Optical microscope Carl Zeiss - Jena	Hardness measuring machine “TP 5006”, Rockwell hardness method.	Laboratory Planetary Mill “pulverisette 5” company: “FRITSCH GMBH”. For rapid batchwise grinding down to colloidal fineness (< 1 ?m), dry or in suspension. For mixing and homogenising of emulsions and pastes. Effective capacity up to 4 x 225 ml. Feed size < 10 mm edge length.
Machine for mechanical tests (strength, pressure, torsion) WPM HECKERT, VEB Werkstoffprufmaschinen, Leipzig, Betrieb VEB Werkzeugmaschinen kombinat „Fritz Heckert“.	Tantalum furnace VEB Elektro BAD Frankenhausen 0 – 1200 OC	Rolling machine	"Montasupal 201" a machine for rotary polishing company: VEB Rathenower Optische Werke RATHENOW – DDR/
"Metasinex" - a machine for grinding with cooling. / Company: VEB Rathenower Optische Werke RATHENOW - DDR /			http://www.nanoscan.info Scanning nano-hardness measuring device family "NanoScan" Scanning nano-hardness measuring devices "NanoScan" are designed to study the topography and the structure of surfaces and measurement of mechanical properties (including hardness and elastic modulus) of bulk materials and thin films on the submicron and nanometer scale. Devices "NanoScan" are based on the principles of scanning force microscopy.
Explosion chamber	UHV- tribometer	UHV- tribometer