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Gleeble Synchrotron Line

A Gleeble physical simulation system, designed specifically for use in a synchrotron beam line has been delivered to the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) in Campinas, Brazil. The system can be customized to be installed in other beam lines.

At LNLS, the system will be used to perform advanced and unprecedented in situ materials studies combining the power of high flux x-ray beam emanating from the Brazilian synchrotron source and the dynamic thermo-mechanical capabilities of a Gleeble simulator, which will make it possible to unveil the fundamentals of structural and functional materials behavior when subjected to specific thermo-mechanical conditions.

The use of synchrotron generated x-rays to perform very fast diffraction experiments will allow LNLS to explore the complex interactions of temperature and/or stress on phenomena as phase transformations, residual stress evolution, corrosion, and oxidation, among others. The entire project was funded by Petrobras S.A., a Brazilian energy company (oil, gas, biofuels, and alternative energy sources).

Gleeble in Beam Line

This new system has a load frame designed specifically for work in the beam line. This allows the sample to be heated, cooled, and subjected to forces while in the path of a high flux synchrotron generated x-ray beam.

The control system is designed for remote operation so the system operator can start, stop, and monitor experiments from outside the work cell where the load unit is located. Windows-based computer software, combined with an array of powerful processors, provides an extremely user-friendly interface to prepare physical simulation and thermal mechanical test programs, to provide digital closed-loop control of the thermal and mechanical systems, and to collect data.

Once the integration of the customized Gleeble simulator with the synchrotron experimental station has been completed and the installation commissioned, the scientific and technological use of this installation will start with the study of phase transformations on functional and structural materials including corrosion and high temperature resistant materials. The results of the research will be used by Petrobras S.A. to face the challenges to exploit, in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, the oil reserves in ultra-deep waters. Such scientific instrumentation has also been designed to help unveil the fundamentals of diffusion controlled and displasive martensitic and bainitic transformations in metallic alloys, among other phenomena. With the implementation of this advanced instrumentation the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory is moving forward the development and fruitful future use of its new 3rd generation source called Sirius.

Gleeble systems are used for process simulation, materials characterization, and basic research in technical institutes, industrial laboratories, and universities throughout the world.

The National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) is a multidisciplinary institution, linked to the National Center for Research in Energy and materials (CNPEM) and operated by the Brazilian Association of Synchrotron light technology (ABTLus) through management contract with the Ministry of science and technology (MCT). LNLS houses the only source of Synchrotron Light in Latin America, a set of scientific instrumentation allows the application of x-rays and ultraviolet Ray in studies of materials and the Centre of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Cesar Lattes (C2Nano). Used by scientific and technological community, this complex has contributed to the advancement of knowledge in strategic areas such as nanoscience, advanced materials, drugs and alternative energies, and to the training of scientific and technical personnel.

For additional information and customization options, please contact us at info@gleeble.com or +1 (518) 283-5350.

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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."

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. 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”

Dr. Hirowo Suzuki

Nippon Steel (retired)

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

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”

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. 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.”

Chihiro Kasamatsu

Material Evaluation Department Aichi Steel Corporation

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

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."

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