Facilities

Microfluidics laboratory

Main equipment:

  • Kirana-05M ultra-high-speed video camera (Specialised Imaging), 180 frames at up to 5 million frames per second (Mf.p.s.) with 924 x 768 active pixels
  • SI-OT3 optical trigger (Specialised Imaging)
  • SI-LUX640 laser illumination system (Specialised Imaging)
  • FASTCAM SA5 ultra-high-speed camera (Photron), up to 1 Mf.p.s.
  • FASTCAM MiniUX-50 (Photron), up to 50000 f.p.s.
  • FASTCAM MiniUX-50 (Photron), up to 50000 f.p.s.
  • MV-D1024-160 high-speed camera (Photonfocus) and others cameras (CCD)
  • Xenon nova 300 light source (Storz) and others light sources with optical fiber
  • Bluepoint LED eco UV light source (Honle)
  • C10880-03C image intensifier unit (Hamamatsu Photonics)
  • Optical lenses: zoom objectives with magnification from 1x to 20x, optical tubes, ultra-zooms, and others accessories (Mitutuyo, Optem, Navitar)
  • Compressed air system with a wide range of accessories
  • Electrodynamic shaker (LDS, V101) connected to a power amplifier (LDS, PA25E CE).
  • Electrodynamic shaker (LDS, V406) connected to a power amplifier (LDS, PA100E CE)
  • Piezocomposite actuator (PSt 1000/10/7 VS18, Piezosystemjena) connected to a power amplifier (LE 150/1000 EBW, Piezosystemjena)
  • High voltage power amplifier (Trek, model 5/80) with variable frequency
  • DC high voltage power supply (Bertan, 205B-10R)
  • Picoammeter (Keithley, model 6485)
  • Induction heating system (Power Cube 32/900)
  • Wire feeder (ELMOTEC LVMM1490)
  • Syringe pumps (KDS Scientific, Harvard Apparatus)
  • 5 optical tables with a pneumatic anti-vibration isolation system and a wide range of accessories (Thorlabs)
  • Glass micronozzle fabrication device (made in our laboratory)
  • Other equipment of laboratory: microscopes, arbitrary waveform generator, weighing scales, magnetic stirrer, ultrasonic cleaner, polishing machine, etc.

Aerodynamics laboratory

Main equipment:

  • Wind tunnel designed by the fluid mechanics area in medium-density fibreboard (MDF). It has nine fans which provide a maximum speed of 18 m/s. 
  • 1 bluff body (Ahmed’s body) at a scale of 130% with respect to the standard one.
  • Two Force/Torque sensors ATI Mini 40 and Mini 45
  • Two pressure sensors Druck LPM5480 and LPM1012
  • 1 anemometer Airflow TA430
  • 1 pressure calibration device Halstrup Walcher KAL100
  • Pitot tubes
  • Hotwire anemometer MultiCTA – Dantec Dynamics
  • Pressure scanner Scanivalve MPS4264/64NPx-4”H20
  • Humidity/temperature/pressure, measuring instrument. Testo 622

Microfluidic Laboratory

Main equipment:

  • Kirana-05M ultra-high-speed video camera (Specialised Imaging), 180 frames at up to 5 million frames per second (Mf.p.s.) with 924 x 768 active pixels
  • SI-OT3 optical trigger (Specialised Imaging)
  • SI-LUX640 laser illumination system (Specialised Imaging)
  • FASTCAM SA5 ultra-high-speed camera (Photron), up to 1 Mf.p.s.
  • 4 FASTCAM MiniUX-50 (Photron), up to 50000 f.p.s.
  • Xenon nova 300 light source (Storz) and others light sources with optical fiber
  • Bluepoint LED eco UV light source (Honle)
  • C10880-03C image intensifier unit (Hamamatsu Photonics)
  • Optical lenses: zoom objectives with magnification from 1x to 50x, optical tubes, ultra-zooms, and others accessories (Mitutuyo, Optem, Navitar)
  • Compressed air system with a wide range of accessories
  • Electrodynamic shaker (LDS, V101) connected to a power amplifier (LDS, PA25E CE).
  • Electrodynamic shaker (LDS, V406) connected to a power amplifier (LDS, PA100E CE)
  • Piezocomposite actuator (PSt 1000/10/7 VS18, Piezosystemjena) connected to a power amplifier (LE 150/1000 EBW, Piezosystemjena)
  • High voltage power amplifier (Trek, model 5/80) with variable frequency
  • DC high voltage power supply (Bertan, 205B-10R)
  • Picoammeter (9103 HSPR, rdb instruments)
  • Syringe pumps (KDS Scientific, Harvard Apparatus)
  • 6 optical tables with a pneumatic anti-vibration isolation system and a wide range of accessories (Thorlabs)
  • Glass micronozzle fabrication devices
  • Other equipment of laboratory: microscopes, arbitrary waveform generator, weighing scales, magnetic stirrer, ultrasonic cleaner, polishing machine, resin 3D printers, etc.