Material Processing Lab
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Leistritiz Twin Screw Extruder
ZSE27MX-48D
Has 2 screws with many different screw elements for different screw arrangements, and different dye sizes, 12 zones for heating control at every section of screws. Max Temp= 350C, Max
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Shear Bay Pelletizer BT25
Able to chop the extrudate into pellets. Can adjust speed which will control size of pellets formed
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Kawaguchi Injection Molder KM50
Able to melt plastic pellets and press into mould. We have flat plaque moulds and ASTM test specimen moulds
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Xplore Micro Compounder MC15
Small scale (~15 gm) compounding, twin screw.
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Xplore Micro Injection Moulder IM12
Able to make a single sample specimen (Type IV tensile bar)
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Nelmor Grinder
ACan grind rubbers and plastics to various screen sizes
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
PHI Hot/Cold Press
Can heat and press the material with control of temperature, pressure, and time
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Leistritz 3 Roll Film Sheet Take Off
Can make sheets out of extruded products
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Precision Mechanical Convection Oven
Keep samples and mould formualtion under controlled temperature
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
Tenney Environmental Environmental Chamber
Wide range of temperature (-70 to +180C) and relative humidity (20 to 95%)
FORMULATION DEVELOPMENT
LFA V-Mixer VML15
Automated mixing of plastics pellets, powders.
MATERIAL TESTING
Atlas Weather-Ometer Ci3000+
Materials stability testing under controlled temperature, humidity, and light (UV, Vis)
MATERIAL TESTING
Tinius Olsen Melt Flow Indexer MP-993
Measures the flow behavior of plastics and resins at melting state