Custom Built Systems

Rockland Research Corporation specializesin the design and manufacture of equipment tailored to custom applications.

Walker Module for SpectroscopyOur longhistory of high pressure system design and the knowledge of research techniquesand methodology allows for a product that will meet all of your experimentationneeds. The TAP98 system we built is just one example of this Rockland Researchingenuity.  We have built many pressesand multi-anvils to fit non-standard experimentation envelopes.

The Walker module for spectroscopy: we haveactually designed and manufactured several different devices for beamlineresearch.  In the slide show you can seea Walker module with a bare aluminum shield (not blue) that had a 10 mm holecentered on the outside diameter of the stress ring. This was a special devicebuilt for Dr David Walker to perform Epithermal Neutron Resonance Spectroscopyat the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in England.

The intention of this research was to allowcalibration of thermocouples at very high pressures, which has never been donebefore. The same device also has beam ports 35 degrees off of the vertical axisintended for X-ray diffraction work with the press and module placed in thebeamline horizontally. The device is currently being used at the DaresburyLaboratory in England.1000 Metric Ton Custom Built Press

We have also built a split-ring Walkermodule called T25 for the Argonne National Laboratory which allows the X-raybeam to enter on the horizontal axis. This device has been used successfullyfor many experiments at the Advanced Photon Source (APS)  over the last several years.

We are currently working on several otherdevices for beamline research. One is a large deformation DIA device named ZIAwhich we are building for Los Alamos National Laboratory for use in the TAPLUS2000 press at the Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center.  Another project currently under constructionis a split-ring cubic multi anvil module which allows beam access on thehorizontal axis, and we have also begun working on a split-ring hybrid (6/8)module for the Advanced Photon Source which is intended for very high pressureresearch (greater than 40 GPa).

Finally we have built several D.DIA(Deformation DIA) devices for the Lawrence Livermore Lab, Brookhaven Lab,Argonne Lab and the University of California. These are small cubic devices with beamline access on the horizontalplane with the additional ability to independently operate hydraulic cylinderson the Z axis for deformation research.