• AC 208-240V Single Phase, 50/60 Hz, 15A
• 2.5 KVA
  
• 10 ft power cable is included, but no power plug

• Compact and splitable tube furnace with Alumina fiber inner insulator and double-layer steel outer layer
  
• Temperature accuracy: +/- 0.1 °C (Euro-Therm controller available at extra cost)
• The heating furnace is located in a vacuum chamber for controlling the atmosphere.

• The fixture ( die) is made of recrystallized SiC
• The fixture consists of two parts and is tightened by M18x2 
• The sample to be tested: 8 mm dia. x 0.5 mm thickness, which is tightened in the middle of the die.
• Click here to order extra SiC Die
• Optional: You may use the CNC Sample Puncher (Pic. 3 ) or EDM machine （Pic. 4）to make the round sample.
• Pic. 3   Pic. 4

• Pushing rod is made of Moly via precision machining (Pic. 1)
• Click here to order extra Mo Punching Rod
• An alignment connector is installed with the pushing rod to ensure a 2.5 mm dia. head in the center of the SiC die. (Pic. 2)
• 

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• Special MoSi2 heating elements are built in a splitable furnace with thermal insulation.
• Mac. working Temperature 
• 1350°C ≤ continuously
  
• The heating furnace is fixed in the vacuum-sealed chamber with a hinged-type door
• Working gas: All types of inert gases and oxygen gas. 
• Max. Vacuum level: 10-2 torr by a mechanical pump and 10-5 torr by a turbopump. Please click the pictures below to choose a pump and a digital vacuum gauge separately. (Pic. 1-2), and digital vacuum gauge (Pic 3)
• For better atmosphere control, please choose the gas purification system below (pic 4) to reduce oxygen and humidity to less than 1 ppm. 

• Built-in PID Auto-Tune function with overheating & broken thermocouple protection.
• Over-temperature protection and alarm allow for operation without attendants (s).
• +/- 1 ºC temperature accuracy.
• RS-485 Communications Port to connect a laptop with the operation software.

• The pressure is applied to the pushing rod via a heavy-duty DC motor.
• Constant loading speed is driven by a step motor with 1,000 kgf. force, which can provide a pressure up to 2 GPa .
• Loading speed: 0.02 to 60 mm/ minute, adjustable
• Load sensor accuracy +/- 0.2 N
• The displacement sensor is built-in with +/- 1-micron accuracy
• 

• A laptop computer will be used as a control panel with software to program the working temperature and the pushing rod speed
• One computer will control 4 sets of the machine. 
• Software is included, but the Laptop computer is optional at an extra cost.
• The PC will display and record the force vs displacement for each sample at a set temperature.
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Optional

• Multiple machines controlled by a single PC is available for high-throughput research

Compliance

• CE Certified
• NRTL certification (UL61010) or CSA certification is available upon request at an extra cost.

Reference article

• Design of refractory multi-principal-element alloys for high-temperature applications,  Jun Cui,  npj Computational Materials， 2023
  
• Small punch test methods of metallic materials for in-service pressure equipment  （ GB/T29459.1—2012, Chinese)

• Small Punch Test for Metallic Materials, A new ASTM International standard, 2020