Restraint and Safety Systems
Material Analysis
- Determination of the chemical composition of metallic materials (spectral analysis, CS combustion)
Quality Assurance Tests / Conformity of Production
Field Test, Damage Analysis
Development Support/ Homologation Testing
Material Tests
Static Tests and Strength Tests
Macroscopic Tests
- Visual / stereo microscopical assessments of cases of damage and estimation of the additional time and effort for the test
Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Cause of fracture and determining of the fracture mechanism
- Energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX) inc. element distribution models (mapping)
Light Macroscopic Tests
- Creation of sections and structure tests / assessments of all materials and material combinations
- Section preparation and etching / specific etching
- Qualitative and quantitative section evaluation (incident / transmitted light microscope)
- Photographic documentation using digital image processing
Mechanical and Technological Testing
- For static and dynamic material stresses on standardised specimens and complex machine components
- Mechanical specimen processing
Salt Spray Test
- Determining the corrosion resistance of a material or an anti-corrosive coating
Corrosion Protection and Expertise
Tensile tests according to specifications (EG, ECE, FMVSS, ADR)
Dynamic Tests of Front, Side and Rear impact on vehicle structure