Facilities
CWJCR Facilities
cwjcr capabilities overview
- Complete Arc Welding Capability
- Laser Welding System
- Solid State Bonding
- Soldering and Brazing Capability
- Fixtures for Hot Cracking Susceptibility Testing
- Gleeble Thermomechanical Simulator
- Experimental Welding Consumable Production Capability
- Underwater Welding
Contact: Professor Zhenzhen Yu
303-273-3798
Hill Hall 370
zyu@mines.edu
Research Center: Center for Joining, Welding and Coatings Research
CWJCR Lab Maps
Welding Lab: HH123A & 123B
Welding Lab: HH214, 216, & 218
Welding & Joining Capabilities
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Laser Welding/Additive Manufacturing:
HH214/216 |
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Gantry Model Friction Stir Welding Machine:
High Bay (beyond foundry) |
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CoBot:
HH123A |
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Spot Welder:
HH123B |
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Miller MIG Welder:
HH123A |
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Stick Welder:
HH123A |
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MIG and Gantry:
HH123A |
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TIG Welder:
HH123A |
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Submerged Arc Welder:
HH123A |
Materials Processing
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Vacuum Furnace:
HH214/216 |
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Button Arc Melter: Melt up to 25 grams in an argon, oxygen reduced environment.
HH218 |
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Levitation Equipment:
HH218 |
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Wire Mill:
HH123B |
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Stick Electrode Manufacturer:
HH123B |
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Plasma Cutter:
HH123A |
Other capabilities
In addition to the facilities above, students at CWJCR have access to the equipment within the Metallurgy department and across campus. Facilities and labs commonly used by CWJCR students are:
electron microscopy laboratory
The Electron Microscopy Laboratory at Mines is a user facility for imaging and analytical instruments, including scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM/TEM/STEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy of x-rays (EDS), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), focused ion beam (FIB), x-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and laser/Raman confocal microscopy. Laboratory staff members are available to perform analysis for customers for an additional technical assistance fee.
Visit Mines Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF) for further instrumentation details, contact information and to reserve instrument time.
Mechanical testing and forming
- 4 MTS Servohydraulic testing units with load capacity between 10-100 kips
- High strain rate servohydraulic testing frame with displacement rates up to 13 m/s
- 3 creep frames
- Fatigue testing: Uniaxial, rotating bending, bending, Krouse-type, torsion capabilities
- Rolling Sliding Contact Fatigue Machine
- 4 Rolling Contact Fatigue Machines
- 2 Slow Strain Rate Frames with environmental chambers
- Dry Sand Rubber Wheel Wear Tester
- Cathodic Charging for H-embrittlement studies
- Hole Drilling Equipment for Residual Stress Analysis
- Charpy Impact Tester
- Drop Weight Tear Tester
- Furnaces and extensometry for elevated temperature testing
Visit Mines Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF) for further instrumentation details, contact information and to reserve instrument time.
Physical metallurgy laboratory
- Specimen Preparation Capability
- Metal Forming Capability
- Image Analysis
- Optical Microscopy
- Numerous Heat Treatment (vacuum and air) Systems
- Rockwell Hardness and Vickers Microhardness testers
Contact: Professor Gerald Bourne
Hill Hall 115
303-273-3778
bourne@mines.edu