The equipment of the IKW at the location Pirmasens is according to the expert opinion of the ASIIN on university level:

• Ultrasonic testing system with diving tank lateral / rotary, 0.5 - 30 MHz
• Ultrasonic testing system with air coupling 200 kHz
• Universal testing machine Zwick 20 kN with optical length measurement
• Universal testing machine Zwick 10 kN with mechanical length measurement
• HDT / Vicat tester from Zwick
• DSC by Perkin Elmer
• 3D printer from fabbmatic
• Measuring device for the thermal conductivity (self-made)
• Impact pendulum from Hesscon
• Film tester from Faurecia
• MFR device from Göttfert
• PolyLab from Fischer Scientific
• Injection molding machine Arburg 50t clamping force
• Injection molding machine Arburg 15t clamping force
• Four pillar plate press from Collin
• Twin screw extruder Kraus-Maffei with 3 gravimetric feeders
• 3D shuttle loom from the company Mageba

The materials science and mechano-physical laboratories at the Kaiserslautern location carry with a variety of modern analysis and testing facilities for characterization, to understand the process-structure-property relationship and thus to the development and optimization of new materials and manufacturing technologies for industrial applications in the range of macro, micro and nanotechnologies in:

• reflected light microscopes
• 3D microscope
• Atomic Force Microscope
• Precision cutting and preparation equipment
• spark spectrometer
• Stylus instrument for topography analyzes - 35 nm to 1000 μm
• Instrumented penetration test - 0.1 to 2000 mN
• Micro hardness testing machine
• Universal hardness testing machine
• X-ray diffractometer
  • lateral resolution 30 μm
    • Microstructure analysis - nanorod sizes, lattice constants, composition, phases, texture
    • lattice distortion
    • local residual stress analyzes
  • lateral resolution 50 μm
    • Microstructure analysis - phases, texture
    • lattice distortion
    • local residual stress analyzes
• Large Area Photoelasticity
• Strength test in tensile, compression and bending tests
  • Micro tensile testing machine up to 0.5 or 2.5 kN
  • Universal testing machine up to 100 kN
  • Universal testing machine up to about 250 kN
• Servohydraulic vibration testing machine force amplitude up to 125 kN
• Rotating bending machine
• Mikrobiegeschwingprüfmaschine
• Low-reflection room (building I 205), floor area 18 m², volume 56 m³, lining depth 500 mm,
  cut-off frequency 170 Hz
• Sound level meter (B & K 2231, 2233, 2250)
• Dodecahedron D6-800_40 and power amplifier with noise generator PA 1000, (Stratenschulte)
• Reference sound source B & K 4204
• Sound power source B & K 4205
• Sound intensity measuring system B & K 4437
• Standard impact sound source
• Sound level calibrator B & K 4231
• Shaker LDS: 2.2 kN; RMS: 200 N
• FFT analyzer: ONO SOKKI DS 2000
• Various accelerometers: single and triaxial sensors
• Various pulse hammers
• Carrier frequency amplifier: HBM PMX, several Spider 8
• Laser Interferometer
• Modal Analysis Software Vibrant MEscope
• 3D optical strain and strain analysis system