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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)
 

Setup No.1: Five-axis CNC table (Fadal) and fiber laser (IPG).

 
 

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
 

Setup No.2: Four-axis CNC table and Nd:YAG laser (LASAG).