@Our laboratory has plenty of facilities to fabricate and process samples, and evaluate their damage or material itself. In addition, Institute of Fluid Science has its own factory, which we can use conveniently.
(These contents include facilities shared with System Energy Maintenance Laboratory.)

NDT and Material evaluation facilities

Processing machines

Analysis software

NDT and Material evaluation facilities

Eddy current testing system

There are many instruments for performing ECT scans such as function generator, lock-in amplifier, automatic stages, etc.

Immersion ultrasonic testing system

Ultrasonic pulser-receiver

Acoustic emission measuring system

DC BH measuring system

B-H curve measurement system using water-cooled electromagnets

AC BH measuring system

B-H curve measurement system using high frequency

Incremental permeability measuring system

The system to measure incremental permeability in a short time by applying ECT while measuring low frequency BH curve

Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

A microscope that irradiates a focused electron beam to a target and detects secondary electrons, reflected electrons, etc.

Magnetic Force Microscope(MFM)

A microscope for imaging the distribution of the magnetic force gradient by the magnetic action of the magnetic probe and the sample magnetic field

Processing machines

Super-conductive magnet

Electrical discharge machine

Machine that cuts conductive material using electrical spark between electrode and workpiece

Tensile testing machine

Machine that measures the mechanical properties such as tensile strength, yield point, etc. of the sample by applying controlled tension

Fatigue testing machine

Machine that tests fatigue properties of materials by applying repeated stress under specified conditions such as maximum stress and cycle number

Heat treatment machine

Machine that performs heat treatment to change the properties of material by heating and cooling

Analytical software

SIATiInvariant analysis systemj

This system extracts invariants from time series data consisting of multiple sensors and uses it to detect anomalies from the current sensor time series

COMSOL

Simulation software that can analyze various phenomena using finite element method

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Mechanical Systems Evaluation Laboratory
Lyon Center
Institute of Fluid Science
Tohoku Univeristy
2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku
Sendai 980-8577,JAPAN
Email web-msel (at) wert.ifs.tohoku.ac.jp