Laboratory

The department's laboratory can help you generate data on the mechanical response of materials. Here you can find our instruments.

Welcome to our laboratory

Our laboratory provides a well equipped platform for mechanical and biological research activities, which is well maintained by experienced researchers.

The lab offers mordern HITACHI TM-100 In-situ SEM, Multifunctional Instron Machine, Shimudzu Tensile Tester, Digital Speckle Photography (DSP), X-ray Tomography, Instrumented Ultramicrotome, etc., and is also open to researchers not in this group, contact us.

Book our machines by contacting the project coordinator

Peter Bergkvist

Equipment in the laboratory

HITACHI TM-100 TABLETOP MICROSCOPE

Hitachi TM-100 Tabletop Microscope is the perfect imaging platform for any Light Microscope lab needing higher resolution and deeper focus depth. Requiring no electron microscopical technical skills or sample preparation techniques. It's that easy! TM-1000 images show sample surface morphology in contrast due to different average atomic number composition within the sample.

Detector: Solid State Backscattered Electron Detector (BSE) Electron gun: Pre-centered cartridge filament Magnification: 20 - 10.000 X (Digital Zoom : 4 X) Maximum Sample Size: 70mm in diameter Maximum Sample Height: 20mm high Specimen traverse: X: 15mm, Y: 18mm Pressure Mode: Standard Mode/Charge-up reduction mode Evacuation System: Turbo Molecular Pump (TMP) & Diaphragm PUMP.

Hitachi TM-100 Tabletop Microscope.

Shimadzu Autograph AGS-X

The AGS-X series sets a new standard for strength evaluations while providing the utmost in safety considerations in a modern, stylish design. The AGS-X comes standard with industry-leading TRAPEZIUM X data processing software which provides enhanced productivity and efficiency for quality control operations.

Effective test width 425mm; Sampling speed 1ms max.; Load cell 10KN,10N; Accuracy High-precision type (1/500, ±0.5%): Within ±0.5% indicated test force (at 1/500 to 1/1 load cell rating); Standard-precision type (1/500, ±1%): Within ±1% indicated test force (at 1/500 to 1/1 load cell rating). Crosshead Speed range: 0.001 to 1000 mm/min (stepless); Max. Return speed: 1500 mm/min; Speed accuracy: ±1%; Crosshead-table distance: 1200mm.

SHIMADZU AGS-X TENSILE TESTER

Aramis Digital Speckle Photography (DSP) Equipment

ARAMIS Digital Speckle Photography (DSP) equipment is a measuring system which provides 2D/3D results such as surface coordinates, surface strain values, strain rates, displacements and velocities for both static and dynamic mechanics tests. ARAMIS is a robust solution for full-field analysis of small specimens (mm) up to large components (multiple m). Measurements are carried out independently from geometry and temperature without time-consuming and expensive specimen preparation.

5M Frame rate (Hz) Up to 15(29); Camera resolution (Pixel) 2448 × 2052; Measuring area mm2 to >m2; Strain measuring range (%) 0.01 up to 100; Strain measuring accuracy (%) Up to 0.01; Operating temperature 5-40 °C; Specimen temperature typ. -100°C up to +1500°C.

Shimadzu ags-x tensile tester

Instrumented Ultramicrotome

In material Micro/nano mechanics, there are virtually no direct experimental results accessible for analysis of local fracture. In our study, an instrumented ultramicrotome was built for the micro/nano-scaled investigation of local fractures. It makes it possible to quantitatively analysed the effects of material composition, nanostructure, toughening additives, etc.

With a super sharp (the radius of knife edge r=7 nm) diamond knife, ultrathin chips (down to 30 nm ) can be sliced from the work material (polymers, wood, biomaterial), with sectioning forces recorded by two piezoelectron sensors (up to 0.1 mN).

Instrumented ultramicrotome

3D-printer

Ender neo 3D printer with enclosure, optimized firmware replacement by Klipper and MainsailOS, plate calibration and high repeatability on PLA, ABS, TPU.

Humidity controlled filaments, additional drying before printing.

Bambu Lab multimaterial and reinforced material printing, closed temperature controlled chamber, Lidar high-precision, PLA-CF, PLA-GF, PC, PP, TPU, PET-G, PA, PA-CF.

3D-printer.

Laser engraving

Laser engraving on metals and polymers, used for high precision speckle pattern especially for moisture absorbing materials, barcoding for part traceability

Laserengraving.

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