<p><span style="font-size: 13.008px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">Advanced Mechanical Testing Facility (AMTF) is a state-of-the-art central facility housed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay which is one of its kind. The facility caters to the needs of fatigue testing ranging from 220N to 250kN load, -120 to 1200</span><span style="font-size: 13.008px; text-align: -webkit-center;">℃ temperature and uniaxial-torsional-planer biaxial loading. The equipment and accessories in the facility provide for the need of research and also industrial requirements enabling the Indian researchers and Industries to do complete exploration over various materials.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay inaugurated the facility on January 13, 2020.</span></p><p><span lang="en-US">The equipment in the facility are:</span></p><ul><li><span lang="en-US">Multi-axial Universal Testing Machine: </span><span lang="en-US">250 kN Axial, 2000 N-m Torsional</span></li><li>Planar Bi-Axial Testing System: <span lang="en-US">Four actuators 4 X 100kN</span></li><li><span lang="en-US">Servo-hydraulic Fatigue Testing System: </span><span lang="en-US">+/-100kN Axial Load capacity,150 mm actuator stroke</span></li><li><span lang="en-US">Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer: </span><span lang="en-US">220N/450 N axial, 150 Hz Cyclic</span></li><li>Rotating Bending Fatigue Machine: <span lang="en-US">20 N-m, 500-10000 rpm, reversed</span></li><li>Digital Image Correction (DIC) strain measuring technique: <span lang="en-US">1 to 1,64,000 fps, Dual Camera, 2D/3D system with mm</span>^{<span lang="en-US">2</span>}<span lang="en-US"> to m</span>^{<span lang="en-US">2</span>}<span lang="en-US"> FOV</span></li></ul><p>The equipment is completed with the required fixtures and accessories like Video extensometer, Electronic extensometer, CTOD guage, Environmental chamber (-120^oC to +360^o C), High Temp furnaces (100-1200℃), etc.</p><p>The facility has the best talent to operate the equipment with utmost precision. AMTF is open to outside institutes and industries under the terms and conditions of the central facility of IIT Bombay.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>