SBCF Equipment
![Bobcat Machine being operated by SBCF student and Research Engineer](/advancedcomposites/images/CP20221109_Doug%20Cairns%20Lab-003.jpg)
Bobcat Machine
Custom stretch breaking machine designed and fabricated at MSU to stretch break single tow carbon fibers.
![SB2 Machine installed at MSU](/advancedcomposites/images/SB2.jpg)
SB2 Machine
Custom stretch breaking machine designed and fabricated by Hexcel under previous SBCF efforts. The machine is currently on loan to MSU from Albany Engineered Composites.
![ASC Autoclave being programmed for a run by SBCF Research Scientist](/advancedcomposites/images/CP20221109_Doug%20Cairns%20Lab-011.jpg)
Composite Autoclave
ASC Process Systmes Econoclave® EC3X5
![Knife over plate filmer in operation](/advancedcomposites/images/CP20221109_Doug%20Cairns%20Lab-017.jpg)
Knife Over Plate (KOP) Filmer
Filmer designed in house to manufacture thin resin film papers
![CD6010 Machine in operation](/advancedcomposites/images/CP20221109_Doug%20Cairns%20Lab-008.jpg)
CD6010 4-inch Research Combination Filmer & Prepreg Machine
Machine designed by Century Design Institute (CDI) to support the research, development and production of small, custom batches of films and prepregs
![Belt compactor](/advancedcomposites/images/belt%20compactor.jpg)
Belt Compactor
Reliant Elite M90 Fusing Machine used to compact DTP into prepreg
![3D printer](/advancedcomposites/images/INTAMSYS-FUNMAT-HT-Photo-1.jpg)
3D Printer
Intamsys FUNMAT HT desktop industrial high temperature 3D printer
![Forming fixture used to test forming capabilities of carbon fiber tows and prepreg](/advancedcomposites/images/CP20221109_Doug%20Cairns%20Lab-006.jpg)
Forming Fixtures
MSU has developed several unique fixtures and processes to quantitatively evaluate formability of composites under different conditions
![Instron 8562 used for mechanical testing](/advancedcomposites/images/IMG_9838.jpg)
Mechanical Testing Equipment
Instron machines including the 8802, 8501, 8872, 8511 and 8562 and several Mark-10 Universal Tests stands are used to complete mechanical testing of stretch broken and continuous carbon fiber composites.