LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FEATURES

Chemical & Physical Laboratory and bolting technology centre

Chemical laboratory

Hardness test device; Bareiss – DIGI-TEST with test units for

  • Shore A / B / 0
  • Shore D / C / D0
  • Micro IRHD

Digital microscope VHX-7000; KEYENCE with ZOOM lens

  • VH-ZST x200 – x2000
  • VH-ZST x20 – x200
  • VHZ20T x20 – x200

Test equipment for anion evidence

  • Ion Chromatography Ion chromatography system; Dionex (now ThermoFisher) type ICS 1100 with AS22 column, suitable for measuring 7 anions using the autosampler

Thermal analysis

  • DSC – Differential scanning calorimetry; Netzsch Type DSC 200 / Maia  (-170 °C bis +600° C)
  • STA / TG-DSC – Simultaneous thermal analysis – DSC and thermogravimetry; Netzsch type STA / Jupiter (+25 °C to +1550 °C)

Muffle furnaces / lab furnaces

  • Tube furnace with controllable gas supply (up to +900 °C); Heraeus
  • LINN (with controllable flushing gas supply (up to +1200 °C) for investigating burning properties according to DIN 28090-2 and for customer specifications
  • Carbolite (up to +1100 °C) to determine the ash content according to DIN 51903

  • Various drying chambers with and without circulating air; Binder (up to +300 °C)
  • Climatic and cold testing chamber; Espec type PSL – 2 G; Klima Systems (-100 °C to +160 °C and 0 to 100 % relative humidity with time control)
  • Serial Heating block and reflux cooling with 6 heating units, Omnilab

Physical laboratory

Test rigs to determine gasket parameters individual and in accordance to DIN EN 13555

  • Fa. AMTEC I (1000 kN; 400 °C)
  • Fa. AMTEC II (1000 kN; 600 °C)
  • Fa. AMTEC III / Klinger (500 kN; 400 °C)
  • Fa. AMTEC IV (1000 kN; 900 °C)

Leakage detectors to record leakage rates

  • Fa. Leybold I (PHOENIXL 300)
  • Fa. Leybold II (PHOENIXL 300)
  • Fa. Leybold II (PHOENIXL 300)

KEYENCE VL 350 3D-strip light scanner
Fuji-prescale scanner
Fa. Canon FPD-8010E

Universal heating chamber
Fa. Memmert (UFE 400 / 300 °C)

Various small appliances
Presses, temperature and pressure measurement equipment, multimeter, surface roughness measuring device

Bolting technology centre

Vacuum chamber V

Vacuum chamber V = 1 dm3

  •  For leakage measurements at plugs and small gaskets of all kinds

 Vacuum chamber V = 17,5 dm3

  • For leakage measurements on components and flange joints with
    Ø < 260 mm and an overall height of up to 320 mm

Vacuum chamber V = 22,6 dm3

  • For leakage measurements on components and flange joints with 
    Ø < 310 mm and an overall height of up to 300 mm

Vacuum chamber V = 39 dm3

  • For leakage measurements on components and flange joints with 
    Ø < 400 mm and an overall height of up to 300 mm

Vacuum chamber V = 75 dm3

  • For leakage measurements on components and flange joints with 
    Ø < 400 mm and an overall height of up to 600 mm

  • Test setup: flange DN 400 PN 40 form B1, test pressure pmax 100 bar for leakage tests and blow-out tests for large gaskets
  • Flange joints for implantation in our vacuum chambers in various nominal diameters, nominal pressure stages and gasket forms, for soft gaskets, metal-soft material gaskets and metal gaskets
  • Bending rig to simulate additional external loads on pipes for axial forces of up to 80 kN and bending torques of up to 100 kNm on the flange joints. Possible for a nominal diameter of up to DN 150, in various nominal pressure stages and gasket forms, for soft gaskets, metal-soft material gaskets and metal gaskets

Leakage detectors to record leakage rates

  • Fa. Leybold II (PHOENIXL 300)
  • Fa. Leybold II (PHOENIXL 300)
  • Fa. Leybold SL 300 – sniffer line for PHOENIXL 300

MAXIMATOR compressor unit to increase the pressure to a test pressure of maximum 500 bar (helium)

Profile recording equipment 

  • Fa. Mitutoyo Contraser CV1000