Equipment

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Material Storage

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
	Walk-in blast freezer	BMIL	External W x L x H: 9’-8” x 9’-8” x 9’-8”
	Explosion proof freezer	ThermoFisher	20 cu. Ft.

Manufacturing

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
Autoclave processing	Autoclave	American Autoclave	Internal 6.5 ft. (L) x 5 ft. (D), 800 F, 300 psi
	Nitrogen generation system	On-Site – N-160 PSA	3000 SCFH
	Clean lay-up room  including  debulking tool  and  vacuum pump
Compression moulding	Hot Press
Liquid resin moulding	RTM System	Radius Engineering	2100 cc – 27.5 bar – 180^oC
(Post-)curing	Oven	ThermoTron	Internal W x L x H (ft.): 3.3 x 3 x 3
	Oven	Blue-m	Internal W x L x H (ft.): 4 x 2 x 3
Rapid prototyping	3D Printer	3D systems – ProJet 1500

Sample Preparation

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
	Scale	Precisa – EP 125SM	125 g ± 0.01 mg
	Scale	Precisa – XT 920M	920 g ± 1 mg
	Scale	Precisa – XT 6200D	6200 g ± 0.1 g
Conditioning	Balance moisture analyzer	Sartorius – MA35M	35 g ± 1 mg – infrared (heating element)
	Resin Impregnation System	Buehler – CAST’N VAC 1000
	Furnace	Blue-m – 1200˚ LGO	2 cu. Ft. – 1200^oC
	Furnace	Barnstead Thermolyne	0.5 cu. Ft – 1100^oC
Cutting/Surface finish	Precision Diamond Saw Cutter	Buehler – IsoMet 4000
	Polisher-Grinder	Buehler – The EcoMet 300
	Low Speed Diamond Saw	Buehler – IsoMet LSS

Materials Characterization

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
Thermomechanical	DMA (x2)	TA Instruments – Q800	[-150-600] ^oC – [0.001-18] N
	DSC	TA Instruments – Q1000	Baseline of ±15mW – [-180-725]^oC
		TA Instruments – Discovery	Baseline of ±5uW – [-180-725]^oC
	TMA (x2)	TA Instruments – Q400	[-150-1,000] ^oC
	TGA	TA Instruments – Discovery	100 mg weight range – ambient to 1,200^oC
	Rheometer	TA – InstrumentsDHR-3	Peltier plate [-40 – 200] ^oC
		Anton Paar – MCR-502	Peltier plate & couette – convection oven
Microscopic analysis	SEM	Hitachi – S-3000N	With light element EDX
	Digital Microscope	Keyence- VHX-1000E	54 million pixels camera – 3D stitching
	Stereo Microscope	Nikon – SMZ745t
Analytical chemistry	FTIR	Agilent – 660-IR	TGA-IR, transmission, ATR and diffuse reflectance up to 200^oC
	FTIR (handheld)	Agilent – ExoScan	Interchangeable sampling heads
	UPLC	Waters – Acquity UPLC H-Class system	Quaternary solvent manager – GPC and RPC
	QMS	Waters	ESI, APPI and APCI Ionizations
	Nitrogen generator	Peaks Scientific – NML32A	32 L/min – 6.9 bar

Machine Shop

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
	CNC Router	MultiCam	Heavy Duty 5 axis
	RoboDrill	FANUC – T-21-iFLA
	EDM Drill	BELMONT – SY-M-2535 High Speed
	Wire EDM	Brother – HS-70AM
	Waterjet Cutter	OMAX – Model 2652
	Vertical Machining Center	LiTZ Hitech – LV-800
	Turning Center	Doosan – Lynx 220
	Band Saw	DoAll – Model 2013-V3
	Band Saw	Marvel – Model 8
	Diamond Saw	IMER – COMBI 1000, 14”
	Diamond Saw	IMER – COMBI 250, 10″
	Universal Milling Machine	MAHO – Model MH-700
	Milling Machine	EX-CELL-O

Mechanical Characterization

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
Static testing	Materials Testing System	MTS	500 kN
	Materials Testing System	Instron – Model 5982	100 kN
	Materials Testing System	MTS	50 kN
	Materials Testing System	Instron – Model 5969	50 kN
	Fatigue Testing System	Instron – Model 8872	25 kN
	Axial-Torsion Fatigue Testing	Instron – Model 8874	25 kN
	Materials Testing System	Instron – Model 3345	5 kN
	Environmental Chamber	Instron
	Test Fixtures	Wyoming	ASTM standards and Wyoming Fixtures
	Digital Image Correlation System	VIC-3D	2 x 16 Megapixel Cameras
Impact & ballistic	Enhanced Laser Velocity System	(ELVS)
	High Speed Camera	FASTCAM – Model SA5	750k fps
	Drop Weight Impact Testing Frame
	Ballistic Impact Gun
	Gas Gun
	Oscilloscope

Nondestructive Testing

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
CT Scanning	Micro CT Scanner	Xradia – microXCT-400
Infrared testing	FLIR Camera	Hoskin	[-40-650] ^oC – 307,200 pixels IR camera
Ultrasonic testing	Portable phased array and automated UT Instrument	Olympus – TomoScan FOCUS LT
	Portable phased array Instrument	Olympus – OmniScan MX2
	Eddy current array acquisition	Olympus – OmniScan
	Bondmaster	Olympus – 1000E+
	Ultrasonic Flaw Detector	Olympus – EPOCH 600
	Ultrasonic Thickness Gage	Olympus – 38DLP
	Two axis encoded scanner	Olympus – Glider
Dimensional testing	3D coordinate measurement device	Faro – Faro Arm Platinum
	CMM 3D Laser Scanner	Nikon – 3D Cross Scanner

Repair

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
	Dual Zone Bonder	Heaton
	Heat Blankets	Heaton

Miscellaneous

FACILITIES	EQUIPMENT	BRAND – MODEL	SPECIFICATIONS
	DAQ modules	National instruments

Computational Tools

CRN uses a variety of software packages to accomplish their work including Compro, Raven, Abaqus and CATIA. For more information on what they use, please contact us.