Processing
100 Tonne Spark Plasma Sintering
Model and Make
- Model: SPS-7.40MK-VI, Fuji Electronic Industrial Co. Ltd, Japan
Key Features (purpose / Advantage of using the equipment)
The spark plasma sintering (SPS) process is the most advanced form of sintering where it is possible to retain submicron structures at low sintering temperatures and short times. The difference between SPS and other sintering methods has ramifications in process efficiency and energy savings as well as microstructural and compositional implications. These beneficial effects have been largely attributed to a) the higher heating rates, b) imposition of an electric field and c) applied stress during sintering.
Specifications
- Current: upto 15 kA,
- Voltage: upto 10V
- Load: 1000 kN
- Campact size: 100 mm dia max
- Vacuum level: upto 6 x 10-5 mbar
- Molds: graphite
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25 Tonne hydraulic press
Model and Make
- Philips Hydraulics, India
Specifications
- Capacity: 25 ton
Details
This press is used for pressing the powders and components.
3.5 kW CO2Slab Laser
- Power Output : 50-3500 Watts
- Wave length : 10.6 mm
- Primary mode : TEM 00 with excellent beam quality K >0.96
- Specific Processing Capabilities: LASER WELDING, LASER CUTTING
Workstation Details
- ML 2000 is equipped with a 4-axis workstation with facility for rotary axis to process tubes.
- Maximum work sheet size: 3000 mm x 1500 mm
- Maximum weight on table: 400 kg
- X-axis travel: 3030 mm; Y-axis travel : 1520 mm ; Z-axis travel : 300 mm
- Rotary axis max. diameter: 150 mm
- Maximum positioning speed: 15 m/min
- Maximum cutting speed : 10 m/min
Applications
Laser cutting, welding and surface modifications
6 kW Fiber Coupled Diode Laser System
- Fiber coupled diode laser with 200 to 6 kW power with wave length 915, 940 and 980 nm.
- Continuous wave laser and also programmable pulsing is possible
- Spot size in circular shape with 1.5 and 3 mm diameter and rectangular shape with 4x4, 5x20, 1.5x11, 2x17 and 5x8 mm2.
- Laser optic head is fixed of 6-axis Robot arm and two additional rotary and tilt axis integrated with system. Reach of 2.3 m is possible.
- Lateral-resolving temperature measuring system (E-MAqS) integrated with system can measure temperature up to 1400oC at 50 Hz measuring rate.
- Attached with pyrometer and can measure up to 2500oC.
- Closed loop surface peak temperature control system with LompcPro application software.
- DCAM software with teach unit for easy programming and simulation of complex components
Applications
Surface Engineering (Cladding, alloying, and hardening), Conduction welding
Additive Manufacturing - Selective Laser Melting
Model No & Make
SLM 280HL, SLM Solutions GmbHSpecifications
- Fiber Laser 400 W
- Spot sizes 80 - 115 µm
- Vario-Scan gives processing speed up to 10 m/s
- Build area of 280 X 280 mm and Z-axis: 365 mm
- Layer thickness 20 -100 µm
- Bi-direction powder rocoating
- Platform heating upto 200°C
Applications:
- Metallic components with complicated designs
- Conformal channels,
- Light weighting - lattice and mesoporous structure
- Aerospace critical components
- Tooling and biomedical components
- Hybrid manufacturing wherein one can make use of both conventional and additive manufacturing advantages
SLM System
Additively Manufactured Component
Attritor and Planetary Mill
Model & Make
Netzsch GmbH, Germany / FRITSCH, Germany
Specifications
- Planetary mill Capacity: 0.1 - 0.5 kg
- Attritor capacity 0.5-100 kg.
Details
Mechanical mills are used for mechanical alloying (MA) and synthesizing nanostructured powders. The process can be carried out in small shaker mill for processing a few grams of powder or in high energy mills such planetry mill and an attritor.
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Attritor and Planetary mill
Automated Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) welding machine
Transpuls Synergic 3200 CMT
- Main voltage:3X400
- Welding current range: 3-320 A
Operating modes
- Manual
- 2-step mode, 4-step mode
- MIG brazing, MIG/MAG CMT
- Synergic MIG/MAG pulse
Special Features
Welds sheets of 0,3 mm or thicker
Wire Feeder
- Wire feeder: VR7000CMT (0.5 to 22m/min)
- Filler: Al(Ø1.0-2.4mm) steel (Ø0.6-1.6mm
Workstation: 4 axis HUST CNC System
- Table Size: 1000 mm X 2000 mm
- Maximum Weight: 300 kg
- X-axis Travel: 2000 mm
- Y-axis Travel: 1000 mm
- Z-axis travel: 300 mm
- Rotary Axis Max. Diameter: 350 mm
Workstation: 4 axis HUST CNC System
- 6-axis Robotic System (2.5 m arm reach)
- Positioner (400 Kg Max. Load)
CMT integrated with Robot
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CMT integrated with CNC
Automated Thermal Cycling Furnace
Details
An automated thermal cycling furnace is being used for assessing the thermal behavior of coatings obtained by different coating techniques such as electron beam physical vapour deposition, air plasma spraying and etc. The facility can be used for simulating the test temperature for investigating the coating performance at elevated temperatures ranging from 1100-1500oC
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Automated Thermal Cycling Furnac
Automatic seam-tracking based laser brazing facility
Salient Features
- Automatic precisely controllable wire contact-based 3D seam-tracking
- High speed processing – 4 to 6 m/min
- High strength with low IMC formation
- Joining of complex contours with low fixturing setup
- Amenable for industrial production
- Variable laser-spot – diameter 1.7 to 4 mm
- Wire diameter – 0.8 to 2.4 mm
- With or without Flux brazing with cold/hot wire feed
Applications:
- Laser brazing/weld-brazing of
- Auto-body components
- Medical components
- Sheet-metal Engineering Parts
- Laser joining of thin-sheet components of Al alloy, Mg alloy, steel and Ti alloy
- Wire laser overlay / cladding
Laser Brazing System
Brazed Curved profile
Battery Tester
Model & Make
BCS-815, Biologic, France
Specifications
- Number of channels: 96 (64+32)
- Voltage: 0 to 10 V per channel
- Current: 15 A per channel
Details
To perform the formation, rate capability and life cycle of LIB cells.
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Centre for Automotive Energy Materials.
Calendaring machine
Model and Make
- GN HR200, Gelon LIB Co Ltd. China.
Specifications
- Roller size: 96 mm dia,
- Roller width: 200mm
- Roller surface max. temperature: 130 oC
- Calendaring thickness: 0-2 mm, Adjustable
Details
The calendaring is an important step in the cell fabrication. The dried electrode foils after the coating have to be pressed using a calendaring machine to get desired porosity of the electrode. The gap between the rollers can be adjusted to a desired thickness.
Centrifuge Machine
- Make: Eppendorf (5804 R)
- Speed range: 200-14000 rpm
- Cooling: Refrigerated (-9 °C to 40 °C)
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Centrifuge machine
Characterization and Testing Facilities
a)Abrasive cutoff machine
Make
Chennai Metco pvt ltd
Model - BAINCUT UM
- Cutting capacity: 80 mm
- Press Spindle speed: 2800 rpm
- Cut-off wheel dia: 12",10",8"
features
Sturdy table model cutter for sectioning metals, ceramics and mineral samples
Make:Scientific technologies
- Operation: Automatic
- Mould Cylinder Sizes: 1", 1-1/4",1-1/2", 2" cylinder
- Moulding material: Bakelite / Phenolic resin
Special features
- Digital display with Temperature/Timer Controls
- Feather touch control panel
- Alarms for cycle completion
Automatic Single & Twin Disc Grinding/polisher
Make:Buehler
- Platen Size : 8in [203mm]
- Platen Speed :50-500rpm
- Specimen holder :Round
VectorT LC Power Head
- Model No : 60-1996-230 (230volts/50Hz)
- Force style : Single
- Head RPM Max :60
- Specimen holders :1.5" and 1"
- Max Single force : 50 Newton
- Max no of specimens :4
b) Microhardness Tester
The fully automatic microhardness system of UHL make (UHL VMHT 104) has load range of 0.001 to 2 kg and operates with both Vicker's and Knoop's indenter.
c)Ball/Pin-on-disc sliding (controlled atmosphere) wear testing rig
- Sliding wear testing as per ASTM standards to evaluate wear as well as friction characteristics under dry as well as controlled atmosphere environments.
- Test conditions of set load, rotational speed, wear track, controlled humidity and pin/ball contact diameters depending on the required wear regime.
- Drip-feed system can be used to evaluate tribo-corrosion properties.
- Provisions to monitor temperature of controlled atmosphere chamber as well as in the close vicinity of pin/ball-holder are also available.
- Windcom-2010 software integrated to the system facilitates to monitor record and evaluate wear and friction characteristics.
d)Pin-on-disc sliding wear testing rig
- Sliding wear testing as per ASTM standards to evaluate wear as well as friction characteristics under dry as well as lubricating environments.
- Test conditions of set load, rotational speed, wear track, lubricating and pin contact diameters depending on the required wear regime.
- Windcom-2003 software integrated to the system facilitates to monitor, record and evaluate wear and friction characteristics.
e)Erichsen Testing Machine [Model RET:20/Sr.No:2K6/04]
Specifications
- Width of the Sample: 70 to 90 mm
- Thickness of Sample: 0.1 to 2mm
- Least count of micrometric device: 0.01/0.02
f)Flexible Ceramic-Pad Pre-heating Equipment
Custom-designed pre-heating system facilitates in situ pre-heating of metal components during laser cladding process. Custom-designed heating pads be utilized for heating the steel components utilizing flexible ceramic pad coils fabricated. The equipment facilitates monitoring and control of pre-heating of jobs with specific temperature requirements. Appropriate sensors, circuit breakers, energy regulators and safety circuits are provided to ensure smooth and secure functioning. The system is useful for onsite pre-heating requirements for various coating processes.
g)Thermal Fatigue Resistance Test Rig
- A specially designed computer controlled simulation test rig containing molten aluminium alloy (A380 with Si-7.5-9.5%) melt maintained at 660-680o C.
- Surface temperature of the testing sample can be recorded online
- A resistance heating furnace (3 kW) with 150 mm x 150 mm top opening and a graphite crucible of adequate size housed inside
- The mechanical assembly consists of an overhead frame that carries a horizontal pneumatic cylinder that slides horizontally to and fro and another vertical cylinder) attached to the horizontal cylinder moves vertically up and down, on which, the sample holder is fixed. Test samples were alternatively dipped in Al-alloy (A380 with Si-7.5-9.5%) melt maintained at 660-680oC and commercially available water based die coat solution (DIECOAT 01, supplied by M/s Quality Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India) maintained at 30-40oC.
- It is possible program cycle time and holding time.
Automatic Pneumatic Specimen Hot Mounting Press
Automatic Single & Twin Disc Grinding/polisher
Microhardness Tester
Ball/Pin-on-disc sliding (controlled atmosphere) wear testing rig
Pin-on-disc sliding wear testing rig
Erichsen Testing Machine
Flexible Ceramic-Pad Pre-heating Equipment
Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) system
Semi automated experimental chemical bath deposition system set-up for the coating of the CdS or alternative buffer-layers on glass or flexible substrates of the size of 300 mm x 300 mm. Inside of the process chamber the substrate is being fixed between the process cover and the heating element. Automatic filling of hot (max. 90 °C) or ambient chemical into the process chamber, via the chemical dosage system by operating-panel. The process-time can be adjusted by timer and automatic wobbling by electric motor.
The equipment is being used for the deposition of CdS buffer layer by chemical bath deposition. As the buffer layer needs to be with p-type semiconductivity and high transmission properties, the equipment enables to make quality CdS buffer layer of about 50-70 nm from salt precursors within few minutes of reaction time.
Make
Singulus-Stangle, Germany
Specifications
Semiautomatic CBD system
Application
CdS or alternate buffer layer by chemical route
Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) system
CO2 Laser-MIG Hybrid welding system
Laser Source
- DC035 Slab CO2 Laser
- Wavelength: 10.6 µm
- Nominal Output Power: 350 -3500 Watts
- Frequency: 1 to 5000 Hz
- Beam Mode: Gaussian and Doughnut
- Operation: Continuous wave and Modulated pulse
MIG Source (KEMPPI PRO EVOLUTION 4200)
- Welding current range:10-420 A
- Welding voltage:10-46 V
Wire Feeder (Pro MIG 530)
- Four roll wire feed mechanism
- Wire feed speed: 0 - 25m/min
- filler wires (Fe Ø 0.6 - 2.4mm; cored wire Ø 1.0 - 2.4mm; Al Ø 1.0 - 2.4)
- Gantry mounted gas cooled torch
Features
- Synergic MIG/MAG and Synergic Pulse-MIG/MAG
- Double Pulse-MIG/MAG
- Traditional MIG/MAG
Workstation (3-Axis FANUC CNC)
- Work table Size: 3000 mm x 1500 mm
- X-axis travel: 3030 mm
- Y-axis travel: 1520 mm
- Z-axis travel: 300 mm (non-programmable)
- Rotary axis max. diameter: 150 mm
- Maximum weight on table: 400 kg
Set up of Laser Hybrid welding- Plate
Laser Hybrid welding - Tube
Cryo mill
Model and make :
1-s laboratory cryo mill; Union Process
Specifications:
- Tank capacity: 7 lt
- Max Ball to powder ratio: 32:1
Details:
Used for synthesizing nanostructured materials at cryogenic temperature of -190 C.
Advantages :
- Reduced oxide contamination
- Fine grain structures
- No sticking of powder to the container. < li>Fine particles.
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DC035Slab CO2 Laser /Laser MIG hybrid welding system
Laser
- Nominal Output Power: 350 -3500 Watts
- Wavelength: 10.6 µm
- Primary mode: TEM00 with excellent beam quality K >0.96
- Frequency: 1 to 5000 Hz
- Raw Beam diameter: 22 mm
- Excitation: RF (Radio Frequency)
- Power Stability: ±2%
- Beam Mode: Gaussian and Doughnut
- Operation: Continuous wave and Modulated pulse
Workstation (3-Axis FANUC CNC)
- Work table Size: 3000 mm x 1500 mm
- X-axis travel: 3030 mm
- Y-axis travel: 1520 mm
- Z-axis travel: 300 mm (non-programmable)
- Rotary axis max. diameter: 150 mm
- Maximum weight on table: 400 kg
- Maximum positioning speed: 15 m/min
- Maximum processing speed: 10 m/min
DC035 Slab CO2 Laser facility
Autogenous laser welding set up
Digital Laboratory Hot Air Oven
Model & Make
UFE 700, Nabertherm GmbH, Germany
Specifications
- Memmert (UF160)
- Temperature range: 30-300 °C
- Dimensions: 560(w)*720(h)*400(d) mm
- Option: programmable temperature and duration
Details
Digital laboratory hot air oven is used for drying or curing of all sort of functional coatings / materials in a laboratory scale.
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Centre for Solar Energy Materials
Hot air oven
Digital Laboratory Hot Air Oven
Model & Make
UFE 700, Nabertherm GmbH, Germany
Specifications
- Memmert (UF160)
- Temperature range: 30-300 °C
- Dimensions: 560(w)*720(h)*400(d) mm
- Option: programmable temperature and duration
Details
Digital laboratory hot air oven is used for drying or curing of all sort of functional coatings / materials in a laboratory scale.
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Centre for Nanomaterials
Hot air oven
Dip Coater
Model & Make
H0-TH-01C, HO-TH-12T; Holmarc opto mechatronics Pvt. Ltd.
Specifications
- Stroke length/working length: 1200 mm
- Dipping speed: 30-600 mm/minute
- Withdrawal speed: 30-600 mm/minute
Details
It is used for carrying out coating process with multiple samples with wide range size of cylindrical or rectangular sample (from lab scale to prototype size). It is widely applied in solar PV, Solar thermal and Optics for the development of different functional coatings.
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Dip coater
Electrochemical Analyzer (Processing and Characterization)
Model & Make
PARSTAT 4000 A, AMETEK
Specifications:
- Maximum current output: ± 4A
- Maximum voltage output: ± 10V
- Frequency range: 10 µHz to 10 MHz
- Voltage sweep rate: 1mV/s to 25 kV/s
Details:
The electrochemical analyzer with a wide current and potential window is used for electrochemical processing and characterization of samples and devices by various modes such as:
- Voltammetry – Linear scan voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, staircase voltammetry, chronoamperometry, differential pulse voltammetry, etc.
- Corrosion – Linear polarization resistance (LPR), Potentiodynamic and potentiostatic, Galanodynamic and Galvanostatic corrosion, Tafel plot, etc.
- Impedance – Pontentiostatic and Galvanostatic EIS, Mott-Schottky analysis, etc.
- Energy – Charge-discharge analysis, Cycle stability, etc.
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Centre for Solar Energy Materials
Evaporator-RTP
Evaporator-RTP is software-controlled tunnel-type furnace designed for sulfurization/selenization of CIS and CIGS on 300 mm x 300 mm glass and flexible substrate. The equipment consists of an atmospheric pressure hot-wall deposition tool for sulfur (S) and selenium (Se) diffusion coupled to an inline RTP furnace for crystallizing the complete CIGS absorber layer. The RTP module is located upstream of the evaporation module and being used for both accurately heating and cooling the active CIS/CIGS layer. As sulfurization/selenization is crucial step after deposition of Cu/CuGa and In and determines the quality CIS/CIGS thin film, deposition and RTP parameters can be varied in order to get high quality and uniform CIGS thin film with desired thickness.
Make
QuliflowTherm, France
Evaporator specifications
Maximum temperature 700oC with temperature stability +/- 2oC
RTP specifications
Temperature control range 100oC - 800oC (10oC/s heating rate) with temperature uniformity better than +/- 3%
Application
Selenization/sulfurization
Evaporator-RTP
Flame Spray Pyrolysis
Model No & Make
Custom made, Friedli AG, Switzerland
Details
Flame spray pyrolysis is the process where the formation of nanoparticles happen by conversion of liquid precursor in a flame and subsequent collision and sintering of reaction products in the high temperature environment. Liquid precursors that can be used in the flame spray process are metal nitrate solutions, metal salts of carboxylic acids or organometallic compounds to produce oxide, complex oxides and nobel metal supported oxides nanopowders.
The process has the following advantages:
- Broad range of product materials,
- Multi-component particles,
- High purity powders,
- Thermally stable powders,
- Environmentally friendly process,
- Short process chain,
- Standard equipment and materials
- Low cost energy source.
- Production rate ~1 kg/h
Flame Spray Pyrolysis
Forced Hot Air Oven
Model & Make
UFE 700, Nabertherm GmbH, Germany
Specifications
- Make: Memmert (UFE 700)
- Temperature Range: 30 to 300 °C
- Interior dimensions: 1040 mm (w)x 800 mm (h)x 500 mm (d)
Details
Forced air circulation oven is used for drying or curing of all sort of functional coatings / materials in a large scale
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Centre for Solar Energy Materials
Hot Air Oven
Furnaces
Tubular furnaces:
1.Model and make
Therelek, Model 2248-4 kW
Specifications
- Operate in Ar and N2 atmosphere upto 1000°C
- Press has a day light of 800 mm with a table size of 750 mm x 750 mm.
2.In-house
5 kW rating
Specifications
- Operate in Ar and N2 atmosphere upto 1000°C
- Chamber size: 90 mm dia x 300 mm
3.Model and Make
Krishna Enterprise
Specifications
- Operate in Ar and N2 upto 800°C
- Chamber size: 40 mm dia x 100 mm
4.Model and Make
Therelek, Thane
Specifications
- Operate in Ar and N2 atmosphere upto 1100°C
- Chamber size: 110 mm dia x 500 mm
Chamber furnaces:
1.Model and Make
Okay 70015-10 kW, Bysakh
Specifications
- Operate in air upto 1600°C
- Chamber size: 300 mm3
2.Model and Make
Technico make
Specifications
- Operate in air upto 1000°C
- Chamber size: 200 mm3
Reduction furnaces:
1.Model and Make
Termolab, Retort-15 kW
Specifications
- Operate in H2 and N2 upto 1200°C
- Chamber size: 200 mm dia x 300 mm
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Glass washing machine
As 300 mm x 300 mm glass is used as substrate for CIGS thin film solar cells, the quality of glass with clean surface is important and determines the functionality of solar cells. The glass washing machine is being used to degrease the glass surface to improve the chemical inertness to be used further for coating. Glass washing machine is tooled with flexible cycle programs give the user control in selecting the right combination of parameters including washing time and temperature, steam generation, number of total and pure water rinses, final rinse temperature drying time and temperature.
Make
Miele, Grmany
Application
Glass substrate cleaning
Glass washing machine
Glove box (4 ports) for Na-ion battery
Model & Make
M. Braun Inertgas-Systeme GmbH, China
Specifications
- Ports: 4 nos.
- Gas: Argon
- Oxygen : < 1 ppm
- Moisture: < 1ppm
- Transfer chamber: 3
- Vacuum oven:
- Heating range (30-200 °C)
- Magnetic stirrer:
- Heating range (50-300 °C)
- speed (150-1500 rpm)
- Physical balance:
- Weighing accuracy of up to 5 decimal digits
- Manual coin cell crimper (CR2032)
Details
storing materials under inert condition, coin cell fabrication and electrolyte synthesis
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List of instrument procured and installed
Heavy Duty hand operated shearing machine
Model
Bhaiya cutter 12"
Make
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Specifications
- Blade length: 300 mm
- Body thickness: 32 mm
- Mild steel plate thickness: 7 mm
- Material: Mild steel
- Maximum cut in one stroke: 250 mm
- SS plate thickness: 5 mm
- Weight: 65 kg
Details
To cut ductile materials using shearing method without loss in quantity
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Centre for Automotive Energy Materials
Helium Leak Detector
Make
Oerlicon Laybold Vacuum, Germany
Model
PhoeniXL300
Specifications
- Detectable He leak rate (vacuum mode): ≤ 5 x 10-12 mbar.l.s-1
- Detectable He leak rate (Sniffer mode): < 1 x 10-7 mbar.l.s-1
Application
- He leak detection
Details
Helium leak detector used for leak detection in vacuum system and gas lines.
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Centre for Solar Energy Materials
He leak detector
High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) facility
Overview
Magnetron sputtering is one of the well-known Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) technique for generating defect-free thin films at low deposition temperatures. Contrary to any other PVD techniques, magnetron sputtering is a process in which the removal of the target material (in other words like evaporation) takes place through the momentum transfer process. Since it is a momentum transfer process, literally using this technique, most of the materials deposition can be done. In similar lines, High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) is a process in which, the power given to the source/target will be in short pulses of very high energy. In general, the high energy ionic depositions are known for achieving good adhesion, high density and good control over reactive process. As on date, the HiPIMS facility at ARCI is a lab scale equipment with planar as well as cylindrical cathodes. The HiPIMS facility with its unique advantages can be used for developing thin films that are key to major sectors like, automobile, aerospace, manufacturing, optics, electronics, alternate energy, biomedical, sensors, etc.
Key Features
- The facility can be used to deposit any metallic or reactive depositions (Metals, Metal nitrides, metal oxides & metal carbides)
- Can be used to develop thin films on internal or external surfaces of any regular objects
Applications:
- Any metallic, nitride or oxide coatings can be deposited
- Solar selective coatings for solar thermal applications
- Diffusion barrier coatings for electronic components
- Decorative coatings for aesthetic applications
- Biocompatible coatings for biomedical applications
- Coatings for developing different sensors
Magnetron Sputtering
High Purity Glove Box
Model:
LABstar
Make:
Mbraun, Germany
Specifications
- Compact design with integrated gas purifier unit
- Available in 2-Glove (single sided)
- O2 and H2O < 0.5ppm
- Closed loop circulation
- Negative and positive pressure operation
Details
Processing of samples in inert gas atmosphere.
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Centre for Automotive Energy Materials
High Purity Glove Box
High Temperature Autoclave
Model & Make
4848 Reactor Controller, 4760-1803 reactor vessel; Parr Instrument
Specifications
- Dimensions: 600 ml reactor volume
- Vessel material: Hastelloy C-276
- Maximum pressure: 3000 psi
- Maximum temperature: 350°C
- Valves: Pressure safety valve, Gas release valve, sampling valve
Details
High-temperature autoclave can be used for preparation of functional nano-materials through Solvo and hydrothermal process by varying parameters like temperature, pressure and process duration. Pressure attained inside the reactor vessel can be monitored throughout the process duration.
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Centre for Solar Energy Materials
High temperature autoclave
High temperature hinged tube furnace
Model & Make
RS 120/1300/11; Nabertherm GmbH, Germany
Specifications
- Temperature maximum: 1100 °C
- Maximum possible tube outside diameter: 120 mm
- Heated tube length: 1300 mm
- Purging gas options: Hydrogen/Nitrogen/Forming gas/Air/Vacuum
Details
The high temperature hinged tube furnace allows operation under vacuum, N2, H2 and forming gas atmospheres. High quality insulating material consisting of fibre tiles enable energy saving operation and a short heating time and it can attain the temperature of 1100 °c.
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Centre for Solar Energy Materials
High temperature oven
High Temperature Vacuum Oven
Model & Make
VT 6130P; Thermo Fisher Scientific , Germany
Specifications
- Temperature range = 30 to 4000C
- Accuracy = ± 20C
- Internal Dimensions (w x h x d) : 495 x - x 592 mm
- Max. Vacuum level : 1 x 10-2 mbar (hPa)
Details
High temperature Vacuum Oven is used for drying or curing of all sort of functional coatings / materials under vacuum. It is widely applied in solar PV, Solar thermal and other applications for nanostructure material and coating developments.
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Centre for Solar Energy Materials
High temperature vacuum oven
High vacuum high temperature Centorr furnace
Model and Make:
System VII, Centorr Vacuum Industries-USA
Specification:
Tungsten heating element and hearth; Hot zone size: 150mm x 150mm x 300mm; Maximum operating temperature: 2000 degree C; Operating
Atmosphere:
Vacuum (10^-6 Torr), Argon, Nitogen, Hydrogen (upto 1900 degree C); Quenching provision (forced gas quenching)
System details:
This multi-purpose furnace has wide range of options to carry out heat treatment, powder sintering and annealing under high (10^-6 torr) vacuum and up to 1-3 psig positive pressure of argon, nitrogen or hydrogen atmosphere. The system can be operated at high temperature up to 2000 degree C. The system is equipped with forced gas quenching setup for rapid cooling of the charge/sample(s) under inert gas within the furnace chamber after completion of the heat treatment. The system is fully automated with PLC control and has remote operation capability.
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Center for Nanomaterials
High Temperature-High Vacuum-Controlled Atmosphere Furnace
High vacuum high temperature furnace
Model and Make
Hind Hi Vacuum Company Private Limited, Bengaluru, India
Specifications
- Molybdenum heating element and hearth; Hot zone size: 150 x 150 x 200 mm;
- Maximum operating temperature: 1200 degree C
Atmosphere
- Vacuum (10^-6 mbar), Argon and Nitrogen
System Details
This multi-purpose furnace has wide range of options to carry out heat treatment, powder sintering and annealing under high (10^-6 torr) vacuum and up to 1-3 psig positive pressure of argon and nitrogen atmospheres. The system can be operated at high temperature up to 1200 degree C.
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Centre for Nanomaterials
High temperature vacuum furnace
Hot Isostatic Press
Model & Make
AIP, USA
Specifications
- Maximum temperature: 12000 C / 2000oC
- Maximum pressure: 2000 bar
- Chamber dimensions: 10'' dia x 16'' height
- Operating atmosphere: Argon.
Details
Hot isostatic press applies both pressure and temperature to form and uniformly densify a particular material. Pressure is applied inside a vessel by compressing a gas medium, such as argon while the heat is supplied through a resistance-heated furnace, also located inside the pressure vessel. Temperature and pressure are monitored and controlled within a specified tolerance throughout the process, and a computer provides man/machine interfacing. Density near to theoretical density can be achieved.
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Centre for Ceramic Processing
Hot Isostatic Press
Hydraulic Press
Model and make
Bemco, Closed Frame
Specifications
- Capacity : 250 Tons down stroke, 30 Tons of ejection stroke
- Press has a day light of 800 mm with a table size of 750 mm x 750 mm.
Details
Used for consolidation of metallic powders
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Centre for Nanomaterials
Hydraulic Uni-Axial Compaction Press
Model & Make
40/PR-6/PM-14/99-2000, Peeco Hydraulic Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta
Specifications
Capacity of 25 Tons
Details
For the consolidation of advanced ceramic components.
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Centre for Ceramic Processing
Hydraulic uni-axial compaction press
Hydrogen Generator
Model and Make
- Proton H series -Hydrogen Generation System
Specifications
- Nominal Production Rate
- Nm3/hr @ 25°C, 1 bar - 2 Nm3/hr
- SCF/hr @ 70°F, 1 atm - 76 SCF/hr
- SLPM @ 70°F, 1 atm - 35.8 SLPM
- kg per 24 hours - 4.31 kg/24 hr
Details
The H Series generators utilize PEM technology to produce ultra-high purity hydrogen (99.9995%) consistently on-site. The system consumes power to produce hydrogen at 15 barg (128psig) using water as reactant. It uses liquid cooling technology for thermal management of the system. Produced hydrogen can be stored in a cylinder at 15 barg, which can be utilized for Fuel cells testing purpose.
Induction heating system
Model & Make
DC1040 Microtech Inductions Pvt. LTD
Specifications
- Power rating: 25KW
- Frequency: 10to 30 KHz
- Max. Coil current: 1000 to 2000 Amperes
- Temperature range: 300 to 1000 °C
- Sample length: 100 to 1000 mm height and 20 to 100 mm OD
Salient features
- Advanced Control Circuit for enhanced Performance
- Quick heating with sample rotation facility
- Control speed moment of inductive coil to heat the sample in uniform manner
- Compact size
Details
Induction heating is the best method of providing fast, focused and consistent heat for a wide variety of manufacturing processes, which involve bonding or changing the properties of metals or other electrically-conductive materials. Induction heating allows you to rapidly heat the object of your application while limiting contamination. The process relies on flow of electricity to produce heat and the process with the aid of modern-day technology become remarkably simple, cost effective heating method for applications which involves joining, treating and melting of materials.
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Inert Gas Atomizer
Model & Make
HERMIGA 100/10 VI, PSI, UK
Specifications
- Capacity (per batch): Typically 4kg of aluminium alloys, 10kg of iron, nickel and copper dependent on charge form.
- Temperature: 175oC
Details
The equipment is used to make spherical powders using inert gas atomization process in which the oxygen content is minimum (<100 ppm). Various metal/alloy powders based on aluminium, iron, silver, zinc, nickel, gold, magnesium, copper, palladium, beryllium, cobalt, tin, lead and others can be made using this equipment.
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Inert gas atomizer
Ink jet Printer
The ink jet printer is being used for printing CIGS ink and various other conductive and semi-conductive materials ink on substrates of size of 300 mm x 300 mm. Multi-material, multi layers Ink Jet Deposition Printer with precision XYZ stage control with minimum Two ( 2) Embedded Print heads having all functions required in an Ink Jet Printer like CAD/CAM Software, Automated Head Switching, Jetting analysis, realignment of substrate, print head heating, auto cleaning and wiping of print head, vacuum clamping to ensure high precision repeatability.
Make
Ceradrop, France
Specifications
2 print heads
Application
Printing CIGS ink for thin film solar cells
Ink jet printer
Intense Pulsed light System
Model & Make
Star Light, India
Specifications
- Power: 9W, pulse width: 1-30 ms, delay: 1-30 ms
Application
- Sintering and treatment of printed raw films
Details
The Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) system is composed of xenon flash lamp, an aluminum reflector, a power supply, capacitors, a simmer triggering pulse controller and a light filter. Intense Pulsed Light system is generated using arc plasma phenomenon in the xenon flash lamp. The IPL system is being used for treatment of ink printed CIGS thin films.
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Intense pulsed light
Laboratory Muffle Furnace
Model & Make
L5/12/P330; Nabertherm GmbH, Germany
Specifications
- Make: Nabertherm GmbH, Germany (L5/12/P330)
- Max. Operating temperature range: 1200 °C
- Inner dimensions: 200 x170x130 mm (WxDxH)
Details
It is used for drying or curing all sort of materials in a laboratory scale
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Laboratory muffle furnace
Laminator
The Laminator is being used for the lamination of CIGS thin film solar cell on glass or flexible substrates. The laminator is equipped with electrical heating and vacuum system. The heating system that can reach up to 180 °C with heat up and cool down rate of 5 °C/min. The upper and base area of a heating plate is suitable for effective working area of minimum 300 mm x 300 mm with temperature distribution on heating plate area during heat up and within steady state is +/- 2%.
CIGS thin film solar cell on glass substrate can be laminated using standard cure or fast cure ethyl vinyl alcohol (EVA) as encapsulant and tempered glass on top to protect from the extreme environmental sensitivity.
Make
P.Energy S.p.A., Italy
Application
Solar cell lamination of up to 600 mm x 600 mm
Laminator
Laser Assisted Machining with 6kW Diode Laser
Salient Features
- Laser Assisted Machining facility is being developed
- A lathe machine has been integrated with 6kW Diode Laser
- A 5-axis flexible fixture was designed to mount the optical unit on the lathe machine
- Simultaneous movement of Laser spot with tool
- A pyrometer with high data acquisition rate is being integrated to the system
- A dynamometer for cutting force measurement is being integrated
- LAM setup will be upgraded shortly by integrating a CNC Turn-mill machine
Applications
Laser Assisted Machining of hard to machine materials such as Ni-based super alloys, Ti-alloys, ceramics etc
Lithium-ion battery electrode slurry mixer
Model & Make
PDDM-2, Ross Process Equipment Pvt. Ltd
Specifications
- Planetary double headed mixer with two rectangular planetary blades (0-100 rpm).
- Two variable speed disperser shafts with disc type disperser blades (0-5000 rpm).
- Volume of slurry mixture is ~5 Liters.
- Capable of mixing under vacuum (29.5 inch Hg)
Details
To prepare slurry for LIB electrodes by mixing active materials (cathode/anode) with binder and additive in N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP) / aqueous medium.
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Metallography Abrasive Cutting Machine
- Make: Chennai Metco Pvt Ltd (Baincut 6841 – UM)
- RPM controllable motor speed and cutting with coolant
- Sample size from 20 to 500mm length
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Metallography Abrasive Cutting Machine
Muffle Furnace
Model & Make
N 1000/60HA; Nabertherm GmbH, Germany
Specifications
- Maximum working temperature: 200 to 600 °C
- Furnace inner dimensions: 1000 mm (W)x 1000 mm (d)x 1000 mm (h)
- Circulation rate: 3600 m3/h
- Air circulated heating/cooling
Details
Muffle furnace features five side heating zone for the uniform thermal treatment of large area solar selective absorber tubes. PLC controller with over-temperature protection system enables long sintering cycle. Provisions are available for feeding reactive and inert gases.
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Muffle furnace
Multi Piston Hot Press
Model & Make
Redson make
Specifications
- No of pressure pistons : 3
- Capacity of each piston, T: 3 max.
- Number of stacks: 3
- Maximum diameter of the component, mm: 90
- Charge height with holding fixture, mm: 250
- Maximum Temperature, C : 1050
- muffle pressure, mbar : 500
- Charge stacking and loading arrangement: Semi-automatic
- Sintering atmosphere : Hydrogen, nitrogen
Details
The advantage of the above hot press is that it works on both laboratory scale as well as pilot level. The split hood deign of the muffle enables faster cooling and batch completion time. The pistons being independently operating allows different pressure conditions to be set simultaneously, facilitating less no. of cycles for different experimental conditions. The furnace has been designed such that power consumption is very minimal and can be operated with either 100 % hydrogen, or nitrogen flowing gases unlike conventional hot presses which are designed for either inert or vacuum. Thus metallic, cerametallic or even polymer based samples can be processed.
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Multi Piston Hot Press
Multi port glove box integrated with thermal evaporator
Model & Make
MBRAUN-Germany, MB-200 glove box work station
Specifications
- Siemens PLC with multi-color touch screen
- Inficon controller for rate control/monitoring
- Recipe management
- Integrated quartz lamp heaters
Details
Thermal evaporator integrated glove box unit is used for the fabrication of perovskite solar cells inside an argon filled atmosphere. The glove box unit equipped with organic, inorganic thermal evaporators to deposit the perovskite precursor materials and metals with precise control over the thickness and uniformity of the active layers on large area. And also it contains UV-curing oven for glass to glass encapsulation of the fabricated perovskite devices.
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Nano Spider
Model and Make
- NS lab 500 S, Elmarco
Specifications
- Maximum width: 500 mm
- Maximum speed : 500 mm/ minute
- Maximum Voltage: 70 KV
Details
Electrospinning is a spinning method that uses electrostatic forces to produce nano-sized diameter fibres from polymer solutions. In comparison to conventional spinning techniques, electrospun fibres have a narrower diameter (from nanometer to micrometre) and a larger surface area. The nano additives can be incorporated into the fibers during the electrospinning. The solution is fed into the device with the aid of spinning electrodes (nozzle less or syringe less). Type of polymer fibre that can be electrospun depends on flash point of the solvent used in the solution.
Planetary Vacuum Mixer
Model and Make
- STC-EXJ5L, China
Specifications
- Capacity:5 L, diameter 200-220 mm and depth of 170-200 mm.
- Cooling Jacket: Water
- Mixing blade speed: Min. 80 rpm or more
- Dispersion rotation speed: Min.3500 rpm
- Scrape wall speed: Min.80 rpm with Teflon wall.
- Electric lifting of the base provided with lifting stroke of 280-300 mm.
- Vacuum hold:-0.099 to -0.001Mpa
Details
The planetary vacuum mixer machine is used at lab scale for research and development to prepare homogeneous and bubble free viscous slurries for the fabrication of electrode foils in lithium-ion battery and supercapacitor manufacturing process
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Planetary Vacuum Mixer
Planetary vacuum mixer machine
Model and Make
- Dual shaft planetary mixer, Gelon LIB Co Ltd. China.
Specifications
- Rotary Speed: 0-800 rpm
- Mixing Container: 150 ml, 500 ml
- Mixing blades: Biaxial planetary stirring
Details
The slurry for lithium-ion battery/supercapacitor electrode coating is prepared by mixing Active electrode material, conductive carbon black and a polymer binder in a planetary vacuum mixer to achieve viscous homogenous slurry.
Precision CNC Dicing Saw
Model & Make
SYJ 400, MTI corporation, USA
Specifications
- Cutting range: 8" (X axis), 4" (Y axis) and 4" (Z axis)
- Cutting Speed : 1-50 mm/min. (X&Y axis), 1-20 mm/min. (Z axis)
- Accuracy 0.0025mm(moving): ±0.01 mm (position)
Details
Designed for dicing and cutting almost all kinds of materials up to 4" diameter wafer or 8" L x 4" W x 1" H components. The saw can be computerized with position accuracy of 0.01 mm. The sample stage with two angles adjustment allows customers to cut materials at the desired angle with ± 0.5° tolerance.
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Pressure Slip Casting
Model and Make
PCM 100 N, Sama GmbH Germany
Specifications
- Casting Pressure range: upto 40 bar
- Capacity of the slurry: 5 - 60 ltrs
- Cast Thickness: 2-20mm
- Green density as cast: 50%-60%
- No of cycles per hr: 30 cycles per hr
Details
Can cast solid and hollow structures including complex shapes
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Pressure Synthesis Reactor
Model and Make
- Custom designed and fabricated
Details
Reactor can be operated under vacuum (10-3 torr) as well as under positive pressure of up to 10 bar of argon, nitrogen, hydrogen and hydrogen disulphide at a maximum temperature of 1000-degree C. The reactor can be used for elevated temperature processing (synthesis/deposition) of corrosive materials or under corrosive environment. The reactor has the provision for fast cooling as well as fast scrubbing of the effluent gases.
Pulse Power Supply
Model & Make
DPR series (DuPR 10-3-6); Dynatronix INC, USA
Specifications
- Real Time Cycle Control
- Ampere Time Cycle Control
- Ampere Time Totalizer
- Error signals for over-temperature, locked fan rotor, output out-of-tolerance and power failure/brownout conditions
- Calibration capability through the control interface
- Straight DC or High Frequency Pulse Output (0-5000 Hz) Capability
- 0 - 10.0 volts average (DC) or peak (pulsed) voltage
- 0 - 3.0 amps average current (or maximum DC current)
- 0.3 - 6.0 amps peak (pulsed) current
Details
Fully-programmable power supply for DC, Pulse and Pulse Reverse electrodeposition and Electrochemical anodization
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Pulsed NdYAG Laser System (JK-704, GSI Lumonics)
Specifications
- Max Average Power: 400 Watts
- Peak Power: 20 kW
- Pulse Duration: 0.3 - 20 ms
- Repetition rate: up to 500 Hz
- Wave length: 1064 nm
Workstation
- 3-axis workstation with facility for rotary axis to process tubes.
- Maximum work sheet size: 800 mm x 800 mm
- Maximum weight on table: 20 kg
- X-axis travel: 1000 mm; Y-axis travel: 1000 mm; Z-axis travel; 180 mm
- Rotary axis max. diameter: 150 mm
- Maximum positioning speed: 15 m/min
- Maximum cutting speed: 10 m/min
Applications
Laser drilling, Micro-welding
RF Induction Plasma
Model & Make
60 kW; Tekna Plasma Systems, Canada
Specifications
- Power rating: 60 kW
- Electrode less process
- Precursor: Solid, liquid and gases
- Atmosphere: Oxidizing, reducing or inert as per requirement
- Plasmas generated through electromagnetic coupling of electrical energy in the discharge cavity
- Production rate: 0.5-1 kg/hour
Details
Nanopowders of pure metals (Al, Ni, Ti, Cu, Ag, W), oxides (Al2O3, ZrO2, TiO2, SiO2), carbides (SiC, B4C, TiC, WC) and nitrides (TiN, Si3N4, BN) etc can be produced in bulk quantities (several kilograms per hour).
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RF magnetron sputtering system
Make
Advance Process Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India
Specifications
- Sputtering targets: ZnO and AZO
- Power supply: RF power supply up to 600W
- Substrate holder: Rotatable with in-built heater for substrate heating
- Substrate size: 50x50 mm max
- Gas inputs: Ar and O2 with mass flow controllers
- Pumping system: Turbo molecular pump backed by scroll pump
Application
ZnO and AZO layer sputtering for CIGS solar cells.
Details
The RF sputtering system with a top down deposition configuration is for making transparent front contact layers on CIGS solar cells. It has 2 magnetrons having ceramic targets of ZnO and Al-doped ZnO (AZO), enabling sequential deposition of the two layers without breaking the vacuum. The system can accommodate samples of up to 50x50 mm size and has a rotatable substrate holder for improved coating thickness uniformity. Critical deposition parameters like deposition power, chamber pressure, gas flow, and target to substrate distance can be controlled through a PC with the help of a dedicated software.
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Rocking Furnace
Model:
Rocking Furnace
Make:
Ants Ceramics (P) Ltd.
Specifications
- Provision for high vacuum, air and inert gas
- Water cooling flanges with chiller
- Continuous operating temperature: 1150 C
- Maximum temperature: 1200 C
- Heating rate: 5 C/ min
- Uniform temperature zone: 150 mm
Details
Simultaneous rocking and annealing/melting of the samples at high temperatures
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Rocking Furnace
Screw Type Extruder
Model & Make
VT, Neptune Eng. Co, Gujarat
Specifications
Press capacity - 40 Tons
Details
Ram type and Screw type extruders for extrusion forming of high symmetric ceramic parts such as honeycombs, tubes, seals etc. Capability to extrude alumina, zirconia, cordierite, silicon carbide, mullite etc.
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Scribing system
The scribing system is for structuring thin films of conductive and semi-conductive materials on substrates with a size of 300 mm x 300 mm to produce solar cells of defined width. The scribing system provides highest flexibility. It is equipped with 1064 nm laser source, optical configurations as well as a mechanical scribing head. The special design allows to process substrates through the glass or from the film side with auto focusing option. Extraction nozzles on both sides of the substrate to remove the scribing products reliably. Particles are removed from the exhaust in a filtration unit. The scribing system works with axis speeds of up to 2 m/s on substrates with a thickness of up to 6 mm. An integrated optical recognition system allows to determine the coordinates of the P1 pattern for P2/P3 scribing as well as to perform an optical inspection of the scribing quality.
The scribing system is being used for the pattering CIGS thin film solar cells at various stages (P1, P2 and P3) and for edge deletion to make monolithically integrated CIGS thin film solar cells with minimum dead zone and large effective area.
Make
LPKF SolarQuipment, Germany
Specifications
Laser and mechanical scriber
Application
Patterning of thin film solar cells
Scribing system
Shot Peening (Mec Shot)
Shot Peening
Slitting machine
Model and Make
- TOB FT500, Xiamen TOB New Energy Technology Co Ltd. China.
Specifications
- Slitting width: 20-500 mm
- Slitting mode: single knife hobbing
- Slitting thickness: max. 300 microns
Details
The dried and calendared electrode foils are slit into desired width and length based on the cell dimensions to make jelly rolls for lithium-ion battery/supercapacitor cell fabrication.
Slitting Machine
Model & Make
IMC, USA
Specifications
- Compressed Air : 6 bar
- Max. and Min. Slitting Thickness: 17-75 microns
- Line speed : 0-30 m/min
- Width adjustment : Any value < 200 mm
- Rewind and Unwind Tension: 10 kg
Details
To size the electrodes according to the cell dimension without any burrs
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Slurry Coater
Model & Make
SHENZHEN MRX AUTOMATION Equipments Co. Ltd., China
Specifications
- Coating thickness: 0.01 – 3.5 mm
- Coating accuracy: 0.01 mm
- Working temperature: ~ 200 °C
- Stroke length: 10-250 mm
- Coating speed: 0-100 m/s
Details
To prepare battery electrodes by coating the slurry materials over thin foils (Cu-anode, Al-cathode)
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Slurry Coater
Small Precision Diamond Wire Saw
Model & Make
STX 202A, MTI corporation, USA
Specifications
- Speed: 1-260 rpm
- Stage travel: 50 mm (Y axis), 50 mm (Z axis)
- Cutting parameters : 0.01 mm/min to 40 mm/min.
- Position accuracy : ±0.01 mm
Details
For cutting sample ≤ 2" diameter or square up to 50mm in thickness. Designed to provide a smooth cutting for many kinds of materials, especially for fragile crystals and TEM or IC sample by using 0.3 mm diameter x 15-meter long diamond impregnated wire.
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Spark Plasma Sintering
Model & Make
SCM 1050, Sumitomo Coal Mining Co, Ltd Japan
Specifications
- Current: upto 5 kA
- Voltage: upto 10V
- Load: 100 kN
- Campact size: 30 mm dia max.
- Vacuum level: upto 6 Pa
- Molds: graphite
Details
The spark plasma sintering (SPS) process is the most advanced form of sintering where it is possible to retain submicron structures at low sintering temperatures and short times. The difference between SPS and other sintering methods has ramifications in process efficiency and energy savings as well as microstructural and compositional implications. These beneficial effects have been largely attributed to a) the higher heating rates, b) imposition of an electric field and c) applied stress during sintering.
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Spray Granulation
Model & Make
BCHI Mini Spray Dryer B-290
Specifications
- Evaporation capacity of 1.0 kg H2O/h
- Maximum air temperature : 220oC
- Drying air flow: 35 - 40 m3/h.
- Spray Gas for atomization: air or N2, 200 - 800 l/h, 5 - 8 bar, Inert Loop B-295 for organic medium
Details
Spray drying process is to dry aqueous or organic slurries involving the steps of feeding the slurry solution with Peristaltic Pump followed by dispersion with spray nozzle, evaporation with drying cylinder and separation granules with cyclone/fitter.
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Spray granulation
Sputter Coater
Make
Singulus Technologies AG, Germany
Specifications
- In line vertical high vacuum sputter coater using pulsed DC rotary tube magnetrons
Application
- Sputter process for oxides (ZnO and Al:ZnO) and sputter process for metals (Mo, Cu, CuGa and In)
Details
The in line vertical high vacuum based sputter coater is for sputtering on the glass and flexible substrate of size of 300 mm x 300 mm. The sputter coater is being used for the deposition of various materials for CIS and CIGS thin film solar cell application such as Mo, Cu/CuGa, In, ZnO and Al:ZnO using pulsed DC rotary tube magnetrons. The sputter coater is capable to heat the substrate up to 300 °C with high temperature uniformity for hot sputter process. The sputter coater contains loading station, preheating station for preheating of the substrate and carrier to reduce the required temperature ramp rate in the vacuum and reduce the pumping time, two load lock chambers, two extension chambers, and deposition chambers for Metal and for oxides.
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Tape caster
Model & Make
- HED International, Model No: TC-71LC
Specifications
- Overall Length : 9.66’ ( 2.95 meters ) nominal
- Casting Length : 7’ ( 2.13 meters) nominal
- Casting Width : Up to 12” ( 300 mm ) wide
- Casting Speed Range : 2 and 20 inches/minute ( ipm)
Casting Surface:
A granite surface plate 12” x 18” x 3” with a +/- 0.0005” tolerance precision ground casting surface.
Caster Construction:
Aluminum. The chamber is equipped with tempered glass view ports that are removable for product access.
Conveyor / Carrier:
Mylar or Paper.
Carrier Conveyor Drive:
A variable speed drive, located at the discharge end of the tape caster conveyor drive, is provided complete with an operator interface mounted on the caster structure.
Control Console :
Control instrumentation, switches, function labels, status lights, relays and fuses are located in the caster structure.
Doctor Blade:
An adjustable, single doctor blade fixture with a micrometer adjustable lift of 0” to 0…250” ( 0 to 6 mm )
About
The tape casting is used for the processing of ceramics, ceramic composites to make thick films for various applications such as capacitors, resistors, multilayer varistors, inductors. The green tapes are prepared by casting aqueous or organic solvent-based slip (powdered raw material suspended in a liquid) containing the ceramic powders, solvents, binders, plasticizers, surfactants, dispersants etc. to form the thick films/ tapes. It is very useful for versatile research and development activities.
THICKNESS INDUCED RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT - INTERFACIAL CONTACT RESISTANCE (ICR measurement)
Model & Make
SHIMADZU AGS-10x with ESA amplifier, Japan
Specifications
- Force capacity - 5000 N
- Crosshead travel - 1200 mm
- Extensometer - Strain guage – contact type
- Resolution - 0.001 N in Load, 1 micron in Extensometer
- Load Cell - S-series
- Temperature of operation - RT
Details
Interfacial Contact Resistance measurement of various components of the fuel cell such as coated metallic bipolar plates with the GDL can be measured with the above equipment. Though in principle, it is nothing but a press with 5kN load cell, the setup is customized for measuring the ICR of the samples and this is directly affected by the coating material, thickness of the coating/substrate. ICR affects the overall performance of the fuel cell. Precise measurement of ICR under uniform/non-uniform compression is required to assess the performance of fuel cell stack.
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Ultrafast Laser Processing
- Ti:Sapphire regenerative amplifier (Model: Spitfire Ace, Spectra Physics)
- Pulse duration: 100 fs, 50 ps and 100 ns
- Power:12 W
- Repetition Rate:10 kHz
- Computer controlled multiple wavelength (800, 400, 266 and 527 nm) beam delivery system.
- XYZ with rotation and tilt positioning system having nm resolutions.
- Galvanometer scanner synchronized with motion system
Ultrasonic Processor
- Make: Sonics & Materials, INC (VC505)
- Power and frequency: 500watts and 20kHz
- Tip length and diameter: 136 mm and 13mm
- Wide range of volume from 100 to 1000ml
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Ultrasonic welding machine
Model and Make
- TOB USW 2600W, Xiamen TOB New Energy Technology Co Ltd. China.
Specifications
- Frequency: 24 KHZ
- Max. output power: 2600W
- Welding heads for Al and Cu
Details
The ultrasonic welding machine is used to weld single layer/multi-layer electrode stacks together along with terminal Al/Ni tab connections in pouch type/cylindrical lithium-ion battery cell fabrication.
Ultrasonic Welding Machine
Model & Make
Techsonic, USA
Specifications
- Max. Welding Thickness: 1 cm
- Frequency : 20 kHz
- Power output : 2 to 3.5 KW
- Operable pressure : 5 to 6 bar
- Weld force : 4000 N
Details
For welding tabs over the electrodes providing the electrical connection to the terminal. The tabs are in turn welded to the terminals
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Ultrasonicater
- Trans-o-sonic (U-5000-H-DUN, 3015)
- Dimensions: Tank clear size 500*525*1000 mm (L*B*H)
- Ultrasonicater Power: 5000 watts
- Temperature: up to 80° C
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Vacuum Desiccator
Model & Make
Cubivac, Tarsons, India
Specifications
- Color: Clear/amber
- Capacity: 45L
- Dimensions: 420x397x491 (WxDxH) mm
- Max. Vacuum: 1.33x10-4 MPa for 72 hrs
- Build in Ports: 4
Details
Used for storing electrolyte, jelly rolls and electrodes.
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Vacuum Furnace
Vacuum Hot Press
Model & Make
HP 20, Thermal Technology LLC, USA
Specifications
- Max. Temperature : 17500C (High vacuum atm.), 22000C (inert gas atm.)
- Max. Load: 100 kN
- Vacuum: 10-5 Torr
- Heating Element : Graphite
Details
For powder consolidation under high vacuum and inert gas atmospheres such as N2, He and Ar
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Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) Furnace
Make
Jointly developed by ARCI and Inductotherm India Pvt. Ltd
Features
- Melting capacity: 2-10 kg
- Temperature capability: ~1850 °C
- Working atmosphere: Vacuum (10-4 mbar)/ inert gas
- Casting mould with heating facility (500 °C)
- Alloy addition facility with controlled atmosphere
Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) Furnace
Zoz Simolyer Mill
Model & Make
CM-20, Zoz GmbH, Germany
Specifications
Capacity (per batch): 4 kg
Details
The equipment is used to carry out high energy milling of powders. As the mill imparts high kinetic energy to the powder through balls, the process takes short time there by eliminating contamination of the material being processed. The mill is used to produce nano-structured materials, non-equilibrium compositions and dispersion of oxides and carbon nano tubes in metals/alloys.
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