Core Facility – BMX Equipment
Biomechanics Equipment
RHEOMETER - DISCOVERY HYBRID 20 - TA INSTRUMENTS
- For characterizing bulk viscoelastic properties, e.g. of hydrogels and tissues
- Equipped with UV unit for photoswitching of samples
- Interfacial Rheology: Double Wall Ring
TENSILE TEST DEVICE - 2.5KN ZWICKI – ZWICK&ROELL
- Tensile testing of materials
- Special setup for compression test
- Equipped with 3 load cells for soft materials (5N, 100N, 500N)
NANOINDENTER - PAVONE - OPTICS11LIFE
- Spatially and mechanically highly precise indentor system based on precalibrated cantilevers: cell stiffness, viscoelasticity, adhesion, contraction, mechanosensing in near-physiological conditions
- Equipped with a fluorescence imaging module to improve usage of the system with biological systems
- To come: environmental module
Further Instruments
Bareiss DigiTest II
Hardness tester for soft tissue and polymers according to shore, IRHD and VLRH. Used for characterizing connective tissue, such as cartilage, soft, and synthetic materials. The setup includes a test stand, a receiving arm with the measuring device for forces up to 20 N, and the electronic measurement and recording unit. The samples are placed on a metal sample holder with a milled edge.
Home-built Indentation System
Calibrated indentation system with a mm-sized indenter sphere, suitable for the mechanical characterization of bulk materials.
SPECIMEN PREPARATION EQUIPMENT
CRYOTOME - CRYOSTAR NX50
For cutting specimens (0.5 μm-500 μm) (such as tissue, organoids or hydrogels) prior to histological and optical characterization.
CRYO-BALL MILL - RETSCH
The ball mill will be applied for preparation of soft, hard and cryogenic samples for chemical extraction, radical measurement or electron microscopy. The milling cups of metal, ceramic or agate can be used for instance for breaking down hard tissue or polymer samples, and further milling to powder in micrometer size.
CAD MODELLING - INVENTOR - AUTODESK
- Learn to design of part for 3D printing and more!
- Results: files (part, assembly or drawing) as ipt, step, iges, stl and pdf
- Possibility to work on Solidworks