Metals Manufacturing Research Lab

Mechanical testing

• Instron servo-hydraulic test-frame: 100 kip and 0.2 kip load cells, 200 kip frame rating

• MTS servo-hydraulic test-frame: 300 kip load cell, 400 kip frame rating

• Research Inc drop tower: 2000 ft-lb capacity

• Dead Weight loading systems: 3 systems (each 10 kip capacity)

• Gleeble 3500 dynamic servo-hydraulic test system: 10 t compression/tension capability, strain rates 0.0001/s to 50-60/s; with non-contact green-LED extensometer and 1600 °C pyrometer system

• Flex bending fatigue: 5 systems (55 Hz fully reversed loading)

• Automated computer controlled test procedures: (K1c,CTOD, J, da/dn, da/dt, K1scc, Kth, Tensile, Bend, flexure, compression)

• Tinius Olson CVN (264 ft-lb pendulum type with low blow and instrumented setup)

Manufacturing/Welding

• Welding processes in house: OAW, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, GTAW, SAW, ESD, ESW, ESS, CMT

• Dual Motoman GMAW welding robots with coordinated positioner

• Electroslag welding workstation

• Fully digital Cold Metal Transfer and Timed Twin dual Gas Metal Arc Welding (Fronius)

• Electro-slag strip surfacing 

• Lab-scale VIM/VAR with zirconia/alumina crucibles (1-3 kg)

• Pilot-scale ESR (5-100 kg)

Heat-treating

• Gleeble 3500 system: Resistive heating to 1600 °C in high vacuum, < 10^-4 Torr

• ATS clam-shell type furnace: 1700 °C air, 1600 °C inert gas with quench in vertical alumina tube

• Marshall vertical tube furnace: 870 °C air or controlled atmosphere with direct quench

• Leco horizontal tube furnace: 1250 °C air or controlled atmosphere

• Thermcraft box type air furnaces:  300 °C, 1100 °C, and 1250 °C

• Neslab ultralow temperature bath : -75 °C (-100 °F) immersion, Chest type -85 °C (-120 °F) in air

• Across International GCF1200 Vacuum furnace: 1200 °C, vacuum to 15 mTorr, optional external gas supply

• Jominy test fixture

Sample preparation

• Struers Accutom 50 precision saw

• Buehler low-speed diamond saw

• Struers Discotom cut-off saw

• Leco 14" abrasive immersion cut-off saw

• Struers Rotopol automated grinding/polishing system

• Manual grinding/polishing stations 150/300 rpm (3)

• Struers hot-mounting press 

• Struers/Allied cold mounting epoxy setup

Characterization at OSU Electron Microscopy Facility

Computational modeling

• Thermo-Calc/Dictra/Prisma: Thermodynamic, diffusion and precipitation modeling, databases for Fe, Ni, Ti, Slag

• JMatPro: Materials Properties of alloys, databases for Fe, Ni, Ti, Al

• DEFORM/DEFORM-HT: Metal Forming Process Simulation and Metal Heat Treatment

• Abaqus, Ansys, Solidworks

• DFT (VASP), MD (LAMMPS), etc. on HPC with 16+ TeraFlops, 1,800 cores