Resources and facilities available to the MAterials and STructures (MAST) Research Group
We have a wealth of facilities, equipment and resources at our disposal
Rapid Prototyping
The Faculty has:
- a 100 watt laser cutter/engraver with a 1 metre square bed.
- Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) printers: - 220 x 220 x 250 mm print bed, ±0.1 mm tolerance using PLA, non-soluble support material (4 machines).
- professional Continuous Carbon Fiber 3D polyamide printer: - 320 x 132 x 154 mm print bed, 100-200 μm print resolution, non-soluble support material
- : advanced industrial-standard FDM machine compatible with STL for ABSplus with a build area of 254 x 254 x 305 mm and 1200es BST (breakable support) or 1200es SST (soluble support).
- NextEngine laser 3D desktop scanner.
The has a range of first phase facilities located on the .
The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business has complementary facilities in their
Digital Fabrication Laboratory
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Materials characterisation and non-destructive testing
- Physical Acoustics Limited UltraPAC Mistra system tablet UT ultrasound C-scan
- (Alloy) DPO-2000-CC hand-held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) with precious metal upgrade
- Olympus Panametrics Epoch LT ultrasonic flaw detector
- Olympus eddy current flaw detector
- Tramex Skipper Plus moisture meter ()
The moisture meters are held in the Faculty Project Store (SMB310) and can be booked out via the .
Thermal Analysis suite
- Mettler-Toledo (differential scanning calorimetry) -150°C - 700°C
- Mettler-Toledo (simultaneous thermogravimetric analysis/differential scanning calorimetry) 30°C - 1,600°C
- Mettler-Toledo (dynamic mechanical analysis) -190°C to +600°C
- Mettler Toledo (thermomechanical analysis/simultaneous differential thermal analysis) -150°C to +1600°C
Microscopy and surface quality assessment
The School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (SECaM) has a suite of microscopy and surface analysis equipment including: