Materials Processing:

50 kW Lepel induction air melter (200 lbs of iron, 100 lbs of aluminum) 5 kW inert gas aluminum melter (100 lbs) "V"-process vacuum molding Countergravity casting Horizontal centrifugal casting Vertical centrifugal casting Lost foam casting Laboratory rolling mill Misc. vacuum, inert gas, and tube furnaces IPS Eagle hot isostatic press Jominy end quench device Gleeble 1500 weld simulator Misc. injection and compression molding devices Autoclave

Metallographic Sample Preparation:

Buehler and Struers abrasive and diamond cutoff saws
Electrodischarge machining (CNC wire and ram EDMs)
Buehler and Struers manual and automated hot mounting presses
Buehler, Leco, and Struers metallographic grinders and polishers
Electropolishing and electroetching
TEM specimen electopolishers

Microscopy:

 

Zeiss, Olympus PME3 and Zeiss Axiovert 10 metallographs JEOL 840 Scanning Electron Microscope with Oxford Instruments Ultrathin window detector and PC based analyzer JEOL 2010 200 kV transmission electron microscope with ultrathin window detector and PC based analyzer, slow scan CCD camera system and heating stage capability Leitz 1750 °C Hot-stage Light Microscope with vacuum and controlled atmospheres Digital image analysis capability Automated Photo Processing Facility

Mechanical Testing:

 

Instron 1125 and Sintech 45 screw-driven tensile testing machines MTS 810 and Interlaken servo-hydraulic fatigue testing machines ATS 2000 °C UHV creep machine Tinius Olsen Charpy impact machine Rockwell and Brinell hardness testers Leco microhardness tester Envirotronics environmental exposure chamber

X-Ray Diffraction:

Conventional and high-temperature vacuum atmosphere Rigaku diffractometers
Full range of camera-based techniques