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Materials testing

MESSPHYSIK Beta 200-4/6x16 - static tensile, compression and flexure testing machine (200 kN) with laserspeckle and video extensiometer

LOSENHAUSEN 15/30 - instrumented impact testing machine (150/300 J)

ZWICK 5113E - impact testing machine (7.5 - 50 J)

GNEHM Swissmax 300 - universal hardness testing machine

ZWICK ZHU 187.5 - universal hardness testing machine

GNEHM Rocky 2000 - Rockwell hardness testing machine

SHIMADZU HMV2 - microhardness testing machine

QATM Qness Q60M EVO - microhardness testing machine

ERICHSEN sheet metal tester Model 102 - deep drawing and cupping testing machine

CTS C-70/600 - climate chamber

Non destructive testing

KRAUTKRÄMER USM35 - ultrasonic testing device

KRAUTKRÄMER USN52 - ultrasonic testing device

KRAUTKRÄMER USD15 - ultrasonic testing device

HOCKING Phasec 2s - eddy current testing device

Microscopy

TESCAN Vega LMU2 - scanning electron microscope (SEM)

OXFORD XSight - energydispersive X-ray system (EDX)

LEICA DCM 3D - confocal microscope

HORIBA XploRA plus - raman microscope

OLYMPUS BX53 - metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera

OLYMPUS BX53 - metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera

OLYMPUS GX53 - inverted metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera

LEICA DM2500M - metallographic microscope with 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and 1000-times magnification, digital camera

MOTIC SMZ168 - stereo microscope with 7.5-, 10-, 20-, 30-, 40- and 50-times magnification, digital camera

OLYMPUS SZ61 - stereo microscope with 6.7- up to 45-times magnification, digital camera

Plastics processing

FRIMO EcoForm 40/55 - laboratory thermoforming machine

ILLIG LDFG 23S - laboratory thermoforming machine

LANGZAUNER LZ-SO 02 - diaphragm device

LANGZAUNER LZT-OK-220-L - laboratory parallel plate mould

ALPINE HOSOKAWA - laboratory blown film line

COLLIN E20Mx25 L/D - singe screw extruder

COLLIN E25Ex30D - singe screw extruder

COLLIN FB40-3-5 - multilayer feedblock

COLLIN CR 136/350 - chill roll flat film line

COLLIN 200E - laboratory parallel plate mould

BATTENFELD - pipe extrusion line

LEISTRITZ ZSE 27 MAXX - co-rotating twin screw compounder

Plastics welding devices:  heat element welding, heat element socket welding, hot gas welding, extrusion welding, pipe welding

Plastics rheology

GÖTTFERT Rheograph 6000 - triple barrel high pressure capillary rheometer

GÖTTFERT Rheotens - melt tensile testing machine

ZWICK Mflow - extrusion plastometer

Surface technology

CSM Revetest Xpress+ - scratch tester

KRÜSS DSA30 - drop shape analyser (contact angle measuring system)

KRÜSS TC20 - high temperature chamber for DSA30

KRÜSS DO3241 - high temperature dosing unit for DSA30

BYK GARDNER cross cut tester with 1, 2 and 3 mm blade distance

BYK GARDNER micro-TRI-gloss - gloss measuring unit

BYK GARDNER cylindrical mandrel tester - adhesion testing device

BYK GARDNER mechanical cupping tester - adhesion testing device

MITUTOYO Surftest SJ201P - surface roughness tester

ERICHSEN CorroCompact 616 - salt spray tester

IVIUM Vertex One - potentiostat instrument

Thermal analysis

METTLER TOLEDO DSC 3 - dynamic differential scanning calorimeter

METTLER TOLEDO DMA/SDTA861e - dynamic mechanical analysis

Metallurgy and heat treatment techniques

STRUERS materialographic preparation system (LaboTom-3, LaboPress-1, TegraPol-30, TegraForce-30, TegraDoser ...)

STRUERS LectroPol-5 - electrolytical etching and polishing unit

BÄHR DIL 805 A/D - quenching and deformation dilatometer

HOFMANN HT1600 - high temperature controlled atmosphere furnace (max. 1600 °C)

HOFMANN AN1200 - chamber furnace (max. 1200 °C)

NABERTHERM LH120/12 - chamber furnace (max. 1200 °C)

HOFMANN quenching tanks - oil, polymer solution, water

DURFERRIT STA18/30 - salt bath furnace

BÖHLER experimental ESR facility

mini experimental ESR facility

Coating technology

RÜBIG PACVD 40/60 - unit for plasma assisted chemical vapour deposition

IEPCO Peenmatic 630 - blast cleaning units

Material characterisation

SPECTRO GDA ALPHA - glow discharge optical emission spectroscope with HF-source

BRUKER D8 Advance - X-ray diffraction and elemental analysis system

THERMO SCIENTIFIC Nicolet iS50 FT-IR - infra red spectrometer