Investigation of Mechanical Characteristics

Universal testing machine Zwick 1476 (year of manufacture 1993, modernization 2010)

• Tensile testing at room temperature (DIN EN ISO 6892-1)
• Tensile testing up to 1000 °C in air (DIN EN ISO 6892-2)
• Individual testing with freely programmable process (load, elongation, temperature)
• 4 load cells for maximal forces of 200 N, 1 kN, 10 kN and 100 kN (annually calibrated)
• Measurement of elongation with videoextensometer (Limess, RtSS, annually calibrated) or traverse (annually calibrated, with deformation correction)
• Analysis of local deformations with software Vic 2D

High temperature testing machine Zwick 1488 (year of manufacture 1996)

• Tensile testing up to 1500 °C in inert atmosphere (Ar, vacuum) on the basis of DIN EN ISO 6892-2
• Individual testing with freely programmable process (load, elongation, temperature)
• Load cell for maximal force of 10 kN (annually calibrated)
• Measurement of elongation with extensometer for high temperatures MAYTEC PMA-13/2/V5 (annually calibrated) or traverse (annually calibrated, with deformation correction)

inspectTable 100 (Hegewald und Peschke) (year of manufacture 2009)

• Compression testing at room temperature on the basis of DIN 50106 (dense materials) and DIN 50134 (cellular materials)
• 3- and 4-point bending tests on the basis of DIN EN 843-1 with distances between supports from 20 mm to 300 mm
• Individual testing with freely programmable process (load, elongation)
• 2 load cells for maximal forces of 5 kN and 100 kN (annually calibrated)
• Measurement of elongation with videoextensometer (Limess, RtSS, annually calibrated) or traverse (annually calibrated, with deformation correction)
• Analysis of local deformations with software Vic 2D

RFDA System 23, version 6.3.0. of IMCE (year of manufacture 2006)

Testing procedure

• Non-destructive testing method
• Measurement of resonance frequency and its decay after short mechanical input
• Determination of Youngs and shear modulus, Poisson ratio and damping without micro plasticity
• Appropriate for dense and cellular materials

Damping und Youngs modulus

• Rectangular block specimen : length ≠ width  ≠ high
• 30mm ≤ length ≤ 200 mm
• length ≥ 2 × width
• lateral faces rectangular and smooth (dense materials: milled or ground)  

Shear modulus and Poisson ratio

• similar to flexural testing, additional:
• 60 mm ≤ length ≤ 200 mm
• 30 mm ≤ width ≤ 100 mm
• height ≤ 0,5 × width  

Best results can be reached for specimen which have a geometry in the middle of the tolerance like 100×50×7 mm³. Different geometries may be possible.