OUR SOLUTION:
INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN WITH FUTURE-ORIENTED MATERIALS
We are specialists in innovative material solutions that go far beyond the usual standards. Our focus is to develop materials that combine seemingly incompatible properties. These properties include, for example, electrical conductivity, temperature resistance, wear resistance, and many more.
Our contribution creates space for creative further development.
HFM®️
COMO®️ 4-350 HWL
HEL®️55
AR®️25
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
We have excellently equipped quality and development laboratories to test your product to the most modern and highest standards.
Powder analysis
- Particle size distribution using a light spectrometer
- Sieve fractions by means of sieve analysis
- Flow velocity
- Filling density
- Compressibility
- Dimensional change behavior
- Green bending strength
Mechanical-technological testing
- Macro hardness measurements according to HB, HV, HRA, HRB, and HRC
- Microhardness measurements (“nanoindentation”)
- Hot hardness measurements
- Hot compressive strength
- Three-point bending test
- Radial breaking strength
- Tensile test
- In-house specimen production
Wear testing
- Bicycle brake test stand
- High-temperature sliding wear test rig (SRV)
- RIG test 1 (determination of valve seat ring and valve wear) cars
- RIG test 2 (determination of valve seat ring and valve wear) Truck
- RIG test 3 (determination of valve guide and valve wear)
Metallography
- Fully equipped metallography laboratory for sample preparation
- Scanning electron microscope with EDX
- Laser microscope
- Various digital optical microscopes
- Gravimetric / optical wear measurement
- Topographic analyses (incl. roughness)
- Optical porosity and phase fraction determination
- Optical particle size measurement
- Optical layer thickness measurement
- Density measurement
- Oil content measurement
Chemical analyses
- Glow discharge mass spectrometry (GDMS)
- Oxygen and nitrogen measurement
- Carbon and sulphur measurement
- Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX)
Thermal analysis
- Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- Dilatometer measurements
- Thermal structural stability
- Thermal conductivity (LFA)
X-ray testing
- Non-destructive testing of sintered components for pores and defects using X-rays
- Dimensional and surface testing
Various measuring machines for exact determination of component dimensions
- Length
- Diameter
- Contour
- Roughness
- Angle
- Radius
- Shape
Other
- Measurement of electrical conductivity
- Cleanliness analysis