The Polymer Engineering Research and Innovation Lab is currently equipped with the following equipment.
| No. | Equipment | Manufacturer and Model |
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POLYMER PROCESSING |
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| 1 | Two-component micro injection moulding machine | BOY 22 and BOY XS (1st and 2nd unit) |
| 2 | Desktop injection moulding machine | BWMINI-15T |
| 3 | Hydraulic heat press machine | Qnubu Press Pro Lion Hydraulic 20Ton |
| 4 | Multi-functional thermoforming machine | Designed and built in-house |
| 5 | High temperature FGF 3D printer | Designed and built in-house |
| 6 | Rheology FGF 3D printer | Designed and built in-house |
| 7 | 5-axis FGF 3D printer | Designed in-house, manufactured by an OEM |
| 8 | High speed FGF 3D printer | Designed in-house, manufactured by an OEM |
| 9 | High speed filament (FFF) 3D printer | Goofoo Turbo M |
| 10 | Dual head 3D printer with 1 filament and 1 pellet extruder | Designed in-house, manufactured by an OEM |
| 11 | FGF 3D printer | Tumaker NX Pro |
| 12 | FFF 3D printer | Prusa MK4 Enclosure Bundle |
| 13 | FFF/FDM 3D printer with the 4 printing heads | E3D |
| 14 | FFF/FDM 3D printer | Creality CR-10S |
| 15 | FFF/FDM 3D printer | Creality CR-10S |
| 16 | Filament maker | 3Devo Composer 450 |
| 17 | Filament dryer | eSun eBOX Lite |
| 18 | Filament dryer cabinet | GooFoo |
| 19 | Material/pellet desktop dryer | Moretto |
| 20 | Mold temperature control unit (TCU) | Single |
| 21 | A number different injection moulds | Designed and built in-house |
| 22 | Micro milling machine | Matrix TSL CN4079 |
| PROCESS MONITORING SYSTEM | ||
| 23 | Mould's pressure and temperature monitoring system w/ 2x pressure and 2x temperature sensors |
Kistler ComoNeo |
| 24 | IR imaging camera | FLIR E6 |
| 25 | 4K video DSLR/mirrorless camera | NIKON Z30+16-50 VR KIT |
| 26 | Microscope lens for DSLR/mirrorless camera | Laowa Aurogon FF 10-50X NA0.5 Supermicro APO |
| 27 | 2x pressure sensors | Dynisco ECHO-VT1-MPA-R20-M14-6PN… |
| 28 | High-resolution and -temperature IR camera | Optris Xi 400 |
| POLYMER TESTING/CHARACTERISATION | ||
| 29 | Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) | Mettler Toledo DSC 3+ |
| 30 | Dynamic mechanical analyser (DMA) | Mettler Toledo DMA 1 |
| 31 | Reflection and transmission light microscope | Zeiss Axio Imager 2 |
| 32 | Microscope hot stage | SUZHOU JINGTONG INSTRUMENT PRT-8A |
| 33 | Samples grinding and polishing machine | Unknown |
| 34 | Microtome | Leica RM2145 |
| 35 | Micro balance | Radwag MYA 11.4Y PLUS |
| 36 | Precision balance | Radwag PS 1000.3Y |
| 37 | Heating chamber | Binder ED 56 |
| 38 | Melt flow indexer | JJ-TEST MFI-2322 |
| 39 | 1 kN micro tensile testing machine | Designed and built in-house |
| 40 | 25 tons tensile testing machine | Tinius Olsen 25ST |