Our Facilities
The AMRG laboratory houses one of the world's most comprehensive and up to date additive manufacturing facilities including polymeric, metallic and ceramic additive manufacturing hardware, in addition to 3D laser scanning equipment, haptic control interfaces and a wealth of 3D solid modelling and design software tools.
The suite of technologies is used to support a range of activities including fundamental and applied research, industrial applications studies as well as teaching.
Additive manufacturing process technology
- Polymeric Laser Sintering (EOS P390 and EOS P100)
- Photopolymeric processing (3D Systems Viper SLA)
- Metallic Selective Laser Melting (MTT SLM 250 and MTT SLM 100)
- Fused Deposition Modelling (2 x Stratasys 400mc)
- Ceramic 3D Printing (Z-Corporation Zprinter 450)
- Wax Printing (3D Systems Thermojet)
Reverse engineering and scanning
- Sensable Freeform Haptic control interface
- Roland LPX250 laser scanner
- Faro silver arm with none contract 3D laser scanners head
- Desktop Engine 3D portable scanner
Mechanical testing
- 2 x Zwick Tensile Testing machines with full climatic control (-40C to 140C)
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
- Surface analysis
- Fatigue
- Compression
- Impact testing
Materials analysis
- Shimadzu DSC
- Moisture analysis
- Particle size analysis (Malvern Mastersizer 2000) (In process)
- UV/Vis and Infra-Red spectroscopic analysis
- Melt Flow
- Rheometry
Inspection
- Microscopy, optical, Transmission and scanning electron (with elemental analysis)
- X-Ray Diffraction