Public Higher Education Bulletin

First published Tuesday May 6, 2003

The University awarded a contract for a nano indenter system to MTS Systems Corporation, Gurnee, IL, for $128,450.

The unit being purchased consists of the following components: MTS Nano Indenter XP mechanical properties microprobe system, to include:

Indentation head assembly with AccuTip Berkovich diamond indentation tip

Load resolution 50nN

Displacement resolution <0.01nm

Maximum load 500mN

Maximum indentaion depth >500um

Motorized x-y sample manipulation table with computer mouse control

High perfomance vibration isolation system with self-tuning negative stiffness vibration isolation table, passive environmental enclosure, and resonant frequency <=0.5 Hz

Color optical imaging system

Fully automated, computerized data acquisition and control system including monitor and keyboard, Windows 200 (R) based system

Dell Pentium III 733 MHz or higher computer, 128 Mb RAM, 15 Gb or higher hard drive, 8X write/24X or higher read CDRW, 3.5 inch 1.44 Mb floppy drive,, sound card, video capture card, built-in ethernet

17 inch LCD flat panel display

Complete operating and data analysis software package

TestWorks 4 Professional/Nano Analyst software package

Continuous Stiffness Measurement (CSM) option

On site installation and warranty

For additional information, contact:

Pat Cook
Phone: (618) 453-5751
FAX: (618) 453-6714
E-Mail: pcook@siu.edu