Equipment
Mechanical Testing
- Universal testing machines (50 N, 2.5 kN, 10 kN, 100 kN with thermal chamber, 400 kN) - static testing
- Servo-hydraulic testing machines (40 kN, 63 kN with thermal chamber, 100 kN, 250 kN) - cyclic testing
- Vibration tests, torque-bias test, and pressure simulations
- Drop tower (impact energy up to 20 J)
- Hexapod test facility (dynamic test facility for testing multi-axially loaded structures, up to 500 kN)
- Instrumented Charpy or Izod impact test
- Shore hardness, (A, D)
Nondestructive testing
- Digital image correlation (DIC)
- Acoustic emission testing (AE)
- Thermography (infrared camera)
- Ultrasonic testing
- X-Ray
Analysis and thermal analysis
- Rheometer and DMA (DMA- TA Ares RDA III)
- Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) - Testing in tension, bending, and compression mode possible
- Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
- Impedance analyzer for measuring electrical conductivity
- Raman spectroscopy
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Thermal conduction (Xenon Flash)
Microscopy
- Light microscopy (differential interference contrast, photoelasticity)
- Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with EDX setup (120kV and 250 kV)
- Scanning electron microscope (SEM) with EDX setup
Manufacturing and processing
- Prepreg autoclave process
- Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM)
- Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion (VARI)
- Heating press
- Kneader with dosing system
- Injection moulding machine
- Extruder
- Three roll mil
- Impregnation roll mill
- Sonification
- Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) reactors
