INOVAL – Inovation center of Slovak academy of sciences

Type of services provided

• Experimental hall as incubator place for new technology processes
• FEM modeling and simulation of material properties
• Structural and chemical analyses
• Analysis of physical properties
• Mechanical testing
• Shape and dimmensional accuracy testing
• Rapid prototyping

Research infrastructure/service category

• Complex infrastructure for extrussion of powders (mixer, CIP, extrusion press, sintering)
• Heat treatment of materials (quenching, tempering, aging)
• Machining of materials (electroerosion processes, CNC milling)
• Metal deformation processes (mechanical and hydraulic press)
• Production of composite materials (pressure infiltration process)
• SW – DEFORM, XFLOW, ANSYS, ADAMS, FATIGUE
• 3D-printer Zcorp 650
• Solid CAM + Solid Works SW, reconstruction SW
• Complex metallographic samples preparation
• Scanning electron microscope Tescan, EDX, BSE
• Videomicroscope / Keyence VHX2000
• X-Ray CT, 225 kV / Nikon
• Emission spectrometry / Brucker Tasman
• OHN gasses analysis / Brucker Galileo
• CS elements analysis / Leco
• XRF spectrometry
• DTA, TG, DSC, dilatomer / Netzsch
• Thermal conductivity analysis Laser flash / Linseis
• Climatic chamber
• Autoclave for various tests
• High-speed thermographic camera
• Light absorption and reflection measurements
• Laser topography
• Coordinate measurement machine / Wenzel
• Non-contact laser measurement of dimensions accuracy (Gocator scanning)
• CT tomography / 225kV Nikon
• Shape and dimensions reconstruction
• Testing machines for 10kN, 50kN, 200kN (temperatures to 1000°C, video extensometry clip on HT ext.) / Tinius Olsen
• Thermomechanical testing / Gleeble 100 kN
• Hardness measurements (HB, HV, HRC)
• Charpy impact testing – 300J
• 3D printing – ZCORP powder
• 3D scanner
• Laser powder sintering (metal)
• Lost wax casting infrastructure
• Shell molds
• CNC milling