Infrastructure
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Laboratories
LaboratoriesSchool of Engineering
Machining Laboratory (500 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Cleiton Rodrigues Teixeira
5-axis HSM vertical machining center — HAAS VMC VF-2, 30 hp CNC lathe Centur 35D ROMI, 10 hp Conventional universal lathe ROMI SD-40B Universal lathe NARDINI MS205AS High-speed precision lathe KART EGM-200, 20 hp Vertical milling machine FKrS 630 × 2000, 30 hp Automatic universal milling machine MUL-320, 30 hp Universal milling machines Model 400-02, 10 hp Radial drilling machine RF 31/B, 10 hp Coordinate drilling machine BKoE 315 × 500, 10 hp Table planer HES 800/2000, 15 hp Shaper planers ZOCCA, 15 hp Boring machine BFT-80, 10 hp Gear generator ZFW-500 × 6, 20 hp EDM machine EROSlMATIC-C Kistler 4-channel piezoelectric cutting force measurement system National Instruments high-speed signal acquisition system Zeiss digital cutting-tool wear measurement systemForming Laboratory (115 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Carlos Alberto Medeiros Casanova
400-ton four-guide hydraulic press 50-ton EVA hydraulic press Tube bender, maximum diameter 1½ in IMAC sheet bender, maximum thickness ¼ in Sheet roll former, maximum thickness ¼ in Plate and section rolling mill (25 hp) Metal-powder mixer and dies for compaction testsInspection Laboratory (100 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Cleiton Rodrigues Teixeira
Oxford Foundry-Master Pro optical emission spectrometer with Fe, Al, and Cu bases Conventional ultrasound system — GE Phasor — ASME and AWS standards Phased-array ultrasound system — GE Phasor XS Hexagon Performance 575 CNC 3D coordinate measuring machineMetallography Laboratory (125 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Luciano Volcanoglo Biehl
Equipment for metallographic sample preparation BUHLER Delta Abrasimet metallographic cutter MESOTOM metallographic cutter BUHLER Simplimet 2 metallographic press BUHLER Minimet metallographic polishers (×2) PRAZIS and STRUERS metallographic polishers (×2) Metapol FOK-GYEM electrolytic etching/polishing equipment 5 × Zeiss Stemi 2000C stereoscopic microscopes with cameras, monitors, and external illumination 12 × ZEISS, Olympus, and Askaria reflected-light optical microscopes Olympus GX 51S reflected-light optical microscope with image-analysis system Digital image acquisition systemMechanical Testing Laboratory (250 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Carlos Alberto Medeiros Casanova
Servo-hydraulic fatigue testing machine, 20 t — Shimadzu EHF-EV200K 1 Static tension/compression machines — 30 t, 20 t, and 10 t Fatigue testing machine (tension/compression) — 6 t 4-station rotating-bending fatigue machine Vickers, Brinell, Knoop, and Rockwell hardness testers Shimadzu HMV 2T microhardness tester Charpy impact tester Ericson testing machine Abrasion testing machineMetallurgy Laboratory (110 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Luciano Volcanoglo Biehl
Sand mill/mixer for foundry molds Resistance electric furnaces 1100–1250 °C (×3) Crucible resistance electric furnace 1100–1250 °C Oxford Foundry Master-Pro optical spectrometer for Fe, Al, and Cu alloys Jominy hardenability testing machineWelding Laboratory (250 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Douglas Bezerra de Araújo
Robotic welding cell — Motoman HP-20 robot, 20 kg payload, multiprocess manipulator Controlled welding power source — Fronius TPS4000 (MIG/MAG, pulsed MIG/MAG, TIG) Controlled welding power source — Miller Multi-MIG (MIG/MAG, pulsed MIG, flux-cored, RMD) Controlled welding power source Lincoln POWERWAVE 455M/STT (SMAW, TIG, MIG/MAG, pulsed MIG, flux-cored, gouging, STT) Controlled welding power source Merkle high-frequency TIG (AC TIG and pulsed TIG up to 5 kHz) Hypertherm Powermax 1650 plasma source — cuts plates up to 38 mm and gouges Complete Torchmate 1.2 × 2.4 m CNC coordinate table with torch-height control (AVC) and cutting-optimization software TIG ESAB HELIARC 355 sources (TIG, pulsed TIG, AC TIG) ESAB SMASHWELD 408 TopFlex sources (MIG/MAG) ESAB MIGTrack welding tractor with magnetic base Plasma and oxy-cutting tractor Automatic and manual oxy-cutting kits 12-channel welding variables control, measurement, and acquisition systemMetrology Laboratory (100 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Volnei Andersson
Dimensional measurements and calibrations Dimensional standards (class 0 gauge blocks and ring gauges) Abbe metroscopes (horizontal and vertical) Universal measuring microscope Mechanical and digital comparators, surface and reference plates for straightness deviation, and miscellaneous manual dimensional-control instruments Force, mass, torque, and pressure measurements and calibrations Load rings usable as calibration standards Spider HBM data acquisition system for strain gauging and inductive sensors Lightweight structures with dynamometers and mechanical displacement gauges for structural-element evaluation Strain-gauge kit; static torque wrench for bolt tightening; weights (N and kg) for didactic balance and force-meter calibration; steelyard balances; prototypes of load cells, balances, torque wrenches, pressure cells, and other strain-gauge-based devices catman measurement software (HBM)Corrosion/Metallography Laboratory (43 m²)
FEUTRON climatic and aging chamber Zeiss Stemi 200C stereoscopic microscopes with cameras, external illumination, and monitors Zeiss AUS JENA metallurgical microscope Salt-spray chamberPPMec Computer Laboratory (18 m²)
12 PCs with Internet accessNumerical Modeling in Engineering Laboratory (LAMONE) (29 m²) — Coordinator: Prof. Paulo Roberto de Freitas Teixeira
11 PCs with Internet access Simulation software: Ansys®, Abaqus®, and Tecplot® Equipment under acquisition (source: CT-Infra) MAGNAFLUX magnetic-particle NDT kit MultiFlux MFX-1000 eddy-current testing equipment YXLON Smart 300HP X-ray testing equipment GAMMAMAT TSI 5/1 gamma radiography equipment Controlled-atmosphere furnaces for metal-alloy melting Complete submerged-arc welding system — up to 1000 A, 100% duty cycle AC/DC Complete plasma welding system — up to 500 A AC/DC Complete tandem MIG/MAG welding system — up to 500 A per wire Complete LASER welding system — fiber-optic laser, up to 5 kW Second welding robot, 20 kg payload, multiprocess manipulator High-speed imaging system (camera, lenses, illumination laser) — up to 60,000 fps, arc-light elimination Philips X'Pert MPD theta-2-theta X-ray diffractometer Residual-stress measurement equipment by the hole-drilling method IviumStat 10V-5A potentiostat/galvanostat for electrochemical corrosion tests Electrochemical cell for potentiostatic testing — AS Multi-user infrastructure of FURG (source: CT-Infra) Scanning electron microscope, high and low vacuum — ENVIROMENTAL JEOL JSM 6610LV JEOL JSM 6610LV detectors: SE, BSE, EDS (NORAN System) Transmission electron microscope 120 keV — JEOL JEM 1400 JEOL JEM 1400 with CCD camera and EDS 7 spectral acquisition system RMC PTX ultramicrotome AUTODSAMDRI-815 critical point GKM-2 glass knife maker DESK V sputter coater for gold and carbon Computing hardware for the administrative node of a cluster network Trinocular microscope Fluorescence microscope Total organic carbon analyzer Acoustic Doppler current profiler ICP-OES (plasma) Liquid chromatograph coupled to mass spectrometry Texturometer Computing system for cluster setup Real-time PCR CAVE visualization environment with projection planes, servers, and interactivity device Dual-processor computing nodes Complete digital photogrammetric station Gas chromatograph with flame ionization detector, electrode, and electronic flow control Laser scanner: sensor for precise 3D environment measurement with high productivity ABS 3D printer for rapid prototyping Automated industrial plant with equipment and devices from automated industries Wind tunnel 3-level dispersion-model calibration tower