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collaboration with international agencies and from
self income generation, TIRDO has facilities which
are in good physical condition, acquired more equipment
and instruments which are effectively used to develop
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The following is a list of some equipment and instruments
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Food
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Available equipment and instruments for laboratory investigations include microscopes, autoclaves, furnaces, refractometer, laminar flow, distilling unit, incubators, dispensers, and micropipettes. The available facilities enables, TIRDO to carry out food and microbiology analyses covering water, meat, fish, vegetables and fruits. |
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Agrotechnology
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The division has state of art equipment and instruments to carry out inorganic and organic chemical analysis of various substances. The items available include High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS), De-ionizer, and Nitrogen Determination unit, Infrared Spectrometers, UV/VIS Spectrophotometer and Kjeldahl Digestion Assembly.
The available facilities enables TIRDO to carry out chemical tests of liquid and solid samples such as petroleum products, animal feeds, industrial effluents and heavy metals.. |
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Energy
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Most of instruments used by the division are portable kits to carry out energy analysis and environmental studies. The instruments include flue gas analyzer, sound meter, pollution detector kits for gases, electrical power quality analyzer, temperature kits, Dust sampler, lux meter (light intensity) and conducting & TDS meter. |
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Materials
Science and Technology |
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The division has sufficient equipment to carry out basic services and such equipment include universal testing machine, hardness tester, impact tester, metallurgical microscopes, gamma projectors, X-ray machines, ultrasonic testing machine for metals and non metallic materials, mobile Non Destructive Testing (NDT) laboratory and radiation meters. |
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Information
Technology, Instrumentation and Computers |
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The
Information Technology unit at TIRDO has over
30 personal computers and peripherals. Twenty-one
are connected to the World Wide Web and form
a local area network. Researchers and other
staff are allowed to use the computers at
any time and Management assists by acquiring
technical software, training etc. The computers
are used for information searching, word processing,
accounting, data analysis and data banking. |
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Machine
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Machine shop has TIG, MIG/MAG welding machines, gas welding equipment, bending and rolling machines, shearing machine, pillar and bench drill, milling machine, surface and cylindrical grinders, tool and cutter machine. The workshop is capable of welding non ferrous materials like aluminum, cast iron and stainless steel. Further, the available surface and cylindrical grinders make TIRDO workshop among the few machine shops which can produce quality products. |
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The wood workshop is equipped with machines such as crosscut machine, thickness planner, saw bench, mortiser, tenoner, vertical spindle moulder, sander and bandsaw which are used for training on manufacturing quality wood products like computer desk, cabinets, ceiling repair and installation, countertop, window and screen fabrication and assembly of manufactured furniture. |
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