This
centre aims at providing a universal platform to underpin
University’s teaching and industrial-based activities
that are used to promote product testing and analysis
(PTA) technology for product design and development. In
this Centre, it equips many up-to-date product testing
facilities (destructive and non-destructive) such as MTS
tensile, compressive and torsional testing machines for
both static and dynamic strength measurements, infrared
camera and ultrasound detectors. A temperature controlled
chamber is also installed in one of these machines to
provide a complete mechanical property measurement of
structural materials at different temperature ranges.
A free fall (drop test) machine is also placed inside
the Centre from investigating impact properties of products.
A new product analysis room is also built to conduct virtual
testings of products at the upstream product design process.
Unlike other laboratories and centres in the University,
this centre will be run proactively, in which the centre
would participate in local and international events by
providing technical and knowledge supports. Moreover,
this centre will also organize training courses in PTA
to the students and industrialists annually.