Laboratory Equipment
Mechanical Testing
- Servo-hydraulic test systems (20 and 50 kN Shimadzu, 150 kN Schenck)
- Resonance pulsator (10 kN Fa. Russenberger)
- Rotary bending system (Schenck)
- Micro fatigue system (SincoTec)
- Tensile test systems (400 kN Losenhausen, 100 kN Shimadzu, 10 kN Shimadzu, 500 N Messphysik)
- Microhardness tester (Wolpert)
- Instrumented microhardness tester (Fischer)
- Macro hardness tester (Wolpert, ZwickRoell)
Measurement Technique
- Various magnetic field sensors with measuring amplifiers and scanners (self-made)
- µmagnetic measuring system (QASS)
- High frequency impulse analysis (QASS)
- Eddy Current System (Rohmann)
- 2D Digital Image Correlation (LIMESS Messtechnik)
- Video extensometer (LIMESS Messtechnik)
- Infrared cameras (Micro-Epsilon, Infratec)
Analytics and Microscopy
- Atomic force microscope (Quesant)
- LED confocal microscope (Zeiss)
- Light microscope (Zeiss company)
- Stereomicroscopes (Olympus, Zeiss)
- High resolution digital microscope (Olympus)
- Kerr-microscope (evico magnetics)
- X-ray diffractometer (Seifert, Eigenmann formerly G.E.)
- Scanning electron microscope (Zeiss, user community Zweibrücken)
- From December 2023: Scanning electron microscope with EDX, EBSD, STEM (Tescan/EDAX)
- 2D surface perthometer (Ametek)
- Spectral analysis (Thermo)
Material Treatment
- Heat treatment furnaces (Heraeus, various)
- Various facilities for specimen preparation/electrolytic thinning (Struers)
The services we offer:
- Micro and macro hardness tests
- Tensile tests (RT and HT, up to 100 kN)
- Fatigue tests (RT and HT, up to 140 kN, up to 260 Hz)
- Radiographic examinations (residual stress measurements and phase analysis)
- Microscopic examinations (light, laser, digital, confocal, electron microscopy)
- Roughness measurements (tactile and optical)
You are also welcome to send us individual inquiries and we will discuss the possible feasibility in cooperation with our partners.
We look forward to your inquiry and the implementation of your project.
Use of laboratory infrastructure
For questions regarding the use of the test and analysis facilities at the WWHK, please contact
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Mario Dieter Elicker (Head of Lab)
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M. Sc. Fabian Weber (mechanical testing)
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M. Sc. Janina Koziol (analytics and microscopy)
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Prof. PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Starke
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