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    The University of South Carolina
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    2C02, Swearingen Engineering Center
    301 South Main Street
    Columbia, SC 29208

    Ph 803.777.4181
    Fax 803.777.8265

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    Columbia, SC

Thanasis D. Papathanasiou

Associate Professor


Image Analysis System
      • Olympus BX-50 reflected light microscope
      • Prior X-Y-Z motorized stage with auto-focus
      • VideoScope 200E camera
      • SimplePCI image analysis software
Allied High Tech, TechCut unit
Allied High Tech, MultiPrep unit
Leistritz Twin Screw Extruder
  • 18 mm co-rotating screws
  • 8 heating zones, 7 cooling zones
  • L/D: 40
  • 500 rpm maximum rotation speed
  • 2 x 20 N.m maximum torque
  • 140 bar maximum melt pressure
Hakke Polydrive batch mixer
  • 132 rpm maximum rotation speed
  • 480°C maximum temperature
  • 130 N.m maximum torque
Computers
  • Microway Alpha cluster, 8 nodes, each with single Alpha 21164 CPU, master node has 1GB RAM, Super StackII 3300 24 UTP fast switch
  • Two Precision 330 workstations, each with Pentium IV 1.7G Hz CPU and 2GB RAM
Swearingen Engineering Center • Columbia, SC 29208 • 803.777.4177 • webmaster@engr.sc.edu