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Mechanical and thermomechanical characterisation

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Mechanical and thermomechanical characterisation equipment

  • Abrasion equipment Gabrielli
  • Cleaving tensile system CONTROLS 50-C9070 (max dim. paving stone: 160x320x150mm)
  • PEI device and ASTM C-704, abrasimeter Gabrielli CAP2 (test Capon) and pin-on-disk tribometer CSEM: wear resistance
  • Head impact test (mannequin test)
  • Marshall specimen compactor
  • Rockwell hardness: Galileo Digital 25 RS
  • Teledyn Taber abrasion equipment
  • Creep testing equipment (2) for refractory materials: 1550°C
  • Pendulum impact tester
  • Vertical impact tester 12 m
  • Industrial glass washer Diamond D281-EK (400x400mm): washing time 150s
  • SAMCEF software from the firm Samtech - B: software for stress and strain simulation by the finite elements methods
  • Los Angeles
  • Brinell and Vickers macrohardness: Gnehm Brickers 220
  • Pressiometric equipment (Menard)
  • Inclinometric equipment (control of slope stability)
  • Profilometric equipment (control of ground consolidation under embanking and constructions)
  • Classical geotechnical road equipment
  • Hardness measurement (Persoz Pendulum and cross-cut test)
  • Refractoriness under load testing as a function of the temperature (up to 1800°C) on refractory materials according to the standards: ISO-R 1893 et EN 993-8: Pyrox
  • Measuring apparatus for accelerated polishing
  • Micro-Deval
  • Knoop and Vickers microhardness: Matsuzawa Seiki
  • Stresses in glasses: Leitz microscope equipped with a Berek compensator, polariscope and ASTM standard strain disks, Strainoptic Technologies 160 bench (float glass)
  • Young Modulus: sound velocity Krautkramer, type USD10 NF, resonance frequency up to 1750°C: Grindosonic Lemmens Elektronika and RFDA IMCE; three points bending: Zwick (up to 1500°C) (static mode)
  • High temperature bending test (1600°C)according to ISO 5013 standard: Agni GHT 160-80-WB
  • 4 static penetrometers with 5 to 20 tons of force pushing load
  • Computerized Marshall press
  • Galdabini compression press (up to 5000 kN) and Toniversal (400 kN)
  • Hydraulic compression press Controls 50-C36V2 (230V - de 0 à 1500 kN)
  • Bending press Toniversal (50kN) and Controls (60 kN)
  • Pipe press (400 kN)
  • Pressure tester in filled bottles (Sargent)
  • Profilometer (Nikon 6C-2)
  • Mechanical strength of bottle glass: internal pressure (AGR Pressure Tester), compressive strength (Vertical load tester AGR), impact testers (body and finish Preston et Noregfabriffene)
  • Scratch tester and instrumented hardness: Micro Combi Tester (CSM) – Coatings and surfaces characterisation
  • Scratch Tester Revetest CSEM:adhesion measurement of ceramic layers, scratch test to assess grooving resistance of massive materials
  • Manual boring equipment
  • Acoustic emission: Disp-4: Euro Physical Acoustics
  • Corrosion testing and high temperature viscosity measurement: Agni FHT 165-30-HUB-RHEO
  • Dimension and ovality tests on bottles
  • Zwick 1474, load cell: 0.5 à 20 kN: compression and bending tests (up to 1500°C) under controlled atmosphere, Modulus of rupture in 3 or 4 points bending, toughness K1C (indentation, dummy method, strength method, single-edge precracked beam, single-edge notched beam and chevron notch)
  • Zwick 1476/Z100, load cells: 10 kN and 100kN: compression, bending and tensile tests at room temperature
  • Zwick 1478, load cell: 5 kN: high temperature tensile test (up to 1600°C)