Equipment
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