The AEWC Center

The Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center

The Advanced Structures and Composites Laboratory


	Composite Materials Manufacturing Science Laboratory link to the lab

	10" Impregnator
	2' x 2' Compression Hot Press
	30' Hydraulic Cold Press
	50' Mechanical Cold Press
	6" x 6" Compression Hot Press
	60" Impregnator
	Acrowood Trillium and Diamond Roll
	Carmanah OSB/OSL Lab Strander
	Coatings Booth
	Despatch Protocol Plus Ovens
	Extruder
	Filament Winding Machine
	Finger-Jointer
	Horizontal Air Flow Ovens
	Pressure Treatment Cylinder
	RF (radio frequency) 4' x 8' Press
	Spinning Disk Particle-Resin Blender System
	Vacuum Bagging Setup

	Computer Modeling and Visualization Laboratory link to the lab

	Additional Capabilities
	Hewlett Packard Workstations
	Silicon Graphics (SGI) Workstation

	Environmental Testing Laboratory link to the lab

	Accelerated Weathering Tester
	Freezer
	Horizontal/Vertical Flame Chamber
	Hot Baths
	Impact Tester
	Inside an Environmental Chamber
	Temperature/Humidity Environmental Chamber No. 1
	Temperature/Humidity Environmental Chamber No. 2

	Machine Shop link to the lab

	Bengal Abrasive WaterJet Machining Center
	Horizontal/Vertical Metal-Cutting Band Saw
	Metal Lathe
	Planer
	Precision Wafer Cutting Machine
	Table Saw
	Vertical Band Saw
	Vertical Milling Machine

	Mechanical Testing Laboratory link to the lab

	Instron 110-kip Testing Machine
	Instron 22-kip Testing Machine

	Micromechanics and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Laboratory link to the lab

	Digital Acoustic Emission Testing System
	Metriguard E-Tester
	Ultrasonic Testing System

	Microscopy Laboratory link to the lab

	Additional Capabilities
	Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
	Optical Microscope
	Stereo Zoom Microscope

	Polymer and Interface Science Laboratory link to the lab

	DSC (Differential Scaling Calorimeter)
	Dynamic Contact Angle Analyzer
	Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analyzer
	GC-FID System
	Gel-Time Meter
	Glass Still
	pH Meter
	Precision Scale
	Viscometer

	Structural Testing Laboratory link to the lab

	Hydraulic Power Supply
	Inside One Cell of the Reaction Floor
	Overhead Cranes
	Overview of Reaction Floor
	Reaction Floor
	Reaction Frames
	Reaction Wall
	Servo-Hydraulic Actuators
	Servo-Hydraulic Digital Structural Test System
	Tension Tester

An ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratory

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AEWC accredited ASTM tests