Materials characterisation equipment
| Equipment type
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Manufacturer(s)
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Comment
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| Hardness machines
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Vickers
Equotip
Dynamic
Microdur
Duramin
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X2
Portable
Portable
Portable
Microhardness
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| Microscopes
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Various
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Bench, projection and portable types; polarising; reflecting and transmitted light: photographic
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| Microscope
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Olympus
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Trinocular with digital image capture
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| Scentis digital image capture
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Struers
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On 2 microscopes includes cameras
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| Environmental SEM
EDX analyser
Vibration isolator
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Zeiss
EDAX
Halcyonics
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Zeiss 1455EP
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| EPMA
EDX and EPMA automation
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Jeol
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Jeol JXA 8600
Thermo electron vantage
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| FEG SEM
EDX analyser
EBSD system
STEM system
Vibration isolator
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Zeiss
EDAX
EDAX
Zeiss
Halcyonics
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Zeiss 1550
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| Carbon evaporator
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Edwards
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| Sample preparation: metallographic and plastics
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Various
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For optical and electron microscopy: portable on-site facility: automatic and hand lapping machines, vibratory polisher, linishers mounting presses and slitting machines.
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| Ferrite meters
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Elcometer MagneGage
Ferritscope
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X2
MP30
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| Furnaces
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Various
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Up to 1400°C**
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| Electrode feed unit
|
TWI
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| Implant test machine
|
TWI
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| Transvarestraint/ Varestraint machine
|
TWI
|
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| Electrode extrusion
Press
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GKN
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| Thermocouple amplifier
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National Instruments
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SCXI-1112
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| Microscope BX51 BF/DF + C-mount
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Olympus
|
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| TKC1481 ½” colour CCD camera 240V
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JVC (x2)
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| Flat screen monitors
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(x2)
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| Buehler Motopol 2000 automatic polisher
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| Sputter coater
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Edwards
|
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| Hydrogen analysis (total and/or residual)
|
TWI
|
Vacuum hot
Extraction
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| Diffusible hydrogen analysis
|
TWI
Oerlikon
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Collection over mercury
3 day instrument method
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| Optical emission spectrograph
|
SPECTRO
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| X-ray diffraction spectrometer plus
Upgraded PAN Analytical Controls
|
PAN Analytical
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XRD
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| Fourier transform infrared spectrometer
|
Perkin Elmer
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IR-microscope
ATR objective
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| Carbon/sulphur determinator
|
Leco
|
Model CS125
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| Oxygen, nitrogen,
hydrogen determinator
|
Eltra
|
ONH 2000
|
| Free nitrogen analysis
|
TWI
|
Extraction in hydrogen
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| Vis spectrometer
|
UNICAM
|
HELIOS
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| Ozone analysis
|
Scientific Inds
Sabre
|
PM220 Taxiguard
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| Personal samplers
|
Rotheroe and Mitchell Pitman, Draeger
|
On-site welding fumes, and gases
|
| Analytical balances
|
Stanton, Presica, Sartorius
|
0.00005g to 10,000g
|
| Swedish fume box
|
TWI
|
Weld fume testing
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| Ozone fume box
|
TWI
|
Weld fume testing
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| Mixer mill
|
Glen Creston
|
Model 8000
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| Mounting press
|
Struers
|
Labopress-3
|
| Chiller plant
|
ICS
|
ICE 005
|
| Slitting machine
|
Struers
|
Discotom-2
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| Slitting machine
|
Struers
|
Unitom-2
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| Mechanical polisher
|
Struers
|
Rotopol-22
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| Automatic grinder/polisher
|
Struers
|
Based in Sheffield
|
Materials - thermal and cold spraying equipment
Equipment
|
Manufacturer(s)
|
| Flame spray
|
Metco 5P
|
|
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Metallisation Mk 73
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UTP
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Schori Gun
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| Arc spraying
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Metallisation 528 gun and controller
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| HVOF
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Praxair Tafa JP5000 system
|
|
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Sulzer metco diamond jet hybrid
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UTP/Miller thermal top gun
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HVT wire
|
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| Plasma spraying
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Praxair plasma spray system
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| Cold spray (Sheffield)
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CGT Kinetics 4000/47
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| OTC Robot
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6 Axis robot
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| ABB robot (Sheffield)
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| PAT tester
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DFT Instruments
|
|
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PAT surftec
|
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| Grit blasting equipment
|
Guyson (blue)
|
|
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Guyson (green)
|
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Hodge cemco
|
|
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| Electrospark deposition
|
Technocoat
|
|
|
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| Compressor
|
Plusair
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| Heat exchanger
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(JP5000)
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| Heat exchanger
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(Miller thermal)
|
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| Thickness gauge
|
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| Mass flow controllers
|
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| Particle diagnostics
|
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| Powder feeder
|
|
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| Spraywatch 2: and Hiwatch particle diagnostics
|
Oseir
|
Materials - corrosion testing
| Equipment type
|
Manufacturer(s)
|
Comment
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| Corrosion test
Facilities
|
Various: Avesta corrosion cell
|
|
| Constant load
Machines
|
TWI x19
|
Various for low temperature creep and stress corrosion
studies
|
| Potentiostats
|
ACM research
PC controlled single channel
PC controlled
8 channel
PC controlled 12 channel weld tester
|
X9
X4
X1
X1
|
| Constant load rigs
with flowing water facility and constant temp capability
|
TWI
|
Multi-station
Suitable for testing under CP
|
| Low flow corrosion test cell with 12 ports
|
TWI
|
Suitable for AC and DC testing
|
H2S laboratory
Facilities include
Slow strain rate test
Machines
Autoclave-H2S
Autoclave-general
|
TWI
Cortest x1
CAD
Cortest x1
CED x4
|
HPC and SCC test facilities
Refurbishment programme recently completed
|
| Environmental fatigue
|
Various
TWI
|
Servohydraulic, for a wide range of environments x3
|
| Sour fatigue
|
TWI
|
Axial strip testing facility (6)
|
| 150kN sweet/sour test facility for SEN(T) or tensile
|
TWI
|
Ambient pressure
|
| Bolt loaded 4 pt bend test jigs
316 - large
316 - medium
316 - small
Hastelloy - large
Hastelloy - small
|
TWI
|
X 16
X 20
X 24
X 8
X 16
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| Full scale pipe bending sour testing facility
|
TWI
|
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| PH meters
|
Jenway X3
Lange X2
Qis
|
1-4
1
x3 (separate temperature compensation)
|
| O2 meter
|
Orbisphere
|
Model MOCA
3600/11E x4
|
| pH measuring unit (autoclaves)
|
TWI
|
Now decommissioned
|
Rotating cylinder electrode corrosion equipment
Glove box
|
Pine instruments
Plastic facilities
|
|
| Molten salt furnace
|
Vecstar/TWI
|
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| Humidity chamber
|
CTS
|
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| New pure H2S gas regulator and connections
|
Concoa
|
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| Pure cylinder scales
|
BOC
|
For determining quantity of gas left in bottle
|
Small scale corrosion test cell
H2S in solution probe
Coulometric H2S generator
H2S in gas probe
Oxygen probe
Q piston pump
4 channel data logger
|
TWI/Plastic faclities
AMT
AMT
Hamilton
Cole and Palmer
Omega
|
|
| Flexible riser axial load rig
|
TWI
|
|
| Digital Burrette
|
Bibby
|
X 4
|
| Composite permeation test cell
|
TWI
|
X2
|
| Optical oxygen measurement probe
|
Hach lange
|
X1
|
| Water bath recirculation
|
Julbao
|
|
| Gas detection system
|
Crowcon
|
X2
|
| Salt spray
|
Ascott
|
C120 (Now at TWI Middlesbrough)
|
Materials - hydrogen testing equipment
| Equipment type
|
Manufacturer(s)
|
Comment
|
| Hydrogen test facility
|
Instron
|
Servo-hydraulic 100 KN test m/c
400bar Hydrogen
|
| Hydrogen test facility
|
Instron
|
Servo-hydraulic 100
KN test m/c
1000 bar hydrogen
-100 → +100°C
|
| N, O2, H
Determinator
|
ELTRA
|
ONH 2000
|
| Hydrogen analysis (total and/or residual)
|
TWI
|
Vacuum hot
Extraction
|
| Diffusible hydrogen analysis
|
TWI
Oerlikon
|
Collection over mercury
3 day instrument method
|
| High pressure hydrogen autoclave
|
TWI
|
Mechanical testing in hydrogen 1000bar
Temps -100 and +100°C
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