EQUIPMENT

Rapid Prototyping

MarkForged Mark Two

FDM 3D Printer that allows to manufacture continuous fiber reinforced polymer parts.

Glass, Kevlar and Carbon are some of the fibers compatible with this printer.

Makerbot Method X

An heated chamber FDM 3D printer with a double extruder system. It makes possible to realize solid parts with different polymers like TPU, Nylon and ABS.

Formlabs 3

Resin 3D printer with SLA technology. It's recommended to print components with high dimensional accuracy.

Material Characterization

Instron 5966

A tensile-compression testing machine equipped with a 10kN load cell.

Drop Weight Machine

An instrument to perform and acquire datas about impact tests on material samples and components.

Perkin-Elmer Spectrum ONE FTIR with ATR

Attenuated total reflection (ATR) is a sampling technique used alongside traditional infrared spectroscopy, which ultimately qualifies samples to be observed directly in either solid or liquid state, without additional preparation.

Dynamic Mechanic Analisys

Is a technique used to study and characterize materials. It is most useful for studying the viscoelastic behavior such as in polymeric materials.

Optical measuring systems

DIC GOM ARAMIS 8000

The analyses provide information on material characteristics and the behavior of components under load. These results form the basis for product durability, geometrical layout, reliable numerical simulations and their validation.

FLIR E95

Advanced thermal imaging cameras for electrical, mechanical, and building applications.

Computer Aided Engineering

FEM

Is a popular method for numerically solving differential equations arising in engineering and mathematical modeling. Typical problem areas of interest include the traditional fields of structural analysis, heat transfer, fluid flow, mass transport, and electromagnetic potential.