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Equipment and characterization methods
With our equipment we can offer you a wide range of characterization methods in the field of glasses and ceramics for reasearch and development only.
If you are interested please contact Dr. Tobias Fey .
Laboratories
Total space: 2050 m2
Laboratory: 1600 m2
- Processing workshop
- Polymer processing laboratory
- Bioengineering laboratory
- Cellular and porous ceramics laboratory
- Sol-gel laboratory
- Ceramography workshop with saws, grinders and polishers
- Rapid Prototyping laboratory
- Functional ceramics laboratory, including large- and small-signal mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical characterization
Analysis and characterization equipment
- Dilatometers (up to 1800 °C)
- Thermal analysis (DTA/TGA/DSC)
- Thermal conductivity device
- Powder X-ray diffractometer Bruker D8 Advanced Eco (specifications) – user rules
- Gas absorption analyser (BET)
- Hg high-pressure porosimeter
- ICP-OES (Spectro Analytical Instruments)
- Electrical measurements up to 1500°C
- 3-dimensional optical dilatometer
- Laser scattering particle size analyser
- aixACCT TF 2000 E Ferroelectric Tester
- Digital image correlation system for ferroelectric measurements
- Various high voltage Trek amplifers (30 kV, 20 kV, 4 kV)
- 30 kN screw driven load frames; one equipped with a heating chamber (25 °C to 800°C) and the other with a thermal chamber (-150 °C to 600 °C). Both load frames are also equipped to characterize the small signal direct piezoelectric coefficient as a function of stress, electric field, and temperature (up to 600°C) as well as loading frequency (50 mHz – 250 Hz) and amplitude (±0.1 MPa – ±10 MPa). Each load frame has an LCR meter to simultaneously measure the dielectric response.
- Custom-built miniature loading frame (10 kN) and load control software for determination of in- situ stress-dependent structural investigations, such as Raman spectroscopy.
- Broadband impedance spectrometer (frequency range of 100 mHz – 10MHz) and a thermal chamber (containing 4-point contact system) with a temperature range of -150 °C to 600 °C
- Various custom built heating chambers for dielectric and impedance measurements (up to 900 °C), including the control of atmophseric conditions (synthetic air, N2, Ar, O2, vacuum, etc.)
- He-pycnometer
- Laser granulometer (0.1nm – 100µm)
- Viscosimeter and high-temperature viscosimeter
- Single fibre tensile testing, screw extruder and measurement unit
- High precision mechanical testing with optical tracking system (EXAKT)
- Environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM)
- Scanning electron microscope (with EDX and WDX)
- Laser scanning microscope and Light Microscopes, Digital Microscope
- FT-IR spectrometer and 2 UV-VIS-NIR spectrometers
- Interactive image analysis system
- Fluorescence spectrometers
- Raman-microscope with two excitation lasers
- µCT Skyscan 1172, max resolution 0.5µm/voxel
Processing equipment
- Ball, vibration and attrition mills
- Kilns and Dryers (glass melting, high-temperature up to 2500 °C, vacuum)
- Various ovens for ceramics processing
- Tape caster and Fibre winding facilities
- Low-pressure injection moulding device
- High precision diamond wire saw
- Surface and cup grinders
- Various arrangements for sample polishing
- 3-dimensional optical dilatometer
- Automated polymer pyrolysis furnace
- Lamination press
- Aerosol deposition arrangement
- Gradient oven
- 3D-Printer (Stereolitography, FDM, Direct Print)
- Laminated Object Manufacturing – LOM
- Fused Deposition Modelling – FDM