France – Special-purpose machine tools – Acquisition, livraison et installation d’une machine de compression mécanique instrumentée à chaud sous atmosphère contrôlée au sein de l’Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP)

In the framework of its research activities in physical metallurgy, materials science, and the development of advanced metal alloys, the Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP) wishes to acquire an instrumented mechanical compression machine allowing the performance of thermomechanical tests under isothermal conditions and controlled atmosphere on metallic materials and advanced alloys. The equipment will be intended for shaping as well as studying the deformation mechanisms, recrystallization, phase transformations, and thermomechanical behaviors of metallic materials subjected to severe stresses at high temperatures. The equipment must allow the performance of instrumented mechanical compression tests, the independent control of thermal and mechanical parameters, the conduction of high-temperature tests, operation under controlled atmosphere, and the synchronized acquisition of experimental data. The installation must allow hot compression tests over a wide range of thermal, mechanical, and atmospheric conditions and must be designed for intensive use in an academic environment. The contract concerns the supply, installation, commissioning, training, and associated warranty of an instrumented mechanical compression machine allowing the performance of thermomechanical tests at high temperature under controlled atmosphere. The present contract includes at least the acquisition, the minimum technical and functional performance expected of the equipment, delivery ensured by the contractor, installation and commissioning, user training, and contractual warranty and associated support.