Rates for Lab Tests

New RATES OF USPCAS-E LAB SERVICES (Applicable from 15th October, 2021)

S.No.	Name of equipment	Rates for Students/Faculty/External (PKR)	Rates for Commercial (PKR)
Materials Characterization Lab
1	Scanning Electron Microscope	1400	3000
2	EDX	1800	7200
3	X-Ray Diffractometer	3000	7200
4	Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)	1200	3000
4	DSC below 0C	2000	5000
5	Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer upto 600C	1200	3000
6	TGA upto 600C	1200	3000
6	Additional charges in case of each 100C rise above 600C	100	240
7	SDT upto 600C	1200	3000
7	Additional charges in case of aach 100C rise above 600C	100	1000
8	Carbon coating	500	2400
9	Au Sputter coater per 5 sample	1500	2400
Photovoltaics Lab
1	UV/Vis/NIR	500	1000
2	FTIR	500	1000
3	Solar simulator	2000	3000
4	Solar Cell Quantum efficiency measurement	2000	3000
5	LCR meter	500	2000
6	Glove Box per hour	1000	2000
7	Pyranometer (per day)	500	1000
Mechanics of Materials Lab
1	UTM	1200	2500
2	Impact tester	1000	2000
3	Master/Zeta Sizer	1500	3000
4	Optical profilometer	1000	5000
5	Probe Sonicator	500	1000
6	Universal Hardness Tester	1000	2000
Materials Synthesis Lab
1	Abrasive Cutting	500	1000
2	Precision Cutting	800	1600
3	Mounting press	500	1000
4	Rough Polishing	800	1400
5	Fine polishing	800	1500
6	Spin coating Machine	1000	2000
7	Desktop Centrifuge	800	1600
8	Tube furnace	2500	2500
9	Inverted metallurgical microscope	500	1000
10	Planetary ball mill	400	800
11	Ultrasonic cleaning bath	200	400
Energy Storage and Conversion Lab
1	Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)	4000	4000
2	Muffle Furnace	2000	2000
3	Vacuum Mixer and vibrator	500	500
4	Heated Rolling Press Machine	500	500
5	Film Coater /Dr Blade Machine	500	500
6	8 Channel Coin Cell Battery Tester and Analyzer (per hour)	1000	500
7	Vacuum Drying Oven per hour	200	1000
8	Viscometer	500	1000
9	Portable Gases Flow Meter	500	500
10	Battery Internal Resistance Meter	500	500
11	Potentiostat/Galvanostat	1500	3000
12	Fuel Cell Testing Station	10000	10000
Solar Technology Center
1	Visual Inspection Test		1000
2	Flash Test / IV Curve/ Real Power at STC		18000
3	Electroluminescence Imaging (EL Test)		3000
4	UV Preconditioning Test		44000
5	Hail Impact Test		4500
6	Module Breakage Test		3500
7	Wet Leakage Current Test		3000
8	Climatic Chamber (Thermal Cycling and Damp Heat Test)		35000
9	Bypass diode thermal test		2000
10	Insulation Test/ Dielectric Withstand Test		1500
11	Water Spray Test		3500
12	Reverse Current Overload Test		4500
13	Corrosion in artificial Atmosphere/Salt Mist Corrosion Test		25000
14	On-site IV Curve Tracer (per visit max 5 tests)		5000
15	On-site EL Imaging (per visit max 5 images)		5000
16	Impulse Voltage Test		2500
17	Light Induced Degradation Test		20000
Thermal Characterization Lab
1	Bomb calorimeter	1500	3000
2	Thermal constant Analyzer (Room Temperature)	2000	4000
3	Thermal constant Analyzer (Sub Zero Temperature)	3000	6000
3	Thermal constant Analyzer (Sub Zero Temperature)	(Additional 500/test will be charged for tests more than 2)	(Additional 1000/test are charged for tests more than 2)
4	Thermal constant Analyzer (Other then Room Temperature until 200 C)	3000	6000
4		(Additional 500/test will be charged for tests more than 2)	(Additional 1000/test are charged for tests more than 2)
5	Thermal constant Analyzer (Above 200 C)	5000	10000
5	Thermal constant Analyzer (Above 200 C)	(Additional 1000/test will be charged for tests more than 1)	(Additional 2000/test are charged for tests more than 1)
6	Atomic Force Microscope	4000	8000
7	Rheometer	1500	3000
Fuels & Combustion Lab
1	Goniometer + Tensiometer	1050	2100
2	Flue Gas Analyzer (per day)	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
3	Ultrasonic Flowmeter (per day)	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
4	GC-MS	3000	6000
5	Data Acquisition System (DAQ controller, Thermocouples, Humidity Sensors, Air Flow Sensors, Pressure Sensors etc.)	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
Power Plants Lab
1	Engine Test Bed	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
Energy Audit Lab
1	Pressure Calibration Kit (per item per day)	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
2	Temperature Calibration Kit (per item per day)	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
3	Light Meter	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
4	True-RMS HVAC Clamp Meter	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
5	Remote Display True RMS AC/DC Clamp Meter	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
6	iFlex Flexible Current Probe	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
7	Carbon Monoxide Meter	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
8	Leak Detector Flashlight	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
9	Temperature Humidity Meter	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
10	IR Thermometer	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
11	Particle Counter	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevent thermal system laboratory
12	Airflow Meter Kit	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
13	Laser Distance Meter	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory
14	Thermal Imager (IR Camera)	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory	Contact the relevant thermal system laboratory