RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
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The infrastucture is distributed in an area of 1000 m² of the Institute and 4000 m² of Quimlab Quimica
A) Polymer processing equipment
Monofilament extruder with 16 mm thread and 5 heating zones
Extruder of monofilament with 20 mm thread and 6 heating zones
Multifilament extruder with 16 mm thread and 5 heating zones and 3 drawing zones
5 position winding machine
Set of 3 drawing quintets mounted in thermostatic bath
Set of 3 drawing quintets mounted in tunnel of hot air
Calender machine with rollers heated to 150ºC
Plastic injection machine
Blown film, tapes, billets and tubes extruders
Pelletizers of up to 10 monofilaments
Grinding mill for recycling
Polymerization plant with production capacity of 5 kg of polymer / hour
Film laminating machine
Some equipment:
Styling line in thermostatic bath
Fiber winding and drawing line
Multifilament Extruder 
30 Ton Injector
Film laminating machine
B) Polymer chacterization equipment
Infrared Spectrophotometer Varian 640IR
Spectrophotometer UV-VIS Cary 50
X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrophotometer Epsilon 3-XL
Perkin Elmer 7300DV Atomic Emission Spectrophotometer
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer Varian 220FS
GC-MS Chromatograph Varian Saturn 2100T
Chromatograph FID Varian CP 3800
GPC IR Waters Chromatograph
Ions Waters Chromatograph
Shimadzu DSC 60 Calorimeter
Instron Plastometer
Dynamometer for traction test EMIC
Brookfield Viscometer
Digital Density Meter Anton Paar DMA48
Motic Fiber Analyzer Microscope
Buchi Nitrogen Distiller and Distiller
Metrohm 751 GPD Titrator
Fafegraph single-fibre tensile tester
Vibromat Denier tester
Schott capillary viscometer
Some equipment:
GC-MS Chromatograph Varian Saturn 2100T
ICP Perkin Elmer 7300 DV Spectrophotometer
Spectrophotometer Epsilon 3-XL X-Ray Fluorescence 
Infrared Spectrophotometer Varian 640IR
Fiber analyzer Fafegraph Textechno
Vibromat Textechno Danier Tester
Shimadzu DSC 60 Calorimeter
C) Technical Collection
NIST Library with 200,000 Mass Spectra
Aldrich Library with 20,000 FTIR Spectra
Aldrich Library with 2000 Polymer FTIR Spectra
Collection of technical books with 3000 titles
D) Mechanical workshop
The Institute also has an electro-mechanical workshop so that scholarship holders and their researchers can perform services, manufacture parts and repair equipment. Among the available equipment are lathe, bench, bench drills, circular saw, tape saw, electric welder, electric TIG welder, oxy-acetylene torch, 20T hydraulic press, column drill, magnetic base drill, sandblast booth and so on...
E) Pilot Plant for Recycling and Production of Superabsorbent Polymer
Located within the industrial area of Radicifibras in the city of São José dos Campos (SP), IGTPAN has a pilot plant with a production capacity of 50 tons per month of superabsorbent polymer (SAP) from acrylic waste.
F) Greenhouse laboratory, employing polyacrylonitrile superabsorbent polymers
IGTPAN has greenhouses with and without temperature and humidity control to conduct planting tests using PAN's superabsorbent polymer, HIDROSILO.
It also has a 24,500 m
2 planting field located in São José dos Campos, SP (Brazil) to carry out studies on the application of superabsorbent polymers in various types of vegetables, grains, flowers, grass, and native trees.
