• ABAQUS, HyperMesh
• Access to the Alabama SuperComputer Network
• Various programming languages and software
• FE-Safe
• Experience with ESI Weld Analysis Software
  

    Spot Welding Facility

    Thompson A-1 Spot Welder

• A1-100-24-S Spot Welder (100 kVA, 24 inch throat depth)
• Multiple Position Tap Switch
• Entron EN1000-1200E weld control
• 5 inch diameter bore air cylinder (up to 2000 lbs tip force)
• Dengensha WeldScope WS-80 welding monitor
• Force Gage
• Tools for weld button size determination

   Servo-Hydraulic Testing Laboratory

The servo-hydraulic testing facilties were consolidated in the College of Engineering in 2012.
The frames from my lab in the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics Department were combined
with a test frame from the Civil Engineering Department and three new test frames to make
the Advanced Materials Testing Lab.  The Materials testing lab is served by a common hydraulic
pump system that is used by the Civil Structures Lab for large scale testing and earthquake simulation.

The pump system is an MTS multi-pump system with a total capacity of 720 GPM of hydraulic oil flow.

The information below list the servo-hydraulic testing capabilities.
 

The servo-hydraulic lab capabilities include uniaxial specimen testing in load
control or displacement control, and a multiaxial bending-torsion frame for
various structural tests in load or displacement control.
 
 

    The lab uses MTS equipment, most of which has been purchased since 1995 and include major upgrades in 2012.

• Dual 11 kip MTS structural fatigue actuators with LVDT's, Load Cells, and Swivels and MTS 2-port hydraulic service manifold for structural actuators
• Fixturing for multiaxial bending-torsion fatigue frame
• MTS 220 kip four-post fatigue test frame with 3-stage servovalve for high rate fatigue testing at high loads
• MTS 100 kip test frame with compression plattens and wedge grips
• MTS 20 kip Thermo-Mechanical Test Frame with induction coil heating system with programable heating/cooling paths
• MTS 50 kip, 22 kip-inch biaxial Tension-Torsion Test frame with wedge grips
• Dual MTS 407 controllers for structural actuators
• MTS 810 Uniaxial Test Frame, 50 kip capacity with MTS FlexTest Controller and hydraulic wedge grips
• MTS 810 Uniaxial Test frame, 50 kip capacity with MTS FlexTest SE controller, and collet grips
• Test frame with MTS 5.5 kip actuator with LVDT, 10 kip and 500 lb load cells, and alignment fixture with MTS 407 Controller
• SATEC 20 kip test frame with hydraulic wedge grips
• MTS 407 controllers for uniaxial frames with amplitude control and PC communications
• SATEC 50 kip with MTS 407 Controller with PC communications; controlled with LabView Program
• Environmental Chamber, High Temperature Furnace

   Dynamic Data Acquisition Systems

• Several National Instruments SCXI-1000/1001 Systems
• Up to 64 channels of strain gages and transducers per system
• National Instruments Lab-View Software
• Nicolet 450 Digital Storage Oscilloscope--two channels at 200 MS/s
• National Instruments 10 Channel 100 MHz Oscilloscope system

• Vishay-MicroMeasurements equipment and supplies
• Several P3 strain indicators
• Variable voltage strain indicator, gage installation checker, peak-read indicator
• Optical microscopy (TEM and SEM avaiable in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Dept.)
• CANON 10D 6.3 Mega-Pixel digital SLR camera, RS-80N3 remote switch, DR-400 DC coupler
• CANON 5D Camera
• CANON 28-80 AF lens, 100 mm AF Macro USM lens
• CANON MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite

  X-ray Facilities

• Mini-Shot X-Ray Cabinet

    Useful Links

    The following list of resources is to document equipment suppliers that I have found to be useful.

     Kipper Tools:  http://www.kippertool.com/
           Hand Tools
                (spanner wrenches for spiral washers on testing machines, specifically
                 J.H. Williams pinned spanner wrench O-474 for 2.00 in. to 4.75 in. diameter shafts
                 about $40 per wrench in 2001)

    Mobil Oil:       http://www.mobil.com/mobil_lubes/industrial/products/index.html
                Mobil DTE-25 Hydraulic Oil used in MTS 30 GPM Silentflo Pump
                Site contains MSDS information, and techinical specifications.
                For local Distributor Location information, contact the Customer
                Response Center at 1-800-662-4525 and select Prompt# 4
                [Local Distibutor is West Oil:  (205) 759-2553
                about $30/Five Gallon Bucket in 2001
                about $300/55 Gallon Drum in 2004]

    Material Testing Technologies (MTT)    http://mttusa.net/
                Grip adaptors, universal joints, threaded studs, etc. for servohydraulic testing

    Harris Thermal Products:  http://www.harristhermal.com/history.htm
                Heat Exchanger for MTS 505.30 Silent Flo pump
                Model number EKTS-1024-R
                [about $650 in 2004]

    Tuscaloosa Power and Rubber Supply  http://www.powerandrubber.com
                 Hydraulic hoses and fittings

    National Instruments  http://www.ni.com
                Computer Data Acquisition Products

    Pressure Gages and Bolts

Alabama Bolt & Supply
5200 Old Montgomery hwy.
759-1991

(1) 1/4" NPT flow control valve 5000 psi steel body,
(1) 1/4" NPT hi pressure nipple
(1) Pressure gage, glycerin filled, 1/4 NPT bottom mount, 0-5000 psi,
  with 2.5" dial

installed on silentflo pump in 2009 after three pressure gage failures
 

Mfr:  Noshok1010
         West Bagley Road
         Berea, OH 44017

 Model 25-300-5000

21/2" dial, all brass case, 5000 psi. 1/4"NPT connection, bottom mount.

purchased from:

Alabama Bolt & Supply
5200 Old Montgomery hwy.
759-1991
Select A Model 300 Dial Size

25-300
2 ½ Inch 40-300
4 Inch

2 ½ Inch Dial Size
 Size & Model Number:
NPT Connection Size & Type:

Model Specifications:
Standard Pressure Ranges:
Dial Configurations:

Options & Accessories:
Ordering Information:
Special Ordering:  25-300
1/4" NPT Brass Bottom Connection
7/16"-20 SAE (Stocked in Ranges Indicated with (*) Below)
Stock Model Specifications
30 inHg Vacuum to through to 15,000 psi
Single Scale psi
Dual Scale psi/kPa,  psi/kg/cm²,  psi/bar
Regularly Stocked Options & Accessories
Ordering Information Sheet
Contact Us for Details on Custom Configurations
 
 
 
 
 

Changed from two part developer/fixer to single part solution in 2009
Kodak Industrex developer replenisher p/n 104-3017 Kodak Industrex LO (low odoor) fixer and replenisher p/n 163-4559

The chemicals were purchased from:

Newco, Inc.
2811 W. Palmetto St.
Florence, SC 29501 *800/545-9729* Toll Free
*843/669-2988* Tel.
*843/664-0197* Fax

www.newcoinc.com