Processing (product prototypes, test specimens, modification of materials)

• Lab-scale and small scale processing: Compounding, extrusion, injection moulding, compression moulding/hot pressing, fabrication of composite components
• Moulds for injection moulding of test specimens according to ISO standards
• Special machine and moulds for injection moulding of  microstructured components

Mechanical testing of materials and components

• Equipment for a range of different tests
  • Tension, shear and compression tests, impact tests, creep tests, fatigue tests etc
  • Various test fixtures, load cells, ekstensometers, temperature chambers etc
  • Special machine for high-speed testing (up to 10 m/s)
• Lab for ageing and testing in extreme environments  (high pressure, high temperature, aggressive chemicals) 
• Special equipment developed in-house, e.g. for function testing of o-rings
• Equipment for time-resolved full-field measurements of deflections and strains (3D digital image correlation)
• Equipment for detection of acoustic emission (e.g. for assessing damage development in composites)

Analysis and characterisation of materials

• Rheometry
• Calorimetry (DSC)
• Thermo-graviometric analysis (TGA)
• Microscopy (optical microscopy, SEM, TEM, AFM)
• Interferometry
• X-ray diffraction (WAXS)
• Infrared and Raman spectroscopy
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR)
• Chromatography (GPC, HPLC)

Software for numerical simulations

• Software for simulating the injection moulding process (Moldex)
• General-purpose software for simulating flow, heat transfer etc (ANSYS CFX, ANSYS Multiphysics, MatLab)
• Software for structural analysis (LS-DYNA, ANSYS, ABAQUS)