ICSTM

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Science and Technology
Valahia University of Târgoviște

ICSTM

ICSTM

Valahia University of Târgoviște

Infrastructure

The existing research infrastructure is valued closed to 6.5 M Euros and consists in over 20 research equipment with an individual value of more than 100,000 Euros considered fundamentally for increasing the ICSTM of VUT chances of absorbing funds from:

  • national and international CDI projects
  • the institutional development fund (CNFIS-FDI)
  • contracts with other universities, institutes, agencies, organizations and economic agents.

The certified/accredited research equipment from the ICSTM endowment is presented in detail on the platform https://eeris.eu/ERIF-2000-000Y-0122 and https://916.icstm.ro/.

Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)

The RF Nano-PC installation has a unitary construction that ensure all equipment functions, in compliance with protection from corrosive gases, Faraday cage for industrial frequency generator, protective coating and gas filtration. The equipment is equipped with 2-channel gas: resistant to corrosive gas type CF4, SF6 (from stainless steel); channels controlled by MFC (Mass Flow Controllers) from the computer. The equipment can be used for etching with gases such as: O2, N2, Ar, CF4, SF6, air, or any combination of these gases. The basic control parameters are: base pressure; pumping time; flow through the MFC; radio frequency power generator; operating time; the time ventilation; temperature; alarm in case of opening the door during the process; display errors.

Heat Treatment Oven

Heat treatment oven is an electric oven with rapid heating which is used both for the controlled heating and heat treatments at temperatures up to 1100 °C, as well as impurities diffusion in the material. Also, it can be used in the synthesis of metal materials or alloys. The oven includes a quartz tube with diameter of 125 mm and length of 1400 mm. At both ends of the quartz tube it has a pair of flanges for connection to the vacuum booster pump and the carrier gas / thermocouple. The temperature is controlled so as to have a very high stability on a broad landing and provide an increase or decrease in temperature with ± 1 ° C. The heating zone is 800 mm, heating rate 20 ° C / min and temperature control can be done either manually (by temperature programming with the regulator of the electronic box) and automatically using the computer provided.

Axes Cnc Ultrasonic 30 Linear Vertical Machining Center

The machining equipment ULTRASONIC 30 LINEAR on 5 axes is equipped with Sinumerik 840D solutionline numerical control and 3D control technology through the programming and simulating module ShopMill and it can machine complex geometry parts throughout various methods such as milling, drilling, boring, threading, for metal and non-metal materials. The machine is equipped with an ultrasound generator. When it’s activated, the ultrasounds propagate to the tool holder, and by doing that to the normal rotatory movement of the tool is added a supplementary axial oscillation, of the milling tool (like a hammering of the part’s surface), needed in the machining of the brittle materials. The quality of the machined surfaces is greater. The machining forces are lowered and so the finishing process of the surfaces is a better quality one. Depending on the material’s properties, the surfaces can have a roughness under 0.1 microns. The machine integrates on a single machine more procedures such as normal milling (HSC) ultrasound milling (HSK), which allows the machining of a big variety of materials.

CTX 310 Ecoline CNC Horizontal Turning Machine

The CTX 310 ECOLINE turning machine is an horizontal one, with a maximum rotation diameter of 330mm (260mm above the transversal sledge) and turning machining possibilities of revolution parts, to which you can add the advantages of using rotative tools, fixed and moved by a turret with horizontal AX with 12 holders with the lathe is equipped, using the C axis CNC. The lathe is equipped with Sinumerik 840D CNC solutionline, providing a 3D control technology, by module ShopTurn. The maximum diameter the lathe can have is 200 mm; stroke of X axis (the diameter) is maximum 180 mm; stroke of Z axis (length) is maximum 400 mm; advance work on X and Z is up to 20 m/min; maximum speed is 5000 rev/min; positioning accuracy is 15 microns. The machine can be controlled directly from the control with which it is equipped, or by using the postprocessor which connects with computer, allowing the pieces, modeled in 3D in Catia or SolidWoks, which were previously generated and simulated CNC program, using Catia Machining and dedicated postprocessor, developed specifically for this machine.

MTS Bionix Testing System

The load unit is a stand-alone testing structure. It consists of the following components: – load frame; – crosshead lifts; – manifold; – actuators; – servo-valves; – accumulators; – two or more transducers. Graph command – response for displacement angle from: flexion-extension, abduction-adduction, rotation interne-rotation externe as function of time. The multiaxial dynamic testing system for mechanical parts, MTS Bionix, is equipped with: -subsystem for testing hip implants (allows testing of orthopedic hip implants in terms of tribological behavior), -traction subsystem, -compression subsystem, -bending subsystem. The procedure to install a specimen varies due to the variety of test fixtures, grips, and the type of specimen being installed.

Exascan 3D portable scanner

The 3D Exascan portable scanner is a portable, optical, data acquisition system that captures every detail and provides high resolution exact geometries for an accurate representation of the scanned item. The scanning process is of the plug & play type. It uses the triangulation method to determine its position relative to the part in real time. It is a data acquisition system, and its own positioning system at the same time.

Laser Ablation System

The system is designed so that the LASER, optical parts, control system, and travel system be encased in a special housing with a granite table with a vibration damping and protection for Class 1 LASERS. This system is equipped with a diode-pumped solid-state laser- DPSS (Diode Pumped solid State) in the visible, capable of drilling, polishing, cutting thin materials such as metals, ceramics and semiconductors. For accurate processing, the system is equipped with control systems displacements on X, Y and Z.

Printed Circuit Board Prototyping Line

PCBs offer both mechanical and electrical support for connections between electronic components. The PCB line gives the possibility of having a complete functional electronic circuit, starting from the basic design of the electronic circuit, in a CAD program, till the final stage of testing its electric and electronic functionality.

FORM 1 Stereolithography Machine Rapid Prototyping

The equipment builds 3D parts made of liquid photopolymer resin. Stereolithography or SLA is a 3D printing technology consisting in a process of optical fabrication by photo-solidification of liquid resins used to produce models or small prototypes.

Characterization System Module And Solar Cells ORIEL SOL3A CLASS AAA SOLAR SIMULATORS part of Testing and characterization cells photovoltaic labo

The Oriel Sol3A simulator use a single lamp design to meet not one or two, but all three performance criteria without compromising the 1 Sun output power, providing true Class AAA performance. Oriel Sol3A also integrates a partial sun attenuating device to allow easy variation of the output from .2 – 1.0suns with the simple turn of a knob. The Oriel Sol3A uses a black non-reflective finish to minimize stray light, incorporates captive screws for all panels requiring user access to facilitate lamp replacement, alignment, and filter changes, and incorporates safety interlocks to prevent inadvertent exposure to UV light.

ICSTM

Valahia University of Târgoviște