Capabilities
List of Available Tools
Tool Make and Model
Key Differentiator
Node
Barrell Twin Screw Extruder (UoW)
Twin screw extrusion system
Materials Node
Materials Node
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Description
Bench top twin screw extrusion system
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Related Information
Variable screw configurations capable, 10 customisable heat zones, 4 access ports. Fibre and film dyes available
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Tool Owner
Custom Hard glass extruder (UoA)
Hard glass extrusion facility up to 1,700oC and 250kN
Optofab
Optofab
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Description
Manufacture hard glass type preforms for drawing to fibre.
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Related Information
Preforms can be made from in-house fabricated glasses and commercially sourced glasses. Custom die design extrusion for specialised optical fibre manufacture.
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Tool Owner
Custom Soft glass and polymer extruder #1 (UoA)
Soft glass and polymer extrusion facility
Optofab
Optofab
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Description
Manufacture soft glass and polymer preforms for drawing to fibre. Extrudes at up to 700 degrees C and 100kN.
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Related Information
Preforms can be made from in-house fabricated glasses and commercially sourced glasses, including: tellurite, bismuth, fluoride (ZBLAN), fluoride-phosphate (Schott: N-FK5, N-FK51A), lead silicate (Schott: LLF1, F2, SF6, SF57) and chalcogenide glasses as well as polymers. The structures can include rods of 1 – 20mm diameter, tubes of 10 – 20mm outer diameter and 0.5 – 8mm inner diameter, wagon-wheel structures (suspended core), hexagonal arrays of 1 – 7 rings of air holes and spider-web like structures with large air filling fractions.
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Tool Owner
Custom Soft glass and polymer extruder #2 (UoA)
Soft glass and polymer extrusion facility
Optofab
Optofab
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Description
Manufacture soft glass and polymer preforms for drawing to fibre. Extrudes at up to 1400 degrees C and 100kN.
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Related Information
Preforms can be made from in-house fabricated glasses and commercially sourced glasses, including: tellurite, bismuth, fluoride (ZBLAN), fluoride-phosphate (Schott: N-FK5, N-FK51A), lead silicate (Schott: LLF1, F2, SF6, SF57) and chalcogenide glasses as well as polymers. The structures can include rods of 1 – 20mm diameter, tubes of 10 – 20mm outer diameter and 0.5 – 8mm inner diameter, wagon-wheel structures (suspended core), hexagonal arrays of 1 – 7 rings of air holes and spider-web like structures with large air filling fractions.
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