Mechanical Characterization Lab
Instron 3365 dual column universal testing machine
Accessible to trained users on the booking system. Session duration 1 h, max 8 sessions per week. Out-of-hours access can be allowed in exceptional cases. Official web pageCharacteristics and available clamps:
- 500 N and 10 N load cells
- Video Extensometer SVE2
- Tensile pneumatic clamps
- Compressive plates
- 3-point bending clamp
- Peel-off clamp
- Penetration clamp for fabric testing (custom)
- Micro-compression (custom), 20 and 15 mm
- Confined compression for biological samples
TA Instruments Q800 Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis
Accessible to trained users on the booking system. Session duration 4 h, max 4 sessions per week. Out-of-hours access can be allowed in exceptional cases. Official web page
Characteristics and available clamps:
- Tensile clamp
- Compressive clamp
- 3-point bending clamp
- Cantilever clamps (35 mm, 20 mm)
- Fiber tension clamp
- Submersion compression clamp
- Submersion tension clamp
CSM (Anton Paar) Platform for Nanoindentation and scratch
Accessible to trained users through email contact. Session duration 4 h, max 4 sessions per week. Out-of-hours access not allowed. Official web page
Characteristics and available tips:
- Ultrananoindentation head
- Berkovich tip
- Spherical tip (100 um)
- Spherical tip (100 um)
- Flat punch tips (10, 20, 100 um)
- Micro-combi indentation-scratch head
- Vickers tip
- Knoop tip
- Ball holders (1 mm, 2 mm)
Deben micro-uniaxial stage
Micro-tensile stage, 2KN load cell, for testing in situ (e.g. XRD) and in liquid
Accessible to trained users through email contact. Session duration 4 h, max 4 sessions per week. Out-of-hours access not allowed.
- Available for tensile and compressive tests
- Bath for testing in liquid up to 70°C
- Coupling with electrical measurements
- Coupling with XRD
- Coupling with optical microscopy
- Low frequency cyclic testing
Optics11 Chiaro BioIndenter
Interferometric-based indenter for characterization of soft materials, also in liquid environment
Accessible to trained users through email contact. Session duration from 1h up, max 8 hours booked. Out-of-hours access not allowed.
official webpage
- Combined with an Optical Fluorescence Microscope
- Broad choice of tips size and stiffness
- Measures Young's modulus from 100 Pa to 1 GPa
- Displacement, indentation or load control
- Indentation mapping function
- NanoDMA