Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Polymer Processing

Research Equipment

The Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Department has approximately 2000 sq. ft of laboratory space dedicated to plastics processing. Additional shared departmental research labs are in the new state-of-the-art Gilmore Hall and Hoover Hall. The ABE lab includes:

Polymer Processing Lab

  • 22-ton Boy Injection molding machine
  • Film blow extrusion lab equipment
  • Two rotational molders
  • Table top injection molding machine
  • Compressional molding machine
  • Reactive casting
  • Vacuum thermal forming equipment
  • 2200-W 20-kHz Ultrasonic system
  • Instron testing machine

Additional facilities at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Department of Chemistry, and the Office of Biotechnology that are available include the following:

Microfabrication Laboratory (1000 sq. ft Cleanroom space, Class 100)

  • Vibration isolation tables (2)
  • Airborne particle counter
  • Terra Universal 2x5 cell nitrogen-purged storage cabinets
  • Mask aligner with backside IR contact (ABM, Inc.)
  • Light meter
  • Photoresist spinner (Specialty Coating Systems) (2)
  • Acid wet bench
  • Solvent wet bench
  • Spine rinse dryer (Semitool)
  • SHS Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition System
  • Thermal/electron-beam metal evaporator
  • SHS Reactive Ion Etcher
  • Plasma asher
  • Vacuum annealing oven (BlueM)
  • Ultraclean drying ovens (3)
  • Wet process bench
  • Acid hood
  • Hotplates (4)
  • Heated water bath
  • Ultrasonic cleaner
  • De-ionized water system
  • Flammables storage cabinet
  • Vented gas storage cabinets (6)
  • 210-L liquid nitrogen dewars (2)
  • Ultrasonic wire bonder (Hybond 572)
  • Surface profilometer (DekTak IIA)
  • Alessi XYZ optics stage with micromanipulators
  • Programmable CC, CV sources (Keithley 220)
  • Programmable C-I measurement system (Keithley 2400)
  • Optical microscope (Olympus BH-X)
  • Networked PC
  • Computer-Aided Design workstation