Dental Materials Section: Facilities


UNIVERSAL TESTING MACHINES

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Hydraulic Instron

8500

Instron Corporation

Stepper controlled Instron

8562

Instron Corporation

Table top Instron

5544

 

Table top Instron

8455

 

Torsional Instron

55MT

 
     

SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Surface roughness and Contour measurement

Form Taly Surf Series 2

Taylor/Hobson

Knoop/Vickers Hardness

 

Wilson Instruments

     

GENERAL LAB TESTING

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Thermocycler

 

Custom made - in house

Hydraulic Lab Press

 

Carver

Large, laboratory oven

Stabil-Therm

Blue M

Ultrasonic cleaner (2)

   

Temperature-controlled water bath

   

Oscillating Table Mixer

Ocelot 260300

Fischer Scientific

Dynamic Contact Angle Analysis

DSA30

KRUSS

Toothbrush Wear Machine

V8 Cross Brush

Sabri

Wear Machine

 

Boston Gear

Pantograph

 

Custom made

Optical Oxygen Measuring system

FOXY

Ocean Optics

     

POLISHING EQUIPMENT

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

4-station Flat Polish Assembly

 

Buehler

Horizontal polishing wheels (3)

Ecomet 3

Buehler

Rotating bench-mounted table grinder/polisher

 

Buehler

Automated Specimen Sectioner

Isomet 2000

Buehler

Variable Grinder

Ecomet 3

Buehler

Specimen grinder

MS100

Retsch

     

CUTTING/SECTIONING

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

String Saw

850

South Bay Tech

Slow Speed Sectioning blade

Isomet

Buehler

     

BALANCES

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Analytic Balance

1712 MP8

Satorious

Analytic Balance

AG245

Mettlor Toledo

Top Load Balance

2254

Satorious

Triple Beam Balance

 

OHAUS

     

MICROSCOPES

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Measuring Microscope

S061

Olympus

Disecting Binocular (3)

SteroZoom 7

Basuch & Lomb

Inverted Field Microscope

Series N

Unitron

     

REFRIGERATORS

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Large, no freezer compartment

Euroflair

Frigidare

Large, with freezer compartment

   

Small lab (3)

   
     

FABRICATIONSHIP EQUIPMENT

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Air Abrasion

Micro-Blaster

Comco, Inc

Air Bariasion Filter Handler

 

Handler MFG

Bandsaw

 

Craftsman

Bench Grinder

1/2 HP

Sears

Pattern Burnout Furnaces (3)

   

Induction Casting Machine

 

Lepel

Drill Press

 

Craftsman

End Mill

 

Rutland Tool

Investment Mixer

Vac-U-Vester

Whipmix

Large lathe

25-C16

Rochwell

small lathe

Apollo D2400S

Prazi

Bench Grinder

 

RedWing

10" circular Saw

98199

Chicago

     

LIGHT CREATION/MEASUREMENT

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Custom light source

ORIEL

 

Thermopile meter

 

Coherent

Thermopile detectors (water and non-water cooled)

 

Coherent

6" Integrating sphere with internal calibration light

 

LabSphere

Spectroradiometer

USB 3000

Ocean Optics

Uniform Light Source

 

LabSphere

     

POLYMERIZATION SHRINKAGE

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Eddy Current Detecting system

 

Custom made in-house

Watt's Beam Deflection Device

   

AccuVol

 

BISCO, Inc

     

INFRARED SPECTROMETRY

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

FTIR spectrometer

FTS-40

Digi-lab, Bio_Rad

Heated, horizontal ATR attachment

Golden Gate II

SPECAC, Inc

Air purifier for spectrometer

75-60

Balston

     

UV/VIS SPECTROMETRY

   

Device

Model

Manufacturer

Fluoresence spectormeter

USB3000+

Ocean Optics

Conventional UV/VIS spectormeter

USB3000

Ocean Optics