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Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

Abrasion testers
Ageing ovens (Accelerated weathering machines)
Accelerometers
Impedance meters (Acoustic impediography equipment)
Metal testing instruments (Adhesion testers)
Calorimeters (Adiabatic bomb calorimeters)
Ammeters
Analytical balances
Spectrophotometers (Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers)
Scanning probe microscopes (Atomic force microscopes)
Grinding or polishing machines (Attritors)
Laboratory mills (Ball mills)
Twin screw extruder (Balling drums)
Power saws (Band saws)
Benchtop centrifuges
Binocular light compound microscopes (Binocular compound microscopes)
Calorimeters
Plaster or mortar mixers (Cement mixers)
Impact testers (Charpy impact testers)
Colorimeters
Compression testers (Compression testing machines)
Milling cutters (Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines)
Lathes (Computerized numerical control CNC lathes)
Concrete or cement testing instruments (Concrete test hammers)
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Laboratory mixers (Counter-current mixers)
Graphic recorders (Current versus voltage IV curve tracers)
Portable data input terminals (Dataloggers)
Ion exchange apparatus (Deionizers)
Calorimeters (Differential scanning calorimeters)
Thermal differential analyzers (Differential thermal analyzers)
Diffractometers
Digital cameras
Oscilloscopes (Digitizing oscilloscopes)
Impact testers (Drop weight impact towers)
Drying cabinets or ovens (Drying ovens)
Hardness testers (Durometers)
Electrometers
Electron microscopes (Electron microprobe analyzers EMPA)
Electronic toploading balances
Laboratory separators (Electrostatic separators)
Spectrometers (Energy dispersive x-ray spectrometers EDS)
Semiconductor process systems (Etching equipment)
Extensometers
Borescope inspection equipment (Fiberscopes)
Thickness measuring devices (Film thickness measurement systems)
Filtering machinery (Filter presses)
Photometers (Flame photometers)
Bubble columns (Flotation columns)
Infrared spectrometers (Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectroscopes)
Concrete or cement testing instruments (Freeze-thaw test units)
Wear testers (Friction and wear testers)
Fume hoods or cupboards (Fume hoods)
Gas chromatographs (Gas chromatographs GC)
Leak testing equipment (Gas detectors)
Electromagnetic field meters (Gauss meters)
Chromatographic scanners (Gel permeation chromatographs GPC)
Programmable tube furnaces (Graphite element furnaces)
Gyratory crushers
Hardness testers
Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers (Heated walk-in environmental chambers)
High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography (High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment)
Tension testers (High temperature material testing systems)
Laboratory separators (High tension separators)
Tension testers (High-vacuum tensile testing chambers)
Positioning jig (Holding jigs)
Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers (Hot blenders)
Hydraulic press frames (Hydraulic presses)
Impact testers
Laboratory box furnaces (Inert atmosphere box furnaces)
Infrared imagers (Infrared cameras)
Infrared imagers (Infrared monitors)
Injection molding machines (Injection molders)
Laboratory separators (Isodynamic separators)
Laboratory mills (Jar mills)
Jaw crushers
Vibratory plates (Kneading compactors)
Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers (Laboratory blenders)
Isolation glove boxes (Laboratory glove boxes)
Laboratory microwave ovens
Laboratory crushers or pulverizers (Laboratory pulverizers)
Laboratory crushers or pulverizers (Laboratory sample splitters)
Test sieves (Laboratory test sieves)
Laboratory vacuum pumps
Laminators
Grinders (Lapping wheels)
Flowmeters (Laser Doppler velocimeters LDV)
Lathes
Linear position sensors (Linear variable differential transformers LVDT)
Water conditioners (Liquid conditioners)
Load frame (Load frames)
Laboratory separators (Magnetic separators)
Analytical balances (Magnetic susceptibility balances)
Power saws (Masonry cutters)
Mass spectrometers
Orbital shakers (Mechanical sieve shakers)
Crucible furnaces (Melt spinners)
Semiconductor process systems (Micromanipulators)
Photo attachments for microscopes (Microscope photo attachments)
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Microwave autoclaves)
High vacuum combustion apparatus (Microwave sintering furnaces)
Tube furnaces (Microwave tube furnaces)
Laboratory vacuum pumps (Molecular pumps)
Laboratory box furnaces (Muffle furnaces)
Binocular light compound microscopes (Optical compound microscopes)
Infrared spectrometers (Optical emission spectrometers)
Flow transmitters (Oscillating water tunnels)
Optical diffraction apparatus (Particle size analyzers)
Permeability testing apparatus (Permeability measuring devices)
Personal computers
pH meters (pH testers)
Depth gauges (Pit depth gauges)
High vacuum combustion apparatus (Plasma-arc furnaces)
Polarizing microscopes
Grinding or polishing machines (Polishing machines)
Porosimeters (Porosity indicators)
Pycnometers
Reflectometers
Laboratory mills (Rod mills)
Roll crushers
High vacuum combustion apparatus (Rotating furnaces)
Safety glasses
Protective gloves (Safety gloves)
Laboratory crushers or pulverizers (Sample presses)
Pneumatic sanding machines (Sanding machines)
Scanning electron microscopes (Scanning electron microscopes SEM)
Compression testers (Screw-driven test machines)
Fatigue testers (Servohydraulic test machines)
Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers (Slurry blenders)
Ageing ovens (Solar simulators)
Lasers (Solid state laser systems)
Induction dryers (Solvent dryers)
Sonometers
Laboratory balances (Specific gravity balances)
Colorimeters (Spectrocolorimeters)
Spectrometers
Spectrophotometers
Concrete or cement testing instruments (Stabilometers)
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Steam autoclaves)
Stereo or dissecting light microscopes (Stereo microscopes)
Strain gauges
Orbital shaking water baths (Temperature regulated shaking water baths)
Tension testers (Tensile testers)
Tensiometers (Tension gauges)
Thermal differential analyzers (Thermal analysis systems)
Calorimeters (Thermogravimetric analyzers)
Tube furnaces
Turbidimeters
Twin screw extruder (Twin screw extruders)
Twin screw extruder (Twin-screw extruders)
Immersion circulators (Ultrasonic baths)
Homogenizers (Ultrasonic dismembrators)
Homogenizers (Ultrasonicators)
Ultrasonic examination equipment (Ultrasound inspection equipment)
Infrared dryers (Ultraviolet UV exposure units)
Optical vacuum coating equipment (Vacuum coating systems)
Laboratory evaporators (Vacuum evaporators)
Vacuum ovens (Vacuum furnaces)
Vibration testers (Vibration analysis equipment)
Viscosimeters (Viscosity meters)
Laboratory burets (Water burets)
Power saws (Water-cooled saws)
Flow transmitters (Wind tunnels)
Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (X ray fluorescence XRF analyzers)
Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters (X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers)

Technologies Include:

Analytical or scientific software

ANSYS Multiphysics
Digital image correlation DIC software
Fault detection isolation and recovery FDIR software
Image analysis systems

Charting software

Microsoft Office Visio

Computer aided design CAD software

Autodesk AutoCAD software
Computer aided design CAD software
PTC Pro/ENGINEER software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

Fused deposition modeling FDM rapid prototyping systems
Stereolithography SLA rapid prototyping systems

Data base user interface and query software

Data entry software
MTS Testworks
QMC CM4D

Development environment software

Formula translation/translator FORTRAN
Microsoft Visual Basic
National Instruments LabVIEW

Electronic mail software

Microsoft Outlook

Graphics or photo imaging software

Graphics software

Internet browser software

Web browser software

Object or component oriented development software

C++
Microsoft Visual Basic.NET

Office suite software

Microsoft Office software

Presentation software

Microsoft PowerPoint
Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Microsoft Excel

Word processing software

Microsoft Word
Word processing software

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