Le Mans Technology Transfer Center - CTTM

Equipments in our 4 Units:

Materials : This unit provides mechanical, physico analysis equipement in order to investigate polymers, elastomers, vegetal materials.

Thermal Analysis:

• Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
• Thermogravimetric Analyser (TGA)

Chromatography:

• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-TOF-MS)
• Gaz Chromatograph with Mass Spectometer and headspace (HS-GC-MS) or pyrolyzer  (pyro-GC-MS)
• Steric Exclusion Chromatograph/Gel Permeation Chromatography  (SEC/GPC)

Spectrometry and chemical analysis:

• Fourier Transfom Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR)
• IR Microscope
• UV-Visible spectrometer
• RAMAN spectrometer
• X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
• X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
• Liquid and Solid Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MP-AES)

Mechanical and thermo-mechanical analysis:

• Dynamichal Mechanical Analyser (DMA)
• Dynamometers  for tensile, compression, bending, peel testing and friction.
• Various setups can be adapted
  • ALLROUND TABLE with (-40°C / 250°C) unit and a high elongation extensometer. 1 kN, 10 kN, 50 kN load cells
  • PROLINE with 50 N, 500 N and 5kN load cells
• Shore A or D Durometer
• International rubber hardness degrees (IRHD)
• Micro-indenter
• Abrasimeter

Processing

• Extrusion (Twin-screw extruder)
• Calendring
• Thermoforming
• Powder painting

Aging

• 20 L to 175 L ovens and climate-controlled chambers (accelerated aging with controlled temperature and moisture)
• UVA aging test chamber (QUV)
• Aging in liquids

Other Equipments

• Permeameter
• OCA20 Goniometer

Acoustics and Vibration : Our skills are used for the acoustical characterisation of materials and systems.

Materials characterisation benches

• Kundt's tube
• Resistivity meter
• High level impedance tube
• Young modulus meter

Absorption coefficient measurment

• Alpha Cabin, 

Acoustic rooms

• Reverberant room (350 m³),
• Semi-anechoic room (1000 m³)

Equipement fot test in duct

• Anechoic termination
• Reactive muffler
• Instationnary flow meter

Design Engineering : We are able to design and produce parts and products using

Design

•  CATIA
•  SOLIDEDGE
•  SOLIDWORKS

3D scan

3D scan

• Frame projection :  ATOS system
• Laser triangulation : T SCAN system*

Photogrammetry

• TRITOP sytem

Simulation

• ABAQUS
• CODE ASTER

3D printing

Equipments for

•  Working prototypes
•  Proof of Concept
• Special Machines.

Biological and Medical : this Unit is focused on Medical Devices and is equipped with

Clean rooms

• 1 x 30 m² equipped  ISO 7 cleanroom

Surface treatment

Atmospheric plasma with

• Spray system (deposition of polymers in solutions)
•  Vaporization system (deposition of precursors)

Vacuum plasma

•  Ar, O₂ and N₂ treatments
•  Fluorination treatment (CF4)
•  Other gases on request
•  This equipment is located in clean room (ISO7)

Microbiology

BioSafety Level 2 laboratory (BSL2), the CTTM offers a wide range of services and skills for the study of  surface/micro-organism interactions (bacteria, yeast and mold).

Characterisations

Chromatography

• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph with Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-TOF-MS)
• Gaz Chromatograph with Mass Spectometer and headspace (HS-GC-MS) or pyrolyzer  (pyro-GC-MS)
• Steric Exclusion Chromatograph/Gel Permeation Chromatography  (SEC/GPC)

Spectrometry and chemical analysis 

Mechanical and thermo-mechanical analysis