1. Sample manufacturing

• EDM machine AGIECUT CLASSIC for cutting of trepans and manufacturing of different specimen types

• Stud welding apparatus KÖCO 1202 E-1 for the manufacture of reconstituted samples

• Specimen labelling tool Mega-Marker

• Cut-off device for the production of samples for metallography, fraktography and chemical analysis

• Facilities for sample handling including cells crane

• Pallet system and safes for sample archiving

• Measuring microscope

wallthickness for shielding: 150 mm --> maximum activity of the specimen 5 · 10¹² Bq Co-60

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2. Material preparation

• Technological equipment for cutting, grinding, polishing, etching, thinning

• Microscope with micro hardness measuring device

• Furnace with inert gas annealing atmosphere

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3. Material Testing System MTS 810.21

• Servo-hydraulic testing system for static and dynamic testing

  • Maximum load range: ± 50 kN 

  • for 1/2-C(T)- und SE(B)-samples

  • Operation system: FlexTest SE control with application software for fracture toughness testing and TestWorksTM (flexible package for monotone tensile, compression and bending tests)

  • Different Extensometers for displacement, strain and COD measurement

  • Different loading setups for bend and tension testing

  • Temperature chamber: -130°C bis +315°C

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4. Instrumented Pendulum impact tester PSd300 (WPM Leipzig)

Impact testing
according to DIN EN ISO 148-1:2010 and EN ISO 14556:2006

• Maximum impact energy: 300 J

• Impact speed: 0...5,5 ms-1^-1

• Temperature range: -150 to 300°C

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5. Universal testing machine Inspekt 10 Desk blue (Hegewald & Peschke)

Electromechanical Universal testing machine Inspekt Desk with implemented Small Punch Test setup

• Maximum load range: ± 10 kN

• SPT loading and tempering setup: -150°C bis 350°C

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6. Vickers hardness testing machine

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