The primary lab space of the Multiscale Metal Manufacturing Processes Lab is located in room 1001 Mechanical Engineering Building.
Processing
Multi-Axis Mill Turn Center
Machine Tool Technology Research Foundation Equipment Loan: Multi-Axis Mill Turn Center
- Mori Seiki NT1000W
- Motor for spindle 1: 15 hp max, 10 hp continuous
- Motor for tool spindle drive: 12 hp max, 7.5 hp continuous
- 1.2 s minimum tool-to-tool change time
- Full cover and door interlock system with low air pressure detecting switch
- 6,000 & 12,000 rpm spindles with internal cooling systems
- 38-tool storage capacity
Data Acquisition Systems
- 3 PC-based and 2 laptop-based
- 8 differential analog channels each
- 2 digital channels each
- National Instruments Co. DAQ board
- LabView software by National Instruments Co.
Optical Table
- Newport Model
- 3’x6′
- Areas for laser head and future experiments
Measurement
Nd:YAG Laser
- Lee Laser Model 8250MQ
- 200 W (maximum output)
- Continuous wave, pulsed, and q-switched operation modes
- Fiber-optic beam delivery
- Computer controlled power level
- High-speed laser scan head
- Processing Field: 45 x 45 mm
- Max Processing Speed: 1.5 m/s
- Angular Repeatability: <22 urad (Translates to <2.2 um in working plane
Infrared Pyrometer (Radiation Thermometer)
- Williamson Corp. Model 92
- Fiber-optic pyrometer
- Measures temperature between 400 C ~ 1350 C
- Measures surface temperature and emissivity on-line
- Two color (dual wavelengths around 1.5 microns) allows for true surface temperature measurement without a-priori knowledge of emissivity
Alicona InfiniteFocus with Real3D
3D (4-Axes) Optical Metrology System
- Alicona InfiniteFocus with Real3D
- Instrument for surface roughness and form measurement
Pre- and Post- Processing
3-axis CNC mill
CNC mill
- HAAS Model TM-1 “Tool Room Mill”
- Full 3-axis
- 7.5 hp spindle
- HAAS controller Integrated fiber-optic laser delivery
- Instrumented for temperature and force measurement
- Flat panel display (linked to DAQ System) of temperature and force data
Force Dynamometers
Force Dynamometers
- Kistler Instrument Corp. Model 9256C2 (x,y,z axes: -250 to 250 N)
- Kistler Instrument Corp. Model 9265B + 9443B (x,y,z axes: -30 to 30 kN)
- Kistler Instrument Corp. Model 9271A (z-force, Mz-torque)
High-Speed Spindles
- 36,000 rpm air-spindle
- 10,000 – 50,000 rpm electric spindle (NSK Model HES510)
- 20,000 – 80,000 rpm electric spindle (NSK Model HES810)
- High-speed, low power spindles for micro-endmilling
- High-speed, Radial runout measurement device (Union Tool Model: )
The following equipment is available in the Material Science Center:
- White Light Interferemeter
- Zygo Corp. Model 6300
- Scanning Electron Microscopes
- JEOL Model