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The mechanical testing facilities of the SIMM laboratory are common to the Insitute of Materials of Paris Center to provide characterization facilities for solids and liquids. This platform is equipped with 8 rheometers, a capillary viscometer and two dynamic mechanical analyzers (DMA), four tensile testers and several prototypes unique to the laboratory.
| Capillary Viscometer with automatic dilution | Schott AVS360 |
| Stress or Strain Controlled Rheometers | Low-Shear 30
Carri-med CSR TA Instruments AR1000 Haake RS600 Anton Paar MCR501 Rhéométric RFS II Rhéométric RDA II TA Instruments ARES |
| Tensile Test Machines | Zwick HC25
Instron 5565 Instron 3343 MTS 810 |
| Dynamic Mechanical Analyzers (DMA) | MTS 831
TA Instruments Q800 |
| Prototypes
- Analysis of Surface Fluctuations - Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy - Microrheology - Tack testing in water and in air | |
The diversity of our equipment enables us to characterize a wide range of materials in soft matter ranging from viscoelastic fluids to very stiff polymer glasses and including polymer gels, yield stress fluids, colloidal supsensions and pastes, soft adhesives, elastomers etc..
The highly diversified activity of the mechanical platform is shared among
- Publicly funded academic research projects
- Industrial collaborations with large companies but also SME.
- Academic Collaborations
- Industrial consultancy and expert advice and labs for students
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