Equipment

Composite/Biomaterials Manufacturing and Processing

• Leistriz ZSE 18 mm Twin-Screw Extruder
• Sheet Forming Line
• Die Face Pelletizing
• Ribbon Die
• Food Processing Capabilities
• Yudak Y-310-C Vertical Injection Molder
• Wabash MPI 50 Ton Genesis-18"x18"
• 1’x1’ P.H.I. Bench Press
• Carver Laboratory Press (6”x6”)
• Dynisco Laboratory Mixing Molder
• Wiley Mills (Models #1 and #4)
• Ball Mills (4 and 0.5 Liter)
• Hand Sheet Maker
• Irvington-Moore Steam Dry Kiln
• 800 bf Single Charge
• Conventional/High Temperature (~240°F)
• Electroheated Autoclave – Sterilizers Model M-138
• Pressurized Wood Treatment Vessel
• Complete Wood Working Workshop

Wood and Biomass Characterization

Chemical

• FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) – Thermo Nicolet Avatar 370 DTGS
• HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography)
• Waters Dual ? Absorbance Detector
• Waters Refractive Index Detector
• GC/MS (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry)
• Thermo Finnigan Trace GC
• Thermo Finnigan Polaris Q MS
• Pyrolisis unit with MS
• UV-VIS Spectrometers
• Solution
• Diffuse Reflection (Color)
• FT Raman Spectrometer- Thermo Nicolet 960
• Carbohydrate Analysis System
• Rheological and Thermal
• MFR - CEAST Modular Melt Flow (Model 7024.000)
• Parallel Plate Rheology – Bohlin Instruments CVO100 rheometer system with an extended temperature cell
• DSC (differential scanning calorimetry) - TA Q200
• DMA (dynamic mechanical analysis) - TA Q800

Physical

• Olympus BX51 Optical Microscope
• Plus Microtomes
• QMS Densitometer – Model QTRS-01X
• Tree Ring Analyzer
• Panel Product Analyzer

Mechanical

• Instron 1137 -5500R
• Tensile
• Flexural
• Compression
• Blue Hill Software
• Instron 1122 -5500R
• Environmental Chamber
• Metriguard 340 E-Computer – Transverse vibration system capable of measuring Modulus of Elasticity nondestructively.
• Director ST300 – Measures acoustic speed to determine standing tree quality and enable stumpage evaluation.
• Director HM200 – Measures the acoustic speed in logs to assess wood stiffness and enhance product grade recoveries.

Other

• Growth Cabinet – Biotronette Mark III
• Wet Chemistry Lab
• Balances
• Ovens
• Furnaces
• Rotovaps
• Vacuum Ovens
• Soxholet Extractors
• Freeze Drier
• Autoclave/Sterilizer
• Bomb Calorimeter
• Ph Meter
• Conductivity Meter

Software

• SPSS
• SAS
• Design Expert