Facilities
The ALFa laboratory is equipped with two fully automated systems for deposition process. The specifications
of the main equipment of these two systems are listed as follows:
- 1.1 kW fiber laser (IPG)
- Five-axis CNC table (Fadal)
- Powder feeder (Sulzer Metco: TWIN-10-C)
- 1 kW Solid State Nd:YAG laser (LASAG)
- Four-axis CNC table
- Powder feeder (Sulzer Metco: 9MP-CL)
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Setup No.1: Five-axis CNC table (Fadal) and fiber laser (IPG).
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Setup No.1: Powder feeder (Sulzer Metco: TWIN-10-C).
A wide range of equipment and facilities for Metallography and material characterization
are also available as some of them are listed below.
- Vacuum furnace
- Metallographic specimen preparation station
- Optical microscope
- Scanning electron microscope
- XRD system
- Microhardness testing machine
- Universal testing machine
- Impact testing machine
- Hardness tester
- Adhesion wear testing rig
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Setup No.2: Four-axis CNC table and Nd:YAG laser (LASAG).