Core Facilities
From materials characterization to novel powders for additive manufacturing, AMI’s core facilities provide access to advanced instrumentation and materials processing capabilities.
Core Analytical Facility
The Core Analytical Facility supports collaborative, multidisciplinary research involving instruments for electron, ion, and x-ray imaging, diffraction, and spectroscopy.
Powder Processing Facility
The Powder Processing Facility enables advances in novel metal alloy and ceramic compositions that are coupled with additive manufacturing.
Affiliated Facilities
AMI’s affiliated facilities provide access to complementary laboratories and specialized equipment that enhance innovation in materials processing, testing, and performance evaluation.
The Alabama Atomization Facility provides solutions for producing metal powders by gas atomization. AAF’s capabilities also cover particle size measurement and sieving to produce a wide range of tailored particle sizes.
The Advanced Material Testing Laboratory in the South Engineering Research Center features multiple servo-hydraulic testing frames ranging in load capacity from 50 lbs to 250,000 lbs.
Shared Instrumentation
The following instrumentation is available on the UA campus for materials research and is accessible through core facilities, research centers, and academic departments, typically on an hourly-use basis.
