This furnace was designed and built by Oxy-Gon Industries (https://oxy-gon.com) at the direction of APS and ANL-NE scientists through a lab-funded LDRD project.  It provides the ability to heat activated samples while also pulling them in uniaxial tension.  It is compatible with high-energy x-ray experiments at APS beamline 1-ID-E. Tension is provided by an MTS 15kN load frame which this can be attached to as an insert.  Limited sample rotation through an in-grip rotation is also possible.

Reference:   iRadMat: A thermo-mechanical testing system for in situ high-energy X-ray characterization of radioactive specimens; X Zhang, C Xu, L Wang, Y Chen, M Li, JD Almer, E Benda, P Kenesei, A. Mashayekhi, J.S. Park and F. Westferro, Review of Scientific Instruments, 88 (1), 2017.