We are looking for reliable, experienced and conscientious partners, with whom a long-term relationship can be established. Preferably our future partners should be certified to ISO 9001 and be fully experienced in present-day quality management requirements.

In the area of Quality Assurance and innovation projects the following external services in materials testing and analysis are bought in according to demand:

Materials Testing

• FRACTURE TOUGHNESS and CRACK PROPAGATION MEASUREMENT:Determination of fracture toughness, development of crack propagation curves, protective gas or atmosphere, test temperature range -200C to 1000C
  
• TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) AND NANO-ANALYSIS:
  Illustration of microstructure in the nanometre range, orientation measurement, probe preparation
  
• CREEP TESTING
  Producing creep curves, contact-free extension measurement, protective gas or atmosphere, test temperature up to 3000°C
  
• HIGH-TEMPERATURE TENSILE TESTING
  Determination of mechanical properties, protective gas or atmosphere, test temperature up to 3000°C
  
• MERCURY POROSIMETRY ANALYSIS
  Determination of porosity levels (open / closed) in a solid body
  
• SURFACE METROLOGY
  Establishing 3D profiles, determining surface roughness, optical measurement processes (laser interference)
  
• WEAR TESTS
  Determination of coefficient of friction and wear rate, protective gas or atmosphere, ambient temperature up to 700°C

Material Analysis

• Mass spectrometry:- GDMS (Glow discharge mass spectrometry)
  - SIMS (Dynamic Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry)
  - TOF SIMS (Time of flight SIMS)
  - Thermal conductivity measurement
  - ESCA (Electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis)
  - AES (Auger Electron Spectroscopy)
  - EPMA (Electron probe microanalysis)