
- 2 × Xeon E5 1560 3.0 GHz
- 4 × Xeon E5 2630 2.3GHz Turbo-Boost
- 2 × Xeon E5 2630 2.4GHz Turbo-Boost
- 1 × Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor 5110
Memory:
- 30 TB hard disc space
- 416 GB working memory
- Abaqus (finite element solver)
- AMPL (optimization tool)
- Aspen (toolbox für process simulation)
- Comsol Multiphysics (modelling software)
- Inventor (CAD software)
- Magics (CAD software)
- Matlab (numerical calculation tool)
- OpenFOAM (CFD simulation tool)