Within the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, there are currently
many research activities related to manufacturing. Several laboratories are equipped with
state of the art facilities. The following laboratories are directed by Professor Yung C.
Shin.
Potter
Computer Station
Lab Inventory
Sample Prep Procedure (B2)
SEM (JEOL 6400) Manual
Furnace Standard Operating
Procedure (B2)
Furnace Access
Control (B2)
Controlling and Setting up the TF1400 furnace
- Mazak CNC Machining Center (5,000 RPM, 10 HP, 0.0002" accuracy)
integrated with 1 kW IPG fiber laser for laser-assisted milling, laser welding
and laser-assisted friction stir welding
- LASER-assisted turning system (1.5 KW Coherent Everlase S51 CO2 laser and a CNC lathe)
- Integrated Laser processing (4 KW Nuvonyx direct diode laser, a Panasonic
robot, a Suzler-Metco powder feeder)
- Lumera pico-second laser (2W, 500 kHz, 10 ps)
- Coherent pico-second laser (50W, 500 kHz, 10 ps)
- Spectra Physics femto-second laser (Spitfire, 100 fs, 1 kHz, 1W)
- A five-axis Aerotech gantry system integrated with 1kW fiber laser and a Sulzer Metco
powder delivery system
- Nano-second Nd:Yag laser (Surelite III, 10W, 6 ns, 10Hz)
- Optomec LENS750 (500W IPG fiber laser, 12"x12""x12" work volume)
- Fiber laser, 1 kW (IPG Photonics)
- Laser-assisted micromilling system with a 150W IPG fiber laser with a Q swtich.
- Micro laser cutting/welding system with a 20W CO2 laser and a three axis
positioning system.
- High speed CNC milling machine with a Delta-Tau controller (30 HP, 25,000 RPM)
- CNC cylindrical OD/ID grinder (Supertec)
- Plasma-assisted machining system (15 KW plasma and an engine lathe)
- High speed spindle testrig
- Acoustic emission system
- Ultrasonic surface roughness measurement system
- Surface profilometer
- Milling/turning dynamometers
- Infrared thermal imaging system (FLIR SC3000)
- Intensified CCD camera (Princeton Instrument, PI-Max with Unigen-II)
- Scanning Electron Microscope (JEOL JSM6400)
- Optical microscope (Zeiss, up to 3,500 X)
- Beam Profiler (Spiricon, 11 frames /second )
- Two NUM CNC controllers
- Two Siemens programmable controllers
- Coordinate measurement system (Brown & Sharp)
- Two hydraulic exciters (Zonic)
- Impact hammer (PCB)
- Two capacitance probes (Lion Precision, 0.000001" resolution)
- Laser triangulation sensor
- Open architecture controllers
- Infrared fiber-optic pyrometers
- Noncontact optical tachometer
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