The machining and sample preparation laboratories serve as critical enablers in our research, supporting advanced material testing and characterization. These facilities provide a foundation for developing specialized in-house instruments and expanding our technical capabilities, fostering innovation and enhancing the depth of our research in materials science.

  • Supplier & Model: Struers / CitoPress-5
  • Type of Material for testing: all
  • Testing methods: Hot Mounting of 30 and 50 mm diameter mounts
  • Force on piston: 50-350 bars in 25 bar steps
  • Heating and cooling cycles of 1 to 15 min duration each

There is also possibility to do cold mounting using epoxy mounting.

Sample preparation for microstructural or hardness evaluations.

  • Supplier & Model: Struers / Tegramin-30
  • Type of Material for testing: all
  • Testing methods: Semi-automatic all-purpose grinding and polishing
  • Other specifications: sample holder to grind/polish up to six sample at once, available for 30 mm and 50 mm dia. samples (there is also a flexible/tailored sample holder)
  • Variety of grinding papers, and dimond particles + OPS/OPU solutions

Struers Lavamin instrument is available for cleaning the samples from particles

Automated electrolytic etching and polishing of metallic samples.

  • Supplier & Model: Struers / LectroPol-5
  • Type of Material for testing: Conductive samples
  • Testing methods: Electro-etching and Electro-polishing
  • Temperature range: -20 to RT
  • Other: A scanning function for easy determination of parameters; built-in safety features, and a database with methods for various materials.

Our workshop is well-equipped with machining, cutting, milling, and welding instruments for preparing samples components to test and characterize, as well as building in-house instruments and capabilities.

Besides the below main instruments, other minor equipments are available for drilling, belt grinder, sand blaster, Guillotine shear, Surface Grinder.

  • Supplier & Model: HAAS / TM-1P
  • Type of Material for testing: all
  • 3-axis mill for machining
  • Variety of tools

Another milling machine is available (Avia 3-axis mill; FNE 40NC)

  • Supplier & Model: HAAS / ST-10
  • Type of Material for testing: all
  • Lathe machining
  • Variety of tools for cutting various materials

Another lathe is available for machining (Harrison M390)

  • Supplier & Model: Bomar / Proline 320.280 H
  • Type of Material for testing: all
  • Cutting

Another bandsaw is available (Somatec KB-36)

  • Supplier & Model: Struers / Exotom-150
  • Type of Material for testing: all
  • Cutting

Another fine cutting instrument is available (Buehler Isomet fine diamond cutter).

  • Drill press: Srands / S25
  • Belt grinder: KEF
  • Sand blaster: 4USE
  • Guillotine shear / Göteneds
  • Surface Grinder / Chevalier FSG-2A818
  • MIG Welder / ESAB LKB265
  • TIG Welder / Migatronic / Focus TIG 200 AC/DC

Welding of variety of metallic materials.