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Precision Metrology and Instrumentation Group (PMIG)

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Equipment

1) Manufacturing Facilities

  • Laser marking machine (60W laser)

  • Polymer/Metal 3D Printers at Shared Facilities

  • High current power supply (15V/50A), (48V/13A) &(30V/10A)

  • Air/Ball bearing spindles (Dover Instruments, Guzik)

  • Precision linear stages (10nm resolution, Parker Inc.)

  • Air bearing linear slides (300 mm stroke, Aerotech)

  • Precision XY nanopositioners (Lab-built)

  • Precision XY, XYZ CNC routers

  • XYZ routers, Hot-stamping machine, Vacuum chamber

  • Laser marking machine (50W)

2) Metrology Facilities

  • Wafer inspection stage (lab-built)

  • White light interferometry (Zygo Gauge, 3D microscope) at Shared Facilities

  • High-speed cameras

  • Infrared microscope

  • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (4192a)

  • Lock-in amplifiers (SRS 830/845)

  • Laser interferometer set (Agilent)

  • IR Spectrometer (1000-2500nm)

  • VIR Spectrometers (200-1200nm)

  • SEM at Shared Facilities

  • Surface profiler (KLA-Tencor) at Shared Facilities

  • Optical microscopes

  • Dynamic signal analyzer (DSA, 4 Channel Agilent 35670a) 

  • XY flexure mechanisms (PZT actuators, cap probes, strain-gauge sensors)

3) Lasers

  • Stabilized fiber laser (1550nm, Thorlabs)

  • Fiber laser (540nm, 635nm, 650nm, Thorlabs)

  • Stabilized He-Ne laser (623.8nm): Coherent Inc, Thorlabs Inc.

  • Stabilized He-Ne lasers (632.8nm): REO

  • Laser diodes (407nm, 520nm, 650nm)

4) Sensors

  • Laser displacement sensors (Keyence, LK-G30) 

  • Capacitive type sensors (Lion Precision, Capacitec, ADE Technologies)

  • Force sensors (Kistler 9201 + 1-axis charge amplifier, load cells)

  • Optical pyrometers (350C, 1600C) 

  • Light power meter (Newport Inc)

  • Digital dial gauges (1um resolution)

  • Accelerometers (PCB Electronics Inc., Kistler)

  • Photodetectors (Newport Inc, Measurement Specialist Inc. Hamamatsu Corp.)

  • Ferromaster (magnetic permeability tester)

5) Actuators

  • PZT actuators with driver (0.3nm resolution, PI Inc.)

  • Voice coil motors (Moticont)

  • BLDC motor drivers 750/600W/1kW/2kW

  • XY Galvanometer (closed controlled)

6) Data Acquisition/Control Units

  • UMAC (Detal Tau Inc., ADC, 4ch Interpolator)

  • LabView Daq (USB6343, 4 units)

  • NI cRio ( 8 channels)

  • Oscilloscopes (Tektronix, BK Precision)

  • Function generators (BK Precision, Keysight, NF Waveform)

7) Software

  • Ansys, Abacus

  • Autodesk, Solidworks, PCT

  • Matlab, MathCad, Mathematica

  • NI LabView

If you have any assistance, please contact me (MEOB 320) or visit JCAIN 313/441.

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