Plasma Forming Laboratory

· Praxair Plasma Spray System

· Plasma Power Source Model PS-1000

· Plasma Control Console Model 3710

· Powder Feeder Model 1264

· Plasma Spray Gun Model SG-100 (internal and external powder injection capability)

· Localized inert shroud creating facility

· Plasma Spray Booth with CNC turntable

· Fanuc S 100 Robot with RF controller

· Three-axis Gantry Robot

· Thermach AT-1200 Powder Feeder, 0-15 RPM

· Accuraspray-g3 Single Head Plasma Inflight Sensor

· Raytek Optical Pyrometer (-10 to 1200C) with integrated software and PC for continuous temperature monitoring

· 4-channel B-Type (0 to 1700C) and K-Type (-200 to 1250C) Thermocouple with OM-CP-QUADTEMP Data Acquisition System and

     OM-CP-IFC110 Windows Software

· Grit Blaster

· Ultrasonic Cleaning Bath

· Density Measurement Kit

· ER Advanced Ceramics 755RMV Jar Mill

· Sieves and Sieve Shaker

· Work Bench with all machine tools

· Rotating Ball Mills and blenders

· Low Speed and High Speed Diamond Saws

· Positron Adhesion Tester

· Optical Microscope (upto 1600X)

· Electrostatic Spray Facility for Polymer Coating Synthesis

· Computational Facilities in Plasma Forming Laboratory

   > 2 Pentium IV, 3.40 GHz, 2 GB RAM desk top computer

   > 3 Pentium IV, 2.6 GHz desk top computers

   > 1 Pentium IV, 2 GHz notebook computer

   > 2 Pentium IV, 3.20 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM desk top computer

· CaRIne Crystallography 4.0: For geometric visualizations of interfaces, surfaces, crystals, real lattices in 3D, reciprocal lattices in 3D and 2D and for comprehending stereographic projections and X-ray diffraction patterns.

· FactSage 6.0: A thermochemical software and database package to understand phase diagrams, feasibility of chemical reactions, compel equilibrium in multicomponent, and multiphase systems.

· Hyper Chem 7.5: Modeling software to compute thermodynamic energies based of molecular mechanics and dynamics models for various configurations and crystal geometry.

· SimDrop 3.0 software: For simulating splat formation with thermal and kinetic history as experienced in thermal spraying.