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Tools

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

Technology

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
  • 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
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word

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