Equipment

Equipment Available at UW-Milwaukee to Support Research in Composite Materials

Laboratory melting furnaces
stir and ultrasonic mixing equipment
Instron and MTS mechanical testing machine
Hardness tester, Charpy impact testing machine
Optical microscopes with image analysis capability (Clemex Image Analysis System)
HR scanning electron microscopes
HR transmission electron microscopes
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, surface analytical equipment including Auger, SIMS, AFM
Structures Laboratory – Testing machines with latest mechanical and electronic control systems
Pressure infiltration and squeeze casting equipment for metal matrix composites
Sintering furnaces
Press for powder pressing
Attritor milling equipment, Cryo milling equipment
Melt spinning equipment
Density measurement
Microwave melting furnace
Automatic polishing equipment
Pressure and vacuum furnaces
Nanoindentor
Powder Metallurgy equipment