Sabancı (CTCE)

Composite Technologies Center of Excellence

Technopark / Istanbul /
TURKEY
Sabancı University and KORDSA Creates a center to design and produce complex, multifunctional and smart composite
materials and structures with end-use features.
Following aspects are integrated under the same roof, as a university-industry ecosystem:

• Technologies
• Advanced Composites
• Nano, Micro and Macro Production
• Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing
• Robotics based Unconventional Manufacturing

• Applications and Commercialization

• Technology development for the fields of aerospace, defense, and automotive through the stages from design to
production

• Human resources
• Training of high quality personnel,
• Research, Entrepreneurship
A platform that combines advanced materials, R&D, academic structure and production in the same ecosystem

At Teknopark İstanbul, Turkey: The center has an indoor area of 15,000 square meters with 5000 square meters of laboratory facilities

Kordsa Company prepreg (thermoset and thermoplastic) production facility and sandwich panel manufacturing for aircraft interiors

Kordsa Company R&D Center

Sabancı University MSc and PhD programs: A new PhD Program in the center: Manufacturing Engineering Doctoral Program
15 Faculty Members of Various Disciplines (MAT, ME, EE, MS),

90 open office area for graduate students, engineers and postdoctoral researchers

5 incubation environment

2 meeting room and a conference hall

2 classrooms (classroom space for the execution of professional programs)

 Laboratories:
• Wet Chemistry Laboratory
• Material Characterization Laboratory
• Polymer Processing Laboratory
• Micro Nano Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing Laboratory
• Unconventional and Robotic based Manufacturing Laboratory
• Advanced Composite Laboratory
• Mechanical Characterization, Nondestructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory
• Clean Room
• Autoclave
• Multiscale & Multiphysics Computational Mechanics Laboratory
  Material Characterization Laboratory   Mechanical Test and Structural Health & Monitoring Laboratory   Polymer Processing Laboratory
1 ± 250kN Capacity Fatigue Test Machine Model 8803
1 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) 1 Twin-screw extruder+ Pelletizer
2 ± 250kN , 2000Nm Capacity Multi Axis 8853 (Schenk Design) Fatigue Test Machine
2 Stereo Microscopes 3 100kN Electromechanical Test System (Extended Hydraulic grips) 2 Yüksek kayma gerilimli ile kompond hazırlama (Gelimat)
3 Metal Mikroskop 4 Drop Tower Impact System 3 Mini Enjeksiyon Kalıplama Cihazı
4 Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) 5 Charly 4U 163807 Specimen Preperation Machine for ınstron 4 Micro Film-Blowing Extruder
6 4 Channel Acoustic Emission System Based On PCI-2 Board
5 Simultaneous Thermal Analysis (TGA/DSC) 5 Mini Extruder + Pelletizer
7 DIC Dijital Görüntü İşleme
6 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) 40 N 8 Thermography 6 Titroline 7000
7 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) 10 N 9 İzod / Charpy Darbe Test Cihazı 7 Titroline 7500 KF / TM 235 KF
10 Vötsch İklimlendirme Kabini
8 High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) 8 Titronic 300
11 4 Adet Instron Chamber
9 TwinDrive Reometer 12 National Instrument PXIe-1075 9 Plastik Kırma Makinası
10 High-Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry (HPDSC) 13 Micron Optics Interrogator 10 VISCOMETER
14 Yokogawa Optic Spectrum Analyzer
11 Flash Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Flash DSC) 11 Hassas Terazi (x2)
15 Fibotec Laser Source
12 Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA) 16 Thorlabs Laser Source 12 Mini Extruder
13 Analytical Balances 17 Yokogawa Optical Time Domain Reflectometer 13 Dikey Karıştırıcı (x2)
18 100 KN Electromechanical Test Sytsem
14 Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) 14 Manyetik Karıştırıcı (x2)
19 Instron Video Ekstansometer
15 Liguid Choromatography 15 Moisture/solids Analyzer
20 Instron Bi-Axial Ekstansomters
16 Thermal Constant Analyser 21 Instron Clip-On Ekstansometers 16 Balon ısıtıcı+kontrolör
17 Otomatik Extraction Cihazı 22 Epsilon Deflactomer 17 Reçine karıştırıcı (ROSS)
18 HDT/VICAT Test Cihazı 23 Epsilon Bi-Axial Ekstansometer
24 Instron LVDT
19 Drop Shape Analysis 25 Instron Alignment Cells
20 Tensiometer 26 RDP LVDT
27 Instron Daq Box
  Wet Chemisty Laboratory   Advanced Composite Fabrication Laboratory   Additive Manufacturing Laboratory
1 RTM 1 1 Lasertech 65 3D(ø 650 × 560) Hybrid Laser Deposition and Machining System DMG MORI
1 Semi-automatic Grinding and Polishing Machine 2 RTM 2 2 EOS M290 (250 x 250 x 325 mm) Laser-sintering system for metal powder
2 Gas Chromatography ( GC) 3 Hot Press (MSE) 500 TON 1.3mX1.3m 3 Electro Sprayin Machine
3 Yatay Fırın , Döner Fırın 4 Vacuum Pump (LC60) 4 Markforged Mark One 3D Composite Printer
4 Microweave Furnace, Derin Dondurucu 5 Vacuum Pump (LC60) 5 Sanding Machine Chamber SK1000
6 Vacuum Pump (RC8D) 6 Band Saw Machine Kesmak KSY 400x600
5 Hassas Terazi (x3)
7 Vacuum Pump (RC8D) 7 Heat Treatment Oven Nabertherm N41/H
6 Ultrasonic Cleaner 8 Vacuum Pump (RC8D)
7 Furnaces, Ovens, Vacum oven 9 Infusion/Heat Table 1
8 Viscosimeter 10 Infusion/ Heat Table 2
9 Vacuum Mixer 11 Kalıp şartlandırıcı (GWK)   Clean Room, Autoclave
12 Tezgahüstü Elektrospin Sistemi-1 1 Autoclave ASC (3mX1.5m 20 Bar- 400°C)
10 pH.mV Temp S/N 052463
13 Kalıp şartlandırıcı (Wittmann 140) 2 Zünd Ply Cutter
11 Buz kırıcı 14 Kalıp şartlandırıcı (Wittmann 180) 3 Ultrasonic Cutter
12 Magnetik Karıştırıcı (Stirrer) (x15) 15 Laser Heating Device 4 Hot Press 1300mm X 1300mm table 350°C 500 tons
13 VORTEX 3 16 Oven (POL-EKO) 5 Coriolis C1 AFP Automated Fiber Placement machine Thermoset/ Thermoplastic/Dryfabric
17 Laser Tracker (Hexagon)
CENTRIFUGE FIBERLite F14-6250 LE Rotor, Ice Makers Buz Yapma 18 Polyster Spraying Machine
14 Makinesi
15 Sokslet
16 UP400S Ultrasonic Processor
17 Elektrodokuma ve püskürtme sistemi   Robotic and Unconventional Machining Laboratory
18 Freeze-drier 1 5 Axis Machininh Robot 2.5MX2.5M
19 Yoğunluk terazisi 2 WaterJet Routing Robot (55K psi- 3750bar) 2.5MX2.5M
20 Balon ısıtıcı (x2) 3 Polymer Additive 3d Manufacturing Robot
21 Su saflaştırıcı
22 Liquid chromatography mass spectrometer
23 Buzdolabı (x2) MultiScale & Multifunctional Computational Mechanics
  Laboratory
1 HPC System