Metal Surfaces Facility

Measures friction during metal wire drawing, comparison of lubricant performance.

Measures wear of surfaces, performance of lubricants, comparisons of tool coatings.

Simulates sheet bending in sheet metal forming, measurements of friction, comparison of lubricants.

Measures elemental profiles through surfaces, quantitative analysis of coatings and surfaces.

Fluidised bed furnaces (novel diffusion treatments, conventional surface treatments).

Specifications

• Maximum temperature: 1000°C
• Retort diameter: 90mm
• Retort depth: 200mm

Measures surface topography.

Make

• Asylum Research Cypher AFM

Specifications

• Closed loop imaging from tens of microns down to atomic scales
• Small cantilevers for high-speed scanning
• High-speed, low-noise force measurements
• High-bandwidth data acquisition
• Diffraction-limited optical sample viewing/imaging
• Automated laser alignment