The Friction Stir Welding setup is capable of welding, processing, channelling, and deposition of various similar and dissimilar materials through the friction stir technique.
The Zwick Roell automatic micro-hardness testing setup provides accurate and reliable measurements suitable for metals and engineered materials.
The GAMRY Reference 600+ electrochemical testing setup offers high-precision capabilities for a wide range of corrosion, impedance, and electrochemical kinetics measurements under both AC and DC conditions.
The equipment, including a hot plate, a magnetic stirrer, and an ultrasonic cleaner, supports sample preparation through controlled heating (upto 150°C), solution mixing, and efficient ultrasonic cleaning for contaminant removal.
The hand-held Dino-Lite microscope enables imaging and real-time inspection of surface features and microstructures with adjustable magnification.
The abrasive cutter enables precise sectioning of metal samples with minimal thermal or mechanical damage, crucial for metallographic and microstructural analysis.
The Tempsens programmable muffle furnace offers precise heat treatment of samples up to 1100°C, enabling controlled heating cycles for sintering, annealing, and other high-temperature processes.
The hot lab oven provides uniform and controlled heating for drying, curing, and aging of samples at moderate temperatures.
The Struers Lectropol-5 unit provides electro-polishing and electro-etching ability with sub-zero temperature capability, enabling high-quality surfaces for sophisticated characterization techniques such as EBSD.
The Metco Bainpol grinding and polishing machine features individual drives and a magnetic disk attachment, enabling precise and efficient metallographic sample preparation with flexible disk handling.
The AMPRG lab offers comprehensive simulation expertise and tools, including Ansys 2019, COMSOL, RockyDEM, CALPHAD-based Thermo-Calc, in-house Fortran models for fusion/solid-state welding and additive manufacturing, and open-source microstructure prediction tools.
ANSYS and Rocky DEM for simulation of fluid particle interaction
