Services

We offer the following services:

Metallography and microanalysis

• Micrograph preparation
• Light and electron microscopy (LiMi, SEM, FIB-SEM)
• Digital image analysis
• Chemical composition (EDX, OES)
• Computer tomography (CT)
• X-ray diffraction (XRD)
• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF)
• Infrared spectroscopy (IR)
• Electrochemical corrosion testing
• Salt spray test

Mechanical material testing

• Hardness test
• Tensile test
• Impact and tearing test
• Fatigue test, uniaxial and multiaxial
• Short-term strength to fatigue strength (LCF-VHCF)
• Temperature, corrosion and hydrogen environment
• Torsion, rotating bending and alternating bending test
• Short-term test procedure and statistical evaluation
• Electro-mechanical, servo-hydraulic, resonance and ultrasonic testing systems
• Furnaces, temperature, climate and corrosion chambers

Metrological condition monitoring

• Extensometer, video extensometer
• Digital image correlation (DIC)
• Camera and thermal camera systems
• Direct current and alternating current potential probes (DCPD, ACPD)
• Barkhausen noise
• Eddy current testing
• Acoustic emission
• High-frequency impulse measurement

Evaluation of lifetime and damage tolerance

• Influence of defects on performance (Effects of defects)
• Process-structure-property interactions
• Determination of (remaining) service life

Material modeling and simulation

Consulting and failure analysis

In addition to research and development (R&D) contracts, we offer acceptance tests and expert opinions.