Department of Metallurgy was established in 1986 with a mission to impart academic inputs, both theoretical and practical, to almost all the courses, in the field of Metallurgy and Materials Science to the Scientists and Service Officers to take up the challenges in design, development and selection of materials.

Courses Conducted

This Department conducts regularly number of short term courses like Indian Ordnance Factory Service Officers Course for Ordnance Factory Technical Officers, Appreciation Course for Ordnance Factory Administrative Officers and POINTS (Metallurgy and Materials Science stream) for DRDO officers.

Research Areas

• Physical Metallurgy
• Mechanical Metallurgy
• Fracture Mechanics & Failure Analysis

Facilities

Instron 8500
It is a servo hydraulic controlled Universal Testing Machine, which may be used for testing and directly computing mechanical properties of various metals and alloys. Tensile test, compression test, fatigue test, crack growth resistance etc could be in this machine performed.

Capacity : Dynamic condition - 250kN
Static condition – 500 kN
Actuator Stroke + 50 mm

Scanning Electron Micro Scope
It is useful for studying surface topography, fractography and failure analysis in metals. The SEM has a resolution of 70 Angstroms and magnification upto 1,00,000,X. Accelerating voltage 2-25 kV, Image modes -secondary & back scattering electrons.

Metallography Equipments

a. Neophot- 21 (Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany) It is an inverted stage type of optical microscope with photographic attachment, useful in preparing micrographs of different metals and alloys for analysis of pre and post mechanical and/or thermal treatments. The microstructure could be magnified from 50-2000X.

b. Trinocular Microscope (SM Engrs, Pune) It is another optical microscope with close circuit TV attachment, so that the microstructures can be displayed on TV monitor for better viewing. It gives a magnification in the range of 50-675X.

Ndt Equipments

a. Eddy Current Sorter (Techno-four, Pune) This equipment is highly versatile and sophisticated NDT system for sorting of mixed up metal parts of similar geometry according to their metallurgical properties including chemical composition, heat treatment conditions, grain structure, case depths etc.

b. Magnetic Crack Detector (Magna Field, Pune) is quite useful in detection of surface and sub surface crack in ferro-magnetic materials. Sub surface crack detection limit – 6mm.

c. Dye-Pnetration Test Kit (Dyeglo, Pune) is hand and useful in detection of surface discontinuities like cracks, pores, laminations, lack of bonding at exposed edges of joined materials etc. Nearly all metallic materials can be tested.

d. X-Ray Fluoroscope (Phillips, Germany) It has a CCTV arrangement, so that internal flaws in materials can be inspected easily. Accelerating Voltage – 100kV, Test thickness – 14 mm max (steel)

Hardness Testers

a. ROCKWELL-CUM-BRINELL TESTER (FIE, Ichalkaranji) It is useful for measuring surface hardness of various materials on Rockwell A, B & C scales, while Brinell hardness number is computed for a max load of 250 kg.

b. MICRO-HARDNESS TESTER (Lietz Germany) It is useful for measurement of micro hardness of polished metallic specimen on Vicker’s scale, with min load 15 gm and max load of 500 gm.

c. CREEP TESTER (WPM, Germany) Useful for carrying out creep tests on metallic materials with max load of 20 kN the temperature range of 300-1200 degree Celsius.