National Spark Plasma Sintering Facility
The national spark plasma sintering (SPS) facility has been established at Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry at Stockholm University.
The facility has two SPS machines SPS825 and SPS530ET integrated with glove-box. The SPS machines were supported by infrastructure-grant for expensive scientific instruments from Vetenskapsrådet. The SPS facility is capable to subject the materials to rapid sintering cycles in vacuum or inert atmosphere. The materials include but are not restricted to ceramics, metals and alloys, intermetallics, composites and porous materials. The SPS facility can produce sintered materials of both small and large dimensions and handle air-sensitive materials.
Dr. Sinter SPS825
SPS 825 is suitable for medium and large size samples in vacuum and inert atmosphere. The integrated pressing unit provides a pressing force that covers the range from 2-250 kN. SPS 825 can heat dies containing powder materials at a heating rate from 1 °C to 1000 °C per minute and up to 2500 °C. SPS 825 is equipped with ultra-high vacuum system 10^-3 Pa level.
Dr. Sinter SPS530ET
SPS 530ET is suitable for small and medium size samples in vacuum and inert atmosphere. The integrated pressing unit provides a pressing force that covers the range from 1-50 kN. SPS 530ET can heat dies containing powder materials at a heating rate from 1 °C to 1000 °C per minute and up to 2500 °C. SPS 530ET is integrated with a argon glove-box, suitable to prepare, prepack and prepress air and water sensitive materials. SPS 530ET is equipped with ultra-high vacuum system.
Recharge rates
|
Instrument |
MMK User (SEK) | External Academic User (SEK) | Commerical User (SEK) |
| Minimum 2 hours booking for each session. | Minimum 2 hours booking for each session. | ||
| SPS-825 | 800/h | 1 200/h | 2 250/h |
| SPS-530ET | 800/h | 1 200/h | 2 250/h |
| Daily fee applies for booking one instrument for one day (9–17) | 7 000/h | 15 000/h | |
| Operator assistance | 1 000/h | 1 500/h |
The price for dies is included in operator-assisted sintering. For operator-free usage, the dies can be purchased through the facility. More information is available in the policy document.
Contact
- Visiting address
- C 563
- Svante Arrhenius väg 16 C
Last updated: April 12, 2024
Source: MMK