Equipment

For thermomechanical processing

  • Rolling machine

    Rolling machine

    DBR100A produced by Daito

    Small laboratory-mill with rolls for hot and cold rolling (roll diameter:100mm, max load:20tons).

  • Plasma-nitriding furnace

    Plasma-nitriding furnace

    JIN-1S produced by NDK

    Furnace for plasma nitriding treatment equipped with N2, Ar, H2 gas flow system. Temperature is controlled by Pyrometer.

  • Gaseous nitriding, carburizing and quench furnace

    Gaseous nitriding, carburizing and quench furnace

    produced by Toei Scientific Industrial Co.,Ltd.

    Vertical tube furnace for gaseous nitriding, carburizing and quench processes in NH3 and H2, Ar gas mixtures. Atmosphere is monitored by H2 sensor. Specimens can be quenched directly into water/oil without being exposed to air.

  • High-speed hot deformation simulator

    Gaseous nitriding, carburizing and quench furnace(No.2)

    produced by Toei Scientific Industrial Co.,Ltd.

    ※Ｉn preparation

  • Thermal dilatometer

    High-speed hot deformation simulator

    Thermecmaster Z produced by Fuji Electronic Industrial Co.,Ltd.

    Programmed induction heating and cooling (gas or water) system with uniaxial compression dies. Strain and strain rate can be also programmed.(Max. load: 1 ton)

  • Wire electrical discharge machine

    Thermal dilatometer

    Formaster produced by Fuji Electronic Industrial Co.,Ltd.

    Dilatometer equipped with induction heating and gas cooling system. By measuring dilatation during programmed heating/cooling cycle, transformation temperature/kinetics can be measured.

  • Horizontal tube furnace.

    Wire electrical discharge machine

    HS-70A produced by Brother Industries, Ltd.

    Specimen is cut by electrical discharge between specimen and thin wire so that various shapes of specimens can be prepared.

  • Horizontal tube furnace.

    Horizontal tube furnace.

    Tube furnace produced by Koyo Thermo Systems Co.,Ltd.

    Temperatures are controlled at three points in the furnace independently in order to archive uniform temperature distribution.

  • Cutting machine

    Cutting machine

    HS-45A C produced by HEIWA TECHNICA CO.,LTD.

    Automatic cutting machine for relatively large specimen.

Property characterization

  • Room & high temperature tensile testing machine

    Room & high temperature tensile testing machine

    Autograph 5000B refreshed produced by Shimadzu Corporation.

    Tensile machine with infrared furnace. (Max. load: 5 tons)

  • Automatic hardness Test system

    Automatic Vickers hardness Tester

    AMT-X7AFS produced by MATSUZAWA CO.,LTD.

    Hardness tester equipped with automatic stage, auto focusing and scanning systems.

  • DSC404 F3 Pegasus produced by Netzsch

    Differential Scanning Calorimetor

    DSC404 F3 Pegasus produced by Netzsch

    DSC equipped with vacuum pump and gas controlling system. The highest temperature for measurement is 1550oC.

  • Nano-indentation

    Nano-indentation

    Ti-950 produced by Hysitron

    Local mechanical properties can be analyzed from load-displacement curve, which is taken at very small load.

  • Nano-indentation

    X-ray differactometer

    ADVANCE D8 produced by BRUKER

    ※Ｉn preparation

  • FPR2200

    Wear property evaluation (ball on disk)

    FPR2200 produced byRhesca

    ※Ｉn preparation

  • SV-3200

    Surface roughness measurement

    SV-3200 produced byMItsutoyo

    ※Ｉn preparation

Microstructure analysis

  • Three-dimensional atom probe

    Three-dimensional atom probe

    LEAP 4000HR produced by Ametek

    Voltage-pulse atom probe equipped with local electrode and energy compensated reflector. Three-dimensional position of each atoms and its atomic species can be analyzed simultaneously so that nano precipitation or element partitioning can be investigated in nano-scale.

  • Dual Beam SEM/FIB

    Dual Beam SEM/FIB

    Quanta3D produced by FEI Co. Ltd.

    Equipped with EBSD, carbon and Pt deposition systems. This microscope is used for specimen preparation for 3DAP and TEM observation as well as serial-sectioning for reconstructing three-dimentional crystal orientation.

  • FE-SEM/EBSD

    FE-SEM/EBSD

    JSM-7001F produced by JEOL Ltd.

    Conventional FE-SEM equipped with TSL OIM system.

  • TEM

    TEM

    JSM-2100plus produced by JEOL Ltd.

    Conventional TEM equipped with CCD camera, two axis stage, heating stage, cooling and tensile-stage.

  • Ion milling

    Ion milling

    PIPS691 produced by Gatan

    Disk specimen is thinned by Ar-ion milling.

  • Laser microscope with heating stage for in-situ observation

    Laser microscope with heating stage for in-situ observation

    Laser microscope (VL2000DX) produced by Lasertec

    Heating stage (MS-TPS) produced by YONEKURA MFG Co.,Ltd Microstructure change on the surface of the specimen during heating and cooling can be observed in-situ by laser microscope. (temperature R.T.-1500oC)

  • Electro-polishing machine (Tenupole 5)

    Electro-polishing machine (Tenupole 5)

    Tenupole 5 produced by Struers

    Thin foil for TEM observation can be prepared easily by twin-jet polishing by monitoring voltage and current.

  • Automatic mounting system

    Automatic mounting system

    SimpliMet XPS1 produced by Buehler

    Temperature and pressure can be programmed so as to mount the specimen in resin quickly.

  • In-situ tensile stage for SEM

    In-situ tensile stage for SEM

    TS-2000 produced by TSL solutions

    Microstructural change during tensile deformation as well as displacement – load curve can be analyzed in-situ by SEM or SEM/EBSD.

Others

Vacuum furnace, box furnace, salt bath, vacuum encapsulation system, polishing / microscopy equipments,ThermoCalc, DICTRA, Analysis, Avizo etc.