Equipment
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| Processing Equipment |
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| Extruder, twin screw barrel L:D 20:1 (diameter D = 18mm), throughput 0.2-40 kg/hr, Leistriz Group |
| Extruder, single screw lab scale, barrel size L:D 18 (diameter 20 mm), throughput 0.5-5 kg/hr, max temp 300-450 °C, Brabender |
| Extruder, counter rotating twin screw barrel L:D 16:1 (diameter 25mm), throughput 0.5-60 kg/hr, Brabender |
| Extruder, single screw with string extrusion die or sheet extrusion die, sheet take off device L:D = 25 (screw diameter 30 mm), throughput 0.5-15 kg/hr, max temp 300-450 °C, Brabender |
| Extruder, fully-intermeshing twin screw, Leistritz Group ZSE-27 |
| Extruder, co-rotating twin screw with main throat feed and downstream "side stuffer" feed 40:1 barrel l:d, throughout 20 kg/hr, screw speed 300 rpm, up to 500 possible, Leistritz ZSE-27 |
| Extrusion system, single and two stage PC controller, barrel L:D 25 (diameter 20mm), Brabender |
| Compression mold, both plates heated and cooled, plate size 0.5m×0.5m, 150 tons, Wabash |
| Compression mold, both plates heated and cooled, plate size 0.25m×0.25m, 20 ton, Wabasch |
| Compression molding machine, 50 ton |
| Injection molding machines, 22 ton, Boy Machines, Inc. (2) |
| Injection molding machine, table top, multi-press |
| Reactive casting |
| Vacuum thermal forming equipment, C.R. Clarke Vacuum Former 1820 |
| Blow molding machine, Flex Blow Molder |
| Ultrasonic welding machine, 2200w, 20 kHz, Branson |
| Ultrasonic welding system, 1500w, 35 kHz, Hermann Ultrasonics |
| Ultrasonic Servo System ultrasonic welding machine, 20 kHz, MC 200, Branson |
| Impulse welding system Power supply, 0-40 volt, 0-70 amp, Xantrex XFR 40-70 Recirculator, PolyScience model 340 Programmable logic controller, Omron ZEN 10 C1AR-A-V2 Power supply 1660 A, BKL Precision |
| Impulse sealer, 2600w, American International Electronics |
| Plastic notcher, Ceast Notch VIS |
| Blow film tower, Brabender |
| Rotational molders (2) |
| Pelletizer, Brabender |
| Pelletizer, Sheer Bay Company |
| Vibrating screen, Prater |
| Glue spreader, Black Bros. Co. |
| Characterization Equipment |
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| DSCs including a modulated DSC system with an autosampling robot, TA Instruments Q20 and Q2000 |
| Dynamic mechanical analyzer, TA Instruments Q800 |
| Thermomechanical analyzer, TA Instruments Q400 |
| Thermogravimetric analyzer, TA Instruments Q50 |
| Stress rheometer, with an environmental temperature control oven, TA Instruments AR2000ex |
| Universal testing machine for tensile, compression, and flexural testing of polymers and composites, with an environmental testing chamber (for testing from -70 to 350 °C), Instron model 5569 |
| High resolution video extensometer to measure both lateral and transverse strains |
| Gel permeation chromatography system with light scattering, Waters Breeze; rheometer, Rheometrics ARES |
| Cone and plate viscometer, Brookfield |
| Rotary evaporator |
| Drop tower instrumented impact machine, Dynatup |
| Waters GPC with light scattering detector, glove box and IR are available, Perkin-Elmer DSC/TGA |
| NMR - Bruker DRX-400 NMR; Tecmag AC-200 NMR; Varian VXR-300; Varian VXR-400; Anasazi EM-360 NMR (2); Bruker ER-200 EPR; Bruker DRX-500 NMR (Biological NMR Facility); Bruker Avance-600 solids/solution; Bruker Avance-700 solution (Biological NMR Facility) |
| Mass Spectrometry - Finnigan TSQ-700 Triple Quadrupole GC-LC-MS; Finnigan MAGNUM Ion Trap GC-MS; Finnigan LCQ Ion Trap LC-MS-MS; Kratos MS-50 Magnetic Sector MS; Bruker Proflex II MALDI-TOF MS; Micromass GCT Accurate mass GC-MS; Shimadzu LCMS-2010 Electrospray / APCI MS |
| Spectrophotometry - Agilent 8453 diode array UV-Vis; Bruker IFS-66v FT-IR; JASCO J-710 CD spectrophotometer |
| Elemental analysis, Perkin Elmer 2400 Series II CHN/S analyzer |
| XS-Ray Diffraction - Bruker SMART 1000 CCD single crystal; Scintag XDS-2000 powder diffractometer |
| Melt flow indexer, Custom Scientific Instruments, Inc. |
| Tensile testing machine load frame with 5 kN load cell, Instron model 4500 |
| Tear tester, Oakland Series ME |
| Microbalances, Mettler |
| Impact tester, 2 ft, 2 lb, SSI Satec Systems Inc |