Testing and Measuring

   

The IBF offers a wide range of testing methods, which are used in research projects as well as for services.

Determination of Flow Curves / Materials Testing

• Tensile test
• Compression test
• Hot-Gas-Bulgetest
• Torsion test

Sheet Metal Inspection

• Forming Limit Curves (FLC) with Nakajima test
• Cross-die test
• Tensile test
• Shear tensile test
• Limit drawing ratio with cup drawing test
• Marciniak test

Determination of Boundary Conditions

• Determination of the emissivity factor
• Determination of the heat transfer coefficient
• Determination of the friction coefficient

Physical Process Simulation

• Simulation of combined forming and heat treatment cycles
• Basic test for roll cladding
• Determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion

Optical Measurement

• Strain measuring system GOM ARGUS and ARAMIS
• 3D scanner
• Deformation analysis system GOM TRITOP
• Surface topography with digital microscope

Calibration Tests for Microstructure Models

• Dynamic recrystallization (cylindrical compression test)
• Static recrystallization (stress relaxation test, annealing tests)
• Grain growth (annealing tests)