National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur
 

Major Facilities

Analytical Characterisation Facilities

 

Analytical & Corrosion : 

XRF, DRS AAS, XRD, UV spectrometer, Poximate Analyzer, CS Determinator, Hall Making Techniques, Polarization Behaviour, Salt Spray Test chamber, Stress Corrosion, Inhibitors.


Iron-making Raw Material Characterization :  

Reducibility, Thermal Degradation, Softening Characterization, Linder Test Apparatus, Ash Fusion Furnace.


Material Characterization : 

Optical, SEM, TEM, AFM, DTA/DTG, DSC, Pneumatic, Thermal, and Electrical Properties Measurement.


Non-Destructive Evaluation : 

Ultrasonic Flow Detector, Acoustic Emission, Portable Hardness Tester, Magna-Flux, In-situ Metallography, Spectrum Analyser.


Mechanical Properties :  

CREEP Testing,   Tensile/Bending, Fatigue, Impact, Servo-hydraulic Testing.


Calibration Facility: 

Temperature upto 1200C, Pressure: Pneumatic: upto 10 bar Hydraulic upto 25 bar. (i) Electric Parameter + 1000V; +10A; 30mohm; 330

 

Major Pilot Plant and Computation Facilities

 

Mineral Beneficiation : 

Hydrocyclone, Perm Roll Magnetic Separator, Bartlex-Mozley Unit, Flotation Cell, Particle Size Analyzer, Image Analyzer, Mineral Microstructure Characterization and Mechanical Behaviour.


Furnaces :  

Submerged Arc Furnace (50 KVA), Rotary Kiln, other Melting Units (Arc, Induction, Resistance Furnaces), 60 kg Vacuum Furnace     


Materials Shaping :  

Rolling Mill, Forging Unit, Wire Drawing Unit Extrusion Press


Pilot Plant : 

Mineral Beneficiation Facilities (0.5Ð5 t/hr), Vertical Retort Direct Reduction Unit (300 tpa), 500 KVA Submerged Arc Furnace, Sea Noudles Processing plant


Computational Facility: 

CFD Codes, Phoenix, Fluent, FEM Codes; ANSYS & ABACUS, Numerical scientific softwares : Mathematica, NAG Library
PARAM 10000 with Adv. Version of Pheonix with parallel processing features, dedicated Server: email internet, LAN, Gateway etc.


 

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