Dr. Arvind Agarwal

Plasma Spray Forming Laboratory

This lab makes use of plasma-based techniques to synthesize:
	Near Net Shape Structures by Rapid Prototyping
	Bulk Nanostructured Components
	Advanced Ceramic and Metallic Nanocomposites
	Multilayered Functional Coatings
	Synthesis of Nanostructured Composite Powders

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Plasma Spray Forming Laboratory (1300 square feet facility)

	Praxair Plasma Spray System
	Plasma Power Source Model PS-1000
	Plasma Control Console Model 3710
	Powder Feeder Model 1264
	Plasma Spray Gun Model SG-100 (internal and external powder injection capability)
	Localized inert shroud creating facility
	Plasma Spray Booth with CNC turntable
	Fanuc S 100 Robot with RF controller
	Three-axis Gantry Robot
	Thermach AT-1200 Powder Feeder, 0-15 RPM
	Accuraspray-g3 Single Head Plasma Inflight Sensor
	Raytek Optical Pyrometer (-10 to 1200C) with integrated software and PC for continuous temperature monitoring
	4-channel B-Type (0 to 1700C) and K-Type (-200 to 1250C) Thermocouple with OM-CP-QUADTEMP Data Acquisition System and OM-CP-IFC110 Windows Software
	Grit Blaster
	Ultrasonic Cleaning Bath
	Density Measurement Kit
	ER Advanced Ceramics 755RMV Jar Mill
	Sieves and Sieve Shaker
	Work Bench with all machine tools
	Rotating Ball Mills and blenders
	Low Speed and High Speed Diamond Saws
	Positron Adhesion Tester
	Optical Microscope (upto 1600X)
	Electrostatic Spray Facility for Polymer Coating Synthesis
	Computational Facilities in Plasma Forming Laboratory 2 Pentium IV, 3.40 GHz, 2 GB RAM desk top computer 3 Pentium IV, 2.6 GHz desk top computers 1 Pentium IV, 2 GHz notebook computer 2 Pentium IV, 3.20 GHz, 3.5 GB RAM desk top computer
	Software in Plasma Forming Laboratory CaRIne Crystallography 4.0: For geometric visualizations of interfaces, surfaces, crystals, real lattices in 3D, reciprocal lattices in 3D and 2D and for comprehending stereographic projections and X-ray diffraction patterns. FactSage 6.0: A thermochemical software and database package to understand phase diagrams, feasibility of chemical reactions, compel equilibrium in multicomponent, and multiphase systems. Hyper Chem 7.5: Modeling software to compute thermodynamic energies based of molecular mechanics and dynamics models for various configurations and crystal geometry. SimDrop 3.0 software: For simulating splat formation with thermal and kinetic history as experienced in thermal spraying.