Facilities

If you are interested in using any of these facilities in a collaboration, please contact Prof. Oosterbeek.

Sharebot Snowwhite 2

Polymer SLS 3D printer with standard (100x100mm) and reduced area (20x40mm) powder distributors. Commonly used materials include PLA and PA12.

Apium P220

Industrial FDM printer with high temperature capability. Nozzle temp. up to 540°C, build plate up to 160°C, with adaptive zone heating.

Bambu P1S

FDM printer with nozzle temp. up to 300°C, build plate up to 100°C. Equipped with automatic material system (AMS) for multimaterial printing.

3Devo Filament Maker TWO

Filament extruder for FDM, with temperature up to 450°C and 3-axis diameter measurement.

Robotfactory Pneumatic Injection Moulder

With pneumatic mould clamping and automatic injection timing, maximum temperature 350°C.

Fritsch Pulverisette 6 Planetary Ball Mill

Milling under atmospheric conditions with ZrO2 accessories: 500 mL bowl, 2 – 20 mm balls.

Retsch ZM200 Rotor Mill

With cyclone and collecting vessel, sieves 0.08 mm – 3.0 mm.

Retsch AS 200 Sieve Shaker

With sieves 25 – 500 μm

Cole-Parmer SP-350-UV Spectrophotometer

198 – 1000 nm wavelength range, with electronic peltier cuvette holder.

Carbolite Gero RHF 16/3

Rapid Heating Furnace with 3 L capacity, maximum temperature 1600°C, and 42 min heat-up time.

Gallenkamp Vacuum Ovens

Maximum temperature ~200°C.

Sanyo MIR-162 Incubator

Held at 37°C for material degradation testing.