Materials and components laboratory

In order to determine the functional safety, design strength and service life with a view to determining and increasing the quality of the products, we carry out static and dynamic tests on original components and models for you reliably and confidentially in our materials and components laboratory in strict compliance with standardized test procedures and technical rules. The test laboratories are accredited in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018.

In the field of materials testing, we carry out mechanical-technological tests. This includes the following services in detail:

MATERIALS LABORATORY

  • Testing of hardness, notched impact strength as well as tensile/compressive and flexural strength on raw materials, semi-finished products, finished components and weld seams.
  • Analysis and determination of the elemental composition of materials (spectral analysis and EDX).
  • *Roughness measurements
  • Fractographic investigations and heat treatment of test parts
  • *Preparation of expert reports and assessment of damage cases

*these examinations are not part of the accreditation

CONSTRUCTION PARTS LAB

  • Fatigue strength and endurance strength tests
  • Single and multi-stage tests, also under the influence of temperature
  • Wöhler tests according to DIN 50100
  • Horizon and string of pearls method
  • *Dynamic tests on screws
  • *Dynamic load tests on components and friction tests on moving components
  • *Friction wear tests
  • *Tensile, compressive and bending stress even at temperatures up to 480° C
  • *Tests on rails

*these examinations are not part of the accreditation

EQUIPMENT OF TEST LABORATORIES, etc.

  • Leica M80 stereomicroscope with imagic image processing software
  • Reflected light microscope Jenaplan
  • Object micrometer with DKD calibration
  • High-frequency pulsator with temperature chamber
  • Tensile-compression testing machine up to 1000 kN static
  • Servo-hydraulic testing systems with mobile individual test cylinders (dynamic up to 450 kN, static up to 580 kN)
  • Circulating bending fatigue test (also with medium or temperature)
  • Strain and temperature measurement on the component
  • Clamping field for flexible test setups