Gleeble 3180-GTC

The Gleeble 3180 provides a physical simulation system for researchers who require the quality and accuracy of a Gleeble system on an affordable scale.The Gleeble 3180 is ideal for weld HAZ simulations, hot tensile tests, thermal cycles,heat treatment studies, uni-axial compression and low force tests.

The Gleeble 3180 is a flexible thermal-mechanical physical simulation system which can be configured for the following applications:

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Gleeble Strain Induced Crack Opening SICO test

Thermal Cycles and Heat Treatments:
Many different grips are available to support uniform temperature zones and a variety of specimen configurations. Other grips can be used to provide thermal gradients in the specimen for weld HAZ and process simulation.

Melting and Solidification: Melting and controlled solidification can be performed in-situ. Thermal and mechanical testing of the as-cast structure can then be performed to identify cast structure properties and ductility dip regions.

Gleeble CCT and Dilatometry test

Strain Induced Crack Opening (SICO)
Procedure: The SICO procedure is a quick and cost-effective method for thermomechanical process optimization in forging and forming operations.

• Weld HAZ simulation

• Melting and solidification

• Heat treatment

• Hot tensile tests

• CCT and CHT with deformation

• Continuous casting simulation

At the heart of the 3180 are the features for which Gleeble systems are internationally renowned: a closed-loop direct resistance heating system, a closed-loop servo mechanical system, and a Windows® based digital computer control and data acquisition system.

Deformation Dilatometry: The 3180 can be equipped to perform CCT work including CCT after deformation.

Weld HAZ Cycles can be accurately replicated and analyzed to test material weldability and to improve welding procedures.

Key Performance Specifications:

Force	Maximum Compressive Force	8 Metric Tons
Force	Maximum Tensile Force	8 Metric Tons
Stroke	Maximum Stroke Distance	100 mm
	Maximum Stroke Rate	1000 mm/sec
	Minimum Stroke Rate	.01 mm/sec

Temperature Control	Maximum Temperature	1700ºC
	Maximum Heating Rate	8000
	Maximum Quenching Rate	10000ºC /sec
	Maximum Specimen Size	12 mm dia

More Information:

For more information about how Gleeble Systems can help you and your team solve material and processing challenges, please contact a member of our team at info@gleeble.com or +1 (518) 283-5350. In the meantime, please download a copy of our electronic brochure by clicking here.

2024 European User Meeting - April 29-30, Illertissen, Germany

Connect with Gleeble experts, fellow users, and explore the latest advancements in materials testing technology at DSI Europe GTEC Center - Illertissen, Germany . Register here.

Ceramics Expo - April 30- May 1, Michigan, USA

The DSI team will be attending the 2024 Ceramics Expo in Novi, Michigan, USA. Please come by to discuss how the Gleeble can support your research. Register here

Dr. Warren Poole

University of British Columbia

"We had to generate all the parameters and then to validate the predictions that the computer model made… The Gleeble played a central role in that project. We did austenite grain growth studies, double-hit compression tests to study recrystallization, and continuous cooling transformations, with and without compression."

Dr. Luis A. Colembergue Klujszo

Gerdau Aços Especiais Piratini

"Through the capability of simulating large scale, expensive processes in a small scale, laboratory environment, the Gleeble has made it easier for Gerdau to improve products and processes. Furthermore, all the controls available in the equipment bring a whole lot of reliability to the results, making the conclusions very sound."

Dr. Brian Damkroger

Los Alamos National Laboratory

"Only the Gleeble is fast enough to allow us to physically simulate the thermal profile of electron beam welding”

Dr. Leijun Li

Utah State University

"On the Gleeble we can not only control all the mechanical properties, but we’re in command of the thermal properties and the atmosphere. With the Gleeble, we can do complicated applications, watch what is happening, see the effect of temperature, and know how much energy is going in. It would take a lot more time and money to do it with equipment other than the Gleeble."

Dr. Hirowo Suzuki

Nippon Steel (retired)

“In my opinion, Dynamic Systems is the top company in this kind of test equipment… worldwide.”

Dr. Mahesh Chaturvedi, Ph.D., FASM

University of Manitoba, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

“We want to understand what the fundamental causes for thermo-mechanical fatigue are, so we use the Gleeble to apply load and temperature, sometimes in sync and sometimes out of sync. The Gleeble can keep going for days, executing the same program again and again... it gives us excellent reproducibility.”

Tom Schambron

Bluescope Steel

"…world research and innovation are cornerstones of our business - the Gleeble is key to meeting the objectives of BlueScope. It assists in product development and improvement—such as trialling new steel grades, processing parameters, and so forth—and in tracking and solving of quality issues."

Dr. John Bowker

Former Senior Research Scientist CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL)

"The Gleeble is one of the most heavily used machines at our lab... We have used and continue to use it for a broad range of thermo-mechanical simulation procedures. These include: welding applied to shipbuilding, marine materials, offshore structures and pipelines; compression testing to characterize the flow stress behavior of steels and aluminum alloys: and in situ melting and solidification to understand the effects of residuals on hot ductility."

Chihiro Kasamatsu

Material Evaluation Department Aichi Steel Corporation

“…we are concentrating on testing with the Gleeble to reduce costs in our forging production processes…”

Damien Fabrègue

The Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (National Institute of Applied Science) de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

"...this is the only piece of equipment that I can do everything with. I can always do what I want. It may take some time to optimize the work, but in the end, you can always run the experiment or do the simulation that you wanted to do."

Dr. David Matlock

Colorado School of Mines

"Flexibility is the key to our extensive use of the Gleeble. It helps us to get maximum productivity out of the work we do."

Dr. Hans Peter Schmitz

ThyssenKrupp Stahl

“ In our labs, we do physical simulation… We try to reproduce as precisely as possible what is going on in the actual production lines. If you do it very carefully, you can transfer the result into the production lines, and you can use the results for building up numerical models."

Dr. Arnold Marder

Energy Research Center, Lehigh University

“What we are aiming at is intelligent processing. That’s where the Gleeble gives us a tremendous advantage. By allowing us to carefully simulate and model thermal and mechanical processes”