Friedrich Eisenkolb Accredited Testing Laboratory
Competent, fast and flexible
General
More than 60 years ago, our eponym, Prof. Friedrich Eisenkolb, laid the foundation for our powder-metallurgical test laboratory in Thale, Germany. We are accredited through the Dakks (German Accreditation Body) in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 for physical, mechanical-technological and analytical testing at metallic and powder metallurgical materials as well as testing of metal powder and testing of technical cleanliness.
Tests which are required for acceptance certification are conducted in close collaboration with authorized inspection agencies such as TUEF, Germanischer Lloyd, Lloyd’s Register etc.
Our team of 9 employees guarantees technical competence at the highest level and ensures promptness and flexibility for the solution of complex material-testing tasks.
Our laboratory is a certified training organization for material inspectors.
Mechanical-technological testing
- Tensile test at room temperature and up to a maximum of 1.100 °C, bending test, compression test
- Determination of Charpy and ASTM notch impact strength; RT to - 196 °C
- Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell hardness testing; small-load hardness, hardness-displacement-curves, micro-hardness testing
- Technological tests on components in accordance with requirements
- Production of our own samples
- E-module determination using RFDA (in cooperation with partner enterprises)
Metallography
- Macro and micro analyses
- Sinter materials
- Castable materials
- Fe materials low-alloy to high-alloy
- Non-ferrous metals
- Heat-treated parts
Damage inspections:
- Digital image analysis
- Determination of phase fraction
- Particle-size analyses
- Coating thickness measurement
- Graphite size determination in accordance with DIN ISO 945
Powder testing
- Determination of grain-size distribution with a laser grain-size analyzer (0.01µm bis 3500µm)
- Determination of tap density
- Determination of compactability
Test of technical cleanliness
- VDA-Guideline 19 Part 1 (Test of technical cleanliness – particle contamination of functionally-relevant auto parts),
- ISO16232 (Road vehicles – Cleanliness of Components of Fluid Circuits)
- In accordance with plant standards of automotive manufacturers and suppliers
Physical testing
- Density determination: immersibility density, pycnometer density
- IK Test with or without sensitizing annealing*
* In cooperation with partner enterprises
Non-destructive material testing
- Surface crack testing
- Ultrasonic inspection*
- X-ray inspection*
- Magnetic induction testing methods*
* In cooperation with partner enterprises
* Non-destructive material testing is not part of the DAkkS accreditation
Chemical analysis
- Analysis of compact samples with OES
- Analysis of compact samples with XRF*
- Determination of carbon and sulfur with CS- analyzer
- Determination of oxygen and nitrogen contents in metals
- EDX analyses
- Special micro-examinations*
- Determination of hydrogen content in metals*
* In cooperation with partner enterprises
Scanning electron microscopy
- Fracture surface analyses
- Damage analyses
- Microstructure analyses of metallic and non-metallic materials
- Length measurement in micro range
- EDX analyses
- Element distributions (line scans, mappings)
- Special micro-examinations*
* In cooperation with partner enterprises
Metal-powder blanks for prototype production
- Presses with floating dies
- Diameters of 58, 80, 100 and 130 mm
- Maximum height 42 mm (depending on density)
Special shapes are also available upon request.
In-house sample production
Manufacture of DIN conform samples for
- Mechanical tests and
- Metallographic analyses
Production of customized samples for technological tests.
*The production of blanks and samples is not part of the DAkkS accreditation.
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