Laboratory and test equipment – highlights

Our close relationship in terms of both personnel and infrastructure with the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) of Technische Universität Dresden gives us access to a unique collection of machines and test equipment. This enables us to offer a full spectrum of services ranging from fundamental material characterization and substructure testing right through to the multi-axial testing of complex systems.

Material testing and characterization

Static and dynamic test equipment
Mono- and multi-axial fatigue testing equipment
Impact and crash testing equipment
Test benches for durability analysis
Test benches for abrasion and wear analysis
Measurement of material hardness
Determination of density and fibre volume content of fibre-polymer composites
Thermogravimetrical analysis (TGA)
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)
Dynamic load thermomechanical analysis (DLTMA)
Viscosity measurement and rheological analysis
Determination of melt flow index
Measurement of textile reinforcement permeability
Computer tomography (including structures under loading)
Optical and electron microscopy
Scanning acoustic microscopy
Surface measurement with the aid of a laser profilometer

Subcomponent and assembly testing

Drop tower
Various temperature and climate chambers
Test benches for rotors of various sizes
Test bench for analysis of vibration and acoustics
Modal analysis
Computer tomography equipment
High-frequency shakers
Electrodynamic shakers
Test benches for tribological analysis
Thermography
Mobile and stationary ultrasound measuring equipment with air and water coupling
Optical and tactile 3D coordinate and geometry measuring technology
High-speed cameras

Drop tower

Bespoke test benches

Working in cooperation with the ILK, we are able to provide any special testing methods or equipment you require by refining existing methods or developing and building bespoke test benches. Our references include: