| Mechanical Testing |
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Hexapod
jarring tests, torque-bias tests, compression tests
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Impact Test Apparatus in Bending Mode, CEAST Pendulum 6546/000
Impact Testing according to Charpy or Izod, notched or unnotched Specimen, Measurement of Penetration Power, Recording of Energy vs. Time
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Servohydraulic Testing Machine (up to 100 kN; up to 63 kN with Climate Chamber)
Force-, deformation- or straincontrolled, Dynamic Tests with increasing Loads, Dynamic Fatigue Testing, Measurements of Hysteresis Behavior, Component Testing, Testing under controlled Climate Conditions, Computeraided Execution of Tests
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| Determination of Shorehardness, (A& D) |
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Multi-purpose testing machine (50N to 400kN) with thermochamber
tensile-, compression-, bend-, component-tests, energy release rate GIc and GIIc (laminate), creep-, relaxation-, growth- and peel-tests, computer-based evaluation and control
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Deformation measurement
optically via digital video camera, digital image processing software VEDDAC (Kieselstein)
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| Microscopy |
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Fieldemission Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
with EDX-Unit
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| Optical Microscopes |
| Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), also Nanoindentation |
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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
with EDX-Unit (120kV and 250 kV)
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| Ultra-cut Microtom |
| Analysys and Thermoanalysis |
| Differential Scanning Calometry (DSC) |
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Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis
Testing Mode: Tension, Bending and Compression (GABO Eplexor 500 N)
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| Impedance Analysis for Conductivity Measurements |
| Raman-spectroscopy |
| Rotational Rheometer and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA- TA Ares RDA III) |
| Real Time Thermographic Imaging System |
| Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) |
| Nondestructive Testing |
| X-ray radiography |
| Thermo camera / thermography |
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Ultrasound C-scan
Analysis of laminate plates concerning pores and delamination
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| Production and Machining |
| Autoclaves for production of fibre-reinforced composites |
| CVD-Reactor for producing "CVD-grown CNTs" |
| Three Roll Mills |
| Extruder (single- and twin-screw system) |
| Heating presses |
| Kneader with dosing-unit |
| Krätschmer-generator for producing "ARC-grown CNTs" |
| RTM-device for producing fibre-reinforced composites |
| Sonificator |
| Injection moulding machine |
| Computer Equipment |
| 5 HP Workstations + Compute-Server (J5000 1GB RAM) |
| several PC and accessories for result-documentation |
| FEM-simulations (MARC/Mentat, ANSYS), CAD-software |
| combined Unix-Linux-Windows network |