Bell annealing furnace
Materials: hot-rolled Steel, cold-rolled steel, tinplate.

Vacuum furnace with controller atmosphere LECOMELT
This equipment by it´s capacity and having been composed of a chamber of spilt also in controlled atmosphere and with spilt for centrifugación, has a special aptitude to obtain pieces with a great homogeneity.

Induction crucible furnace with double frequency
Induction equipment with double frequency and two furnaces MF 100 (60 kg aluminium load) and a 100 Kw change frequency converter (50 to 200 Hz).

Vertical Centrifugal Casting Machine
The centrifugal force pushes the liquid metal to the surface of the moulds. Casting temperature, refractory grades and revs per minute, are some of the most important parameters of the process.

Quench and strain dilatometer.
The most important technical features are: Induction heating, helium gas quenching, high vacuum and controlled atmosphere, maximum temperature: 1500º C or melting temperature, maximum heating rate 1000º C/s (without phase change and T

High temperature dilatometer
The most important technical features are: Maximum temperature, 2000ºC; maximum heating rate, 1000º C/min; maximum sample length, 50 mm.

X-Ray Diffractometer BRUKER D8 Discover
This diffractometer has several accessories (1/4 Centric Eulerian Cradle, Göbel Mirror, Knife Edge Collimator, etc) that allow it to perform different types of analysis: textures, residual stress, X-ray reflectometry, etc.

Optical microscope
This equipment is used for metallographic characterization and image analysis.

Mechanical T-Slot rig
Mechanical T-slot rig, 8800 series is a grooved bench of 4000 x 2500 mm used for testing different structures. Two servo-hydraulic actuators of 50 KN and 100 KN of capacity are used to load the different structures. These actuators are mounted into groove squares. It is connected to a PC with a data acquisition system to get testing values on line.

Hot dip process Simulator (RHESCA)
The hot dip process simulator (HDPS) or Rhesca simulator allows to simulate the annealing and hot dipping process of steel strip in accordance with the commercial production of hot dip coated steel strip.

Induction furnace MINIMELT
It is a cylindrical induction furnace, open-topped, with a water-cooled induction coil installed on the outside, around the side wall.

High vacuum melting furnace
In order to cover a basic need in the development of new metallic alloys, the Centre arranges from a few facilities of fusion to laborator level.

Quenching and Deformation Dilatometer
This special dilatometer is used for the determination of deformation parameters and for the creation of continuous cooling and isotherm TTT-diagrams.

Netzsch Thermobalance
Applications:
- Determination of liquidus/solidus temperatures
- Determination of Cp
- Cyclic oxidation testing

Aluminium Melting Furnace
Employed in the development of new aluminium alloys.