Facilities

CSIR-NAL Test Facilities

CSIR-NAL Test Facilities

0.3 m Tunnel

The 0.3m trisonic wind tunnel at NAL was commissioned in 1965 and has been extensively used ever since for various aerospace programs. Compressed air is supplied...

0.5 m Base flow Tunnel

0.5 m Base flow facility is one of unique facility in the world which is used to study the afterbody nozzle flow studies. The model support interference on the...

0.55 Low speed wind tunnel

The 0.55m Low Speed Wind Tunnel was commissioned in 1970 with a circular cross section test section. The circular test cross section was converted into a square cross...

0.6m Trisonic Wind Tunnel

    Working section 0.6m x 0.6m Operation Intermittent blowdown Mach number range 0.2 to 4.0 Stagnation pressure 1.5 to 8.0 bar Reynolds number 8 x 106 to 60 x 106 per...

1.2m Trisonic Wind Tunnel

    Working section 1.2m x 1.2m Operation Intermittent blowdown Test duration 40 seconds (typical) Mach number range 0.2 to 4.0 Transonic insert Perforated walls, 60°...

1.5m Low speed wind tunnel

The 1.5m Low speed wind tunnel is one of the very few experimental facilities in the country which is used both for industrial and fundamental research. It is equipped...

3 Axis CNC Vertical Machining Centre Facility

Description Specification Specification Specification Specification Model VICTOR VC -110  (1) DAHLIH MCV 1020 BA (2) DAHLIH MCV 720(3) TAKUMI H13(1) Table Size 1400 mm...

3D Coordinate Measuring Machine Inspection Facility

3D Layout Marking & Measuring machine

The machine enables rapid, easy & accurate marking of components viz moulds, castings etc. Using different accessories available along with the machine it is possible...

3D Printing Facility

Year of Establishment : 2016 Test Application : 3D printing for components & assembly (polymers), Low speed wind tunnel model Test Features : Fused Deposition...

3D weaving facility

Specifications of 3D weaving facilities at NAL Multibeam Take-up-at-will 3D weaving loom Working width : 400 mm Max thickness achievable with 6k 400 Tex carbon tows –...

3D-Profilometer

A 3D-profilometer is used to study the surface features such as roughness, topography and flatness. The NanoMap3D contact profiler has both fine and coarse range scans....

5 Axis High Speed CNC Machining Facility

    5 Axis High Speed CNC Machining Center Description Specification Model Breton Matrix 800 Table Size 2000 mm X 3000 mm Traverse X-2000 mm Y-2500 mm Z-800 mm A  - ...

ACOUSTIC TEST FACLITY

Acoustic Test Facility (ATF) was established in the year 1986 and is a national facility for testing satellites and launch vehicle stages & subsystems for the Indian...

Acrylonitrile polymerization facility

      The center has a pilot plant scale CSTR mode polymerization facility for acrylonitrile polymerization. The polymerization reactor is well equipped with...

Adaptive Antenna Facility

This adaptive antenna facility has been established under National Facility Creation Project of CSIR 11th Five Year Plan. The objective was towards design, simulation...

Advanced Rheometer Expansion System (ARES)

ARES is a controlled strain/stress rheometer for evaluating viscoelastic properties of materials such as steady shear viscosity, normal force, shear modulus, complex...

Aeroelastic Test Facility

Year of Establishment    : 1980 Test Application : Aircraft and launch vehicle Test Features : Aerodynamic and buffet load estimation  

Air Plasma spray facility

Atmospheric plasma spray facility is one of the important and most widely used thermal spray techniques.  In atmospheric plasma spray process, ceramic powders get...

Aircraft Sheet Metal Components Forming Facility

  Hydraulic Rubber Pad Press   Description Specification Capacity 1000 ton Press Type Hydraulic Down stroking Rubber pad press Mode of forming     Elasto forming...

Anodization pilot plant facility

Anodization is a simple electrochemical process in which thicker oxide layers (2 to 30 µm) can be obtained on aluminium and its alloys in a suitable electrolyte bath by...

Atmospheric Electromagnetics and Modelling Lab

This lab is mainly involved in carrying out development of physical schemes for atmospheric models and also to study the effect of various atmospheric phenomena on...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM)

Atomic force microscopy is used to measure the nanoscale surface roughness, study the surface morphology, grain size analysis, determination of pileup and crack length...

Attitude estimation for LCA

Designed and developed a unique attitude determination algorithm for a high performance fighter aircraft (LCA) using only sensors connected to DFCC. This algorithm has...

Autoclaves

Autoclave processing is used for the manufacture of superior quality structural components containing high fibre volume fraction and low void content. The autoclave is a...

Avionics Integration Laboratory

The lab used for Systems Engineering activities of the division and concentrated towards the design, development, integration/testing and certification of flight...

Ball mill

Planetary ball mill is used for fine grinding of hard, soft, brittle and tough metallic, ceramic and composite materials. It can also be used for mixing and...

Bearings & Rotor Dynamics Laboratory

Bearings & Rotor Dynamics Laboratory of Propulsion Division comprises of National Test Facility for Rolling Element Bearings and Advanced Bearings and rotor dynamics...

Block Force Measurement Equipment (TF Analyzer 2000)

It measures the block force, displacement and hysteresis loop of the multilayered stack.     Photograph of Block Force Unit       Equipment Details   Key Features...

CEM Design Centres

This design and simulation centre is equipped with high end workstations and indigenously developed electromagnetic softwares which can solve various electromagnetic...

Characterization facility

Characterization facility at CCFP is well equipped with analytical instruments required for polymer, fiber and resin analysis. New techniques/analysis method for...

Chemical Vapour Infiltration (CVI) Reactor

CVI Reactor is used to carry out the CVI process, in which the gaseous precursors are transported to the interior of a heated porous preform, allowed them to react at...

Class 10,000 clean room

A 10,000 class clean room facility has been established for the fabrication of micron size devices on different type of wafers.  It houses a mask aligner and a spin...

Closed circuit Centrifugal Compressor Test Rig Facility

  FACILITY 1: Closed circuit Centrifugal Compressor Test Rig Facility The Closed Circuit Centrifugal Compressor Test Rig (CLOCTER) facility is established at Propulsion...

Combustion and Gas Dynamics Laboratory

Combustion laboratory is involved in the design, development, testing and analysis of gas turbine combustors for small gas turbine engines. In this facility performance...

Component level and full scale structural testing

Year of Establishment    : Test Application  : To provide solutions to structural testing and evaluation for static and fatigue tests at component level and life...

Composite Blade Fabrication Facility

Composite blades of various sizes in the range of 3 feet to 70 feet can be fabricated in this Facility.Stringent Quality Control norms are adhered to during the...

Composite Repair Facility

The use of composite materials in aerospace industry has risen significantly in recent years. Hence, there is a strong need for repair technologies on primary aircraft...

Composites Fabrication Facility

Objective of the facility : Development of airworthy composite parts.   Specification of the facility :   Clean Room A clean room of 100,000 class is maintained to...

Compressed Air Facilities

Compressed air facility supplies compressed air to all the facilities in CSIR-NAL Belur campus • Two numbers of 4-stage centrifugal compressors with latest control...

Computer Controlled Fabric Impregnation Machine

This Computer Controlled Fabric Impregnation Machine (CCFIM) is a versatile facility, first of its kind in the country, which can handle a wide variety of reinforcements...

Computer Controlled Vibration Qualification Test Facility

Year of Establishment : 2000 Test Application : Aircraft subsystems, Automotive and rail systems Test Features : Vibration qualification testing according to the...

Contact angle analyzer

Contact angle of fluids on surfaces is measured using a contact angle analyzer. Tangent fitting mode is used for the determination of contact angle.   . Model & Make: ...

Controlled Atmosphere Heat Treatment Furnace

The furnace can be used for heat treatment of varieties of materials (metallic and ceramic) up to 1200°C under controlled flow of argon and nitrogen. .      Furnace...

Conventional Machining Facility

Conveyor type Microwave facility for composite processing

Specification : Total Power: 800W x 4 = 3.2 KW Operating frequency: 2450 MHz. Applicator: Cylindrical cross-section, multimode type Temperature measurement: Online, at 4...

Coupon Level Structural Testing Facility

Coupon Level Structural Testing Facility or Materials testing facility is a pre-requisite to any composite development programme as basic material properties data is to...

Creep testing machine

Make  : M/s. Spranktronics, Bangalore, India. Application  :  Creep tests of polymers under tensile mode Specification : Load capacity :   up to 100 kg  Data...

Damage Tolerance Testing

Certification demand for damage tolerant design of structures has fuelled the ‘Damage tolerance studies’ on composite structures in the division. Studies in testing...

Design Center

A lot of literature are available on how to design a fixed wing aircraft. Most of the tools, like Advanced aircraft analysis, are based on the design theory as described...

Design Section

The design section is having domain knowledge in design of high speed wind tunnel models, support systems, strain gauge balances and test rigs. The design team is fully...

Differential scanning calorimeter

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is a useful tool to measure the phase transition temperature of various amorphous materials. It is a thermoanalytical technique...

Differential Scanning Calorimeter, TA Discovery DSC25

Differential Scanning Calorimeter is  used specifically for the thermal analysis of polymers. Discovery DSC25   can be is  operational in temperatures ranging from...

Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Measurement Facility

Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technique is a non-contact method of measuring surface displacements of an object subjected to a driving force. DIC technique uses two...

Drop test facility

Year of Establishment    : 2008 Test Application  : Crashworthiness for aerospace and automotive components   Test Features : Full scale vertical drop testing...

Dual-channel Cortex RTR (Radio Telemetry Receiver)

Description and Specifications: This system is currently tuned to receive signals transmitted from the Saras PT1N aircraft. (The filter bandwidth is usually in the range...

Dynamic Mechanical Analyser

Make : TA Instruments – India , Division of Waters (India) Pvt. Ltd. Application : Used for the characterization of  bulk properties such as modulus, compliance and...

Electrochemical work station

Corrosion behavior of metals, alloys and coatings can be evaluated using electrochemical workstation by both AC and DC methods. In addition, it can be used for the...

Electroless coating pilot plant facility

Electroless nickel plating (EN) is a simple auto-catalytic chemical reduction process for depositing metals, alloys and composites. In this process metal ions are...

Electromagnetic Materials Applications Facility

An ISO-certified National facility State-of-the-art EM characterization measurements of different types of EM materials  Frequency range: 200 MHz -170 GHz Capable of...

Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA)

In an EPMA, a micro-volume of a sample is subjected to interaction with a focused electron beam (typical energy = 5-30 keV) and the X-ray photons emitted by the various...

ELECTROPLATING AND PAINTING FACILITY

Electrospinning Facility

Electrospinning is a technique used for preparing polymer and ceramic nanofibers using high viscous polymer solution subjected to high DC electric field. Typical...

Emissometer

Emissometer is a special purpose instrument to measure the emittance of absorber coatings used for the flat plate solar thermal collector, wherein the maximum working...

Environmental test facilities

CSMST is equipped with state-of-the-art environmental test facility, backed by an experienced research group. Environmental tests are an integral part of the development...

Experimental Microwave Facility (EMF)

The EMF facility at CEM, CSIR-NAL was established in 1998 to characterize EM properties of aerospace materials.   Specifications: EM characterization of materials...

Fiber heat treatment facility

    The division is equipped with a pilot-scale heat treatment facility for continuous conversion of polyacrylonitrile fibers into carbon fibers. The line comprises of...

Fiber spinning facility

    The center has both wet and dry jet pilot plant scale fiber spinning facility for polyacrylonitrile fiber. The facility comprises of polymer dissolution unit, high...

Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy Integrated with EDS/EBSD

FESEM is an advanced version of scanning electron microscope which produces 1000 times brighter image than the conventional SEM. Schottky field emitter is used as a...

flapping

At CSIR-NAL, in MAV Unit, a dedicated group has been formed to carry out fundamental as well as applied research on flapping wing MAVs. Systematic research has been...

Fluidic Thrust Vectoring & Combustion Instability Research Facility

 F-1 Fluidic Thrust Vectoring Test Facility Thrust vectoring is an important feature in combat air vehicle design.  There are various methods of achieving thrust...

Forming

In the conventional successive lamination technique, only a single ply is normally handled at a time and shaping of the ply is done by hand simultaneously during...

Forward velocity sled facility

Year of Establishment    : 2014 Test Application  : Aerospace and automotive industry Test Features : Seat qualification and occupant safety  

Fourier transform infrared spectrometer

FT-IR spectrometer is used to  obtain an infrared spectrum of absorption or emission of a solid, liquid or gas.     The PerkinElmer Frontier™ MIR/FIR is a...

Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer BRUKER VECTOR 22

Vector 22 is a mid-IR (4000 - 400 cm-1) spectrometer with a full-sized sample compartment and capable of accommodating most standard sampling and heating accessories...

Frequency Selective Surface (FSS)-based Facility

This facility is an ISO-certified national facility for FSS design, analysis and simulation, FSS-based hardware development. This facility is aiming at development of...

Full scale Structural Testing facility

Full scale structural tests are essential to qualify the structure for flight.  ACD- NAL has state-of-the-art test facility to conduct static and fatigue testing for...

Graphite Heating Element Furnace

      Furnace Details Application Areas  Model:TE-2936  Manufacturer:M/s Therelek Furnaces Pvt Ltd,  Bangalore  Size:50 mm × 30 mm × 150 mm  Temperature...

Grit blasting facility

Grit blasting is a surface treatment process widely used in industries for diverse purposes like creating roughness, removal of coating / burrs / rust, surface texturing...

Ground Vibration Test Facility

Year of Establishment: 2002 Test Application: Modal testing of aircraft, aerospace structures and automotive systems Test Features: Estimation of natural frequencies,...

HDT VSP (Heat Deflection Tempertaure/ Vigot Sofening point ) Apparatus

Make : M/s Saumya  Machineries Pvt.Ltd, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Application : HDT and VSP  measurements of polymers   Specification : Temperature range : ambient to...

Heat transfer Lab

Film / Effusion Cooling Research Rig Turbine Rim Seal Research Rig Heat Exchangers Test Rig   1. Film / Effusion Cooling Research Rig The film / effusion cooling...

Heat Treatment Facility

  Drop Down Solutionising Furnace   Sl. No. Description Specification 1. Work Basket Size (effective) Dia. 1450mm  x 2000mm Height 2. Furnace Inner Chamber Dimensions...

High Resistance Measurement system

It measures the resistance and resistivity of ceramic samples   Photograph of High resistance meter     Equipment Details   Key Features   Application Areas...

High Speed Alternator Test Facility

Technology demonstration of a high speed alternator was done successfully for 4.5 kW Power at 30000 rpm for a small gas turbine engine. Alternator and air turbine drive...

High Speed Combustor Test Facility

High Speed Combustor Test Facility (HSCTF) is first of its kind in India and a state-of-the-art facility for advanced combustor development. The major activities of the...

High Temperature Gas Jet Erosion Tester

The erosion tester is used to study the erosion resistance of surfaces when high pressure air jet of erodent particles is impinged at certain temperature. Erosion test...

High Temperature Tribometer

      Equipment details   Applications  Model:THT S/N 10-700  Manufacturer:CSM Instruments (Anton Paar), Switzerland  Operating Conditions: Load 2 -20N Speed: 20...

High Temperature Universal Testing Machine

Universal testing machine is capable of tension/compression/flexural testing metallic and ceramic materials under load, strain and position control.        Equipment...

High Velocity Air gun impact test facility

Year of Establishment    : 2010 Test Application   : High velocity impact study for aerospace components Test Features : Evaluation of structural damage due to bird...

Humidity Chamber

The Advanced Composites Division (ACD) is equipped with state-of-the-art environmental test facility. This test facility is an independent part of the developmental and...

Impedance Analyzer

Impedance Analyzer measures Capacitance/Dielectric Constant, Inductance, Resistance, Impedance, Dissipation factor, Quality factor etc of samples in the frequency range...

In-flight vibration Measurement and Flutter Test Facility

Year of Establishment  : 2007 Test Application  : Aircraft Test Features : In-flight vibration measurement and flight flutter testing  

JARF

  The Jet Aeroacoustics Research Facility at the Experimental Aerodynamics Division at NAL enables comprehensive investigation of jet aeroacoustics with its capability...

Keithley Electrical Conductivity Meters with 6517B Electrometer ( for High resistivity measurements)

Volume Resistivity or Surface Resistivity of polymers, FRP composites, films and pellets can be measured according to standard ASTM D 4496 and MIL AMS-C-83231A....

Lab scale Resin Impregnation Machine (M/s. Technology Specialists Ltd., Warwick U.K)

This machine  is customised for producing  Room temperature/High temperture thermoset  prepregs  which can be processed in the temperature range of 40°C -150°C.It...

LARGE SCALE ROTATING RIG

The Large Scale Rotating Rig (LSRR) is a low speed, open circuit, suck-down type of facility. It is a specially designed experimental rig to carryout basic research and...

Laser Micromachining Facility for Ceramic Substrates

In recent years, there is a growing demand for laser micromachining of structural and electronic ceramics for different applications such as microelectronics, space...

Laser Tracker Inspection Facility

  Leica Laser Tracker Range : 80m  ,Software : Metrolog       Potential Use of the Facility: Jig setting, Inspection and certification of Aircraft Assembly Jigs ,...

Magnetron sputtering facility

Sputtering is a versatile physical vapor deposition process to fabricate a variety of metallic, oxide, nitride and carbide coatings. At SED, different types of...

Mart

        Micro air vehicle Aerodynamics Research Tunnel (MART) at CSIR-NAL has been established to meet all the special requirements for MAV studies. Some of the...

Material Evaluation testing

Year of Establishment    : Test Application  : testing and evaluation of mechanical properties of materials at temperatures ranging from -400 0C to 10000 0C and...

MAV Airframe Fabrication Facility

Light weight airframes of various sizes in the range of 300mm to 1800mm can be fabricated in this facility. Stringent Quality Control norms are adhered to during the...

Mercury Porosimetry Analyzer

This analytical technique involves the intrusion of Mercury at high pressure into a material through the use of a penetrometer. The pore size (r) is determined based on...

Micro Hardness Tester

This digitally controlled microhardness tester has dual indenters (Vickers and Knoop) with test load range of 0.01 to 2.0 kgf     Equipment Details   Key Features  ...

Micro Raman spectrometer

Raman spectroscopy is a simple spectroscopic technique used for chemical phase identification of solid and liquid samples. Micro-Raman spectrometer is used to measure...

Micro-scratch Revetest tester

                          Equipment details   Applications  Model: RST 27-504  Manufacturer:CSM Instruments (Anton Paar), Switzerland...

Microelectronics System Laboratory

Microelectronics Systems Laboratory (MSL) used for Electronics Systems Design, Development and Testing from MAV/UAV as well as for Aircraft. MSL equipped with design...

Microwave Anechoic Chamber (NAL-MAC)

The microwave anechoic chamber (NAL-MAC) was established and certified at CEM, CSIR-NAL in 2002. This facility was established to support radome design and development...

Model shop

  EAD Model shop is a special purpose work shop for the fabrication of light weight high strength wind tunnel models and prototypes. The wind tunnel models as well the...

Motion Capture Laboratory

The NALMAC uses a commercial indoor motion capture system both as the source of indoor positioning information for autonomous flight and as a high accuracy reference...

Multi agent Cooperative Control Processor-in-the Loop (PIL) Facility

Established the formation flying Processor -in-the Loop (PIL) to test formation flying of multiple MAVs in desktop environment This was used extensively for testing 2...

Nanoindentation hardness tester

Nanoindentation hardness tester is used to evaluate the mechanical properties such as hardness, elastic modulus, and fracture toughness of thin coatings. The mechanical...

Nanoscratch tester / Tribometer

Nanoscratch tester/Tribometer is used to carry out scratch test for testing adhesive strength of a coating and wear test to measure tribological quantities such as wear...

Navstream Sharpe XR6 Differential Global Positioning System

Description and Specifications: This system is at Telemetry (ASTE) and is used during taxi trials for recording the position of the Saras PT1N aircraft (latitude and...

Non-destructive Evaluation & Testing

Non-destructive Evaluation is the most critical activity in any composite development programme and its importance in aerospace activities is all the more critical. The...

Optical Microscope (Inverted)

Reflected light from the polished, and polished and etched surfaces of metallographically prepared samples is used to form the image for studying the microstructural...

Particle size analyzer

The instrument is used for determining the particle size distribution and average agglomerated particle size of powder samples. The analysis is based on laser...

Piezometer

The equipment measures piezoelectric charge coefficient (d33, d31), capacitance and loss factor of pieozo electric  materials at room temperature.  Photograph of...

Polymer Laboratory

 A Polymer Laboratory has been set up for conducting research work on materials and processing, incoming inspection of composite materials (e.g. resins, adhesives and...

Precision composite specimen cutting machine

Coupon testing is a very important aspect of new material/process development which will finally lead to derivation of design allowables. The mechanical properties are...

Prepreg Cutting Machine (Lectra Inc.)

Facility Name: Fully automated tape cutting NC machine For composite fabrication it is required to cut the prepregs, carbon fabrics etc. based on the structural design....

Prototype PCB Etching Machine Facility

The prototype PCB etching machine was installed and commissioned at CEM, CSIR-NAL in 2017. The specifications and capabilities of the facility are given below; Three...

PU Foam Dispensing machine

Low pressure foaming machine for applications in expanded polyurethane. It meters 2 components polyol & Iso via positive displacement pumps with gears, with low rotatio...

Renewable Energy Farm Test Facility ​

Wind Solar Hybrid system can be tested in this Field Test Facility. Performance of the Hybrid systemscan be experimentally evaluated in actual out door environmental...

RF and DC Dual Chamber Magnetron Sputtering System

RF and DC magnetron sputtering system deposits source (target) material on a substrate by ejecting   neutral atoms from the target through plasma bombardment. The...

Robotic Tufting and Z-Pinning

Composites are the materials of choice for aerospace applications due to their excellent mechanical and other properties. However due to their laminar construction they...

Rotary Engines and Ceramics Application Laboratory (RECAL)

RECAL is associated with the design, development and testing of power plants for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). This laboratory can design and develop Wankel Rotary...

Salt spray chamber

Continuous salt spray or salt fog test is a standard test method and also an industrial practice used to evaluate the corrosion resistance of various bulk materials and...

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

Image formation in an SEM is accomplished through collection of the secondary electrons / back scattered electrons generated due to interaction of an electron beam with...

Six DOF Motion Platform test facility

Year of Establishment    : 2017 Test Application : Aircraft and automotive Fuel tank slosh simulation Test Features : Six independent motions (roll, pitch,...

Small Gas Turbine Engine Test (GET) Facility

Small Gas Turbine Engine Test (GET) Facility has been developed for testing small gas turbine engine producing thrust upto 500 kgf. It contains test bay, control room,...

Smart material testing facility

  Specification: Make: Bose Corporation, USA Features: Computer controlled dynamic testing of materials Infrared thermal imaging camera Video extensometer Installed in...

SOFC test station

SED division has a 120 V and 600 W fuel cell work station, which is capable of testing different types of fuel cells such as SOFC, PEM etc. in planar and tubular...

Solar spectrum reflectometer

In solar spectrum reflectometer, the source of illumination is a tungsten-halogen lamp.  The radiation reflected by the sample is measured at an angle of 20º from the...

Static and Dynamic Full Field Non-contact Strain Measurement using 3D Digital Image Correlation System

Year of Establishment    : 2014 Test Application  : Full-scale aerospace structures and scaled dynamic models. Test Features  : Distributed 3D strains and...

Static DeflectionTest Facility for Blades

In this test facility, the wind turbine composite blades can be subjected to design load conditions and the static deflection measurementscan be carried out along the...

Structural Design and Analysis

This division has adequate expertise in the Conceptualization, Design, Detail Design, Finite element analysis and FE based optimization of composite/metal...

Structural Health Monitoring Lab

Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory is the state of art for facility of Advanced Composites Division for the development of Fiber Optic based Structural Health...

System Worthiness Integration and Flight Testing

System Worthiness Integration and Flight Testing formed to support the UAV development in NAL. SWIFT plays an important role in development of prototype designs,...

Tape Casting and Multi Layered Fabrication Equipments

Tape Casting and other equipments such as Scree Printer, Stacker and Dryer, Isostatic Laminator and Precision Cutter are used for fabrication of piezoelectric / PZT...

Thermal Conductivity Meter [Hot Disk-Thermal Constants Analyser TPS 2500S]

This equipment is measures  the thermal conductivity (Tc), thermal diffusivity (Td) and specific heat capacity (cP) of variety of materials (solids , liquids,powders,...

Thermal cycling furnace

A thermal cycling furnace is used to predict the life of thermal barrier coatings. It can also be used to estimate the high temperature oxidation resistance of coatings....

Thermo gravimetric analyzer

Thermogravimetric analysis or thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) is a method of thermal analysis in which the mass of a sample is measured over time as the temperature...

Thermo-Physical Characterization of solid materials.

The Coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is an essential property to be measured for knowing the material behaviour as a function of temperature. CTE study plays an...

Thermogravimetric Analyzers, TA Discovery TGA550

Thermogravimetric analyzers measure changes in mass or weight in response to increases in temperature or time. These kinds of measurements can give valuable information...

Thin Film (TF) Analyzer

TF analyzer measures electromechanical properties of piezoelectric thin films by applying an electrical excitation signal to the sample and measuring mechanical...

Thin Film X-ray Diffractometer

X-ray diffraction (XRD) is a simple non-destructive technique used to obtain detailed information about the crystallographic structure of materials.      MAKE AND...

Tool Design Facility

Objective of the facility : To fabricate composite tools using wet layup technique / prepreg technique required for both development and production programs.  ...

Tracking Antenna System (from Orbit, Israel)

Model Number: AL-4018-1DNAL-SYS   Description and Specifications: This is a 2 metre diameter L or S band antenna. The parabolic dish is connected to a dual-polarized...

Transonic Axial Flow Compressor Research Facility [AFCR]

The Axial Flow Compressor Research Rig has been established for undertaking performance evaluation and parametric studies on subsonic and transonic model compressor/fan...

Transonic Cascade Tunnel

The Transonic Cascade Tunnel (TCT) facility located at NAL wind tunnel centre (NWTC) is an indigenously designed, unique wind tunnel facility to carry out research...

Universal Hardness Tester

The hardness tester works on the principle of indentation. The material is subjected to a predetermined force through an indenter. The dimension of the indentation is...

Universal Testing Machine

Specifications: Make: INSTRON, USA Capacity: 100 kN   Major clients of this facility: HAL, ADA, Naptha Resins Ltd.

UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer

It can be used for studying the reflection and absorption measurements on solid samples, including semiconductors, films, glass, and absorbing materials Lambda 950...

Vacuum furnace

It can be used up to 2000°C for sintering various non-oxide ceramics. The furnace has the capability to maintain 10-3 mbar vacuum. It can also operate in various...

Versatile Turbine Test Rig (VTTR)

Specifications of the VTTR facility   Max air mass flow                  : 9 kg/sec Max turbine inlet Pressure     : 10 kg/cm2 Max inlet ...

Vibrating sample magnetometer

Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) is an instrument for magnetic properties measurement and is equipped with cryogenic facility. It allows the characterization of the...

Vibro-acoustic Test Facility

Year of Establishment    :  2014 Test Application  :  Aircraft and automotive panels, Test Features  :  sound absorption and transmission loss studies, active,...

Water jet cutter

 Capability:  cutting is a facility that is imperative in any composite development programme due to tight tolerances and accuracies in dimensions that can be achieved...

Wear tester

Pin on disc wear and friction tester is used to study the tribological properties like wear and friction behavior of materials/coatings in sliding contact. Sliding...

Wind Turbine Generator Test Facility

The performance of a generator (both Permanent Magnet and Alternator type) under different load conditions can be experimentally evaluatedin this facility. The present...

Wind turbine Tow test facility

Small wind turbines (upto 2m dia.) can be tested using the tow test facility. The wind speeds of upto 20m/s can be simulated on the wind turbine. The tow facility has...

Wood Pecker NDE

Specifications: Make: Mitsui Engg., Japan   Techniques applied in this facility: Automated tap testing technique   Major clients of this facility: NAL, HAL, ADA, IIT...

X-ray Diffractometer

X-ray Diffraction (XRD) is a high-tech, non-destructive technique ( NDT) for analyzing a wide range of materials, including fluids, metals, minerals, polymers,...

X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is associated with the analysis of the energy of electrons present in the atoms, molecules and compounds. Elemental and chemical...