Processing and Rheology


Laboratory Extruder with injection molding & film making - Randcastle.


Minijector injection molder, built in house, a series of molds.


PS Photo Resist Spinner, Headway.


Computer-controlled and automated injection molding machine -- Arburg Allrounder.


Compression molding system up to 350°C with a set of specimen matrices


Vacuum oven - Fisher Isotemp Model 282A, up to 280°C , 1°C resolution


Drag-reduction-in-solution-flow apparatus -- built in house.


SR5 - Rheometrics, for cone & plate, parallel plate, Couette flow; frequency scanning in constant or dynamic shear




Maintained by Ricardo Simoes.