State-of the-art Materials Laboratory

Questions about metal? Then you’re in good hands at Studer-Biennaform. We can doubtless answer your questions and solve your problem with the help of our superbly equipped materials laboratory. Our solutions are fast, uncomplicated and cost-effective.

In addition, we incorporate the expertise of our partners and work in close cooperation with research centres, universities and manufacturers throughout the world.

Laboratory Price List (3.71 MB)

Neutral expert reports

• Corrosion damage
• Causes of fractures
• Processing problems
• Tensile tests according to DIN EN 10002-1
  
  • Rp0.2 - Rp1.0 - Rm – A, further results available on request
  • The following load cells are available: 200 N, 1000 N, 2500 N, 5000 N, 50 kN und 100 kN
  • Component tests (tension, pressure and bending)

• Hardness testing
  
  • Brinell test HB (EN ISO 6506-1)
  • Vickers test HV (EN ISO 6507-1)
  • Rockwell test HRC (EN ISO 6508-1)
  • Micro hardness and hardness curves, EHT
• Roughness measurements on flat and rounded materials
  
  • Ra, Rz, R-max. measurements

Metallographic analyses

• Qualitative assessment of structures
• Particle size determination
• Determination of non-metallic inclusions
• Inspections of welding seams
• Quantitative metallography

Chemical analyses

• Testing for intercrystalline corrosion according to EN ISO 3651-2
  
  • Copper sulphate-sulphuric acid process (Strauss test
  • With sample processing and various forms of heat treatment
  • Further standardised corrosion tests on request
  • Complete spectrometric analyses of materials
  • C+S determination (carbon + sulphur)
• Combustion analysis
  
  • Exposure trials, corrosion tests to customers’ specification (e.g. salt spray corrosion testing)

Additional services

• Ferrite content determination using a ferritoscope, for austenitic steels by magnetic induction
• Dye penetrant testing
• Materials technology clarifications, consultancy, literature research, appraisals, claim investigations, reports
• Investigation reports (consisting of several pages, including the relevant documentation)