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U K ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY

Invitation to tender for the supply and maintenance of a microhardness tester

Laboratory EquipmentCPV 38500000
ValueValue not published
Awarded1 Mar 2019
Published15 Feb 2019
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

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The brief

UKAEA is constructing a new facility, the Materials Testing Laboratory, to test advanced materials for use in fusion power or other extreme environments.

As part of this facility we require a microhardness tester for our research.

The basic performance parameters of the microhardness tester are set out below: 1.

Range of applied loads between at least 0.1 to 1kg.

2.

Translatable table with excellent stage resolution and positioning accuracy.

3.

Suitable for range of material hardnesses: Machine will be used a range of materials including copper and tungsten metal alloys as well as ceramic materials.

Please see attached documents for further information.

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