Quality Assessment

Technical Equipment

Adhesive testing

  • Universal testing machines (up to max. 100 kN)
  • Automated Bonding Evaluation System (ABES)
  • Delamination testing device (autoclave)
  • Laboratory/construction site press (up to max. 80 kN)
  • Testing equipment for long-term load-testing of bonded products
  • Greenhouse for long-term tests under European outdoor climates
  • Climate room for the bonding of test specimens [20/65]
  • Climate cabinets
  • Climate chambers (- 45 °C up to max. 180 °C; 10 % to 98 % rel. humidity; max. volume of 48 m³; max. loading of 400 kg)
  • ATR-FTIR spectrometer
  • Rheometer
  • Gel timer
  • pH/ion measuring device
  • Speed mixer
  • Dissolver

 

Mechanical materials testing

  • Universal testing machines for tensile, bending, shear, compression and 4-point-bending tests (5 kN to 250 kN)
  • Pendulum impact testing device
  • Flooring test bench
  • Cross member testing
  • Water baths (room temperature up to 100 °C with automatic level regulation)
  • Drying cabinets
  • Climate cabinets and climate chambers (- 45 °C to max. 180 °C; 10 % to 98 % rel. humidity; max. volume of 48 m³; max. loading of 400 kg)
  • Diverse measuring bridges, feeler gauges, depth gauges, Vernier calipers and precision scales
  • Test bench for the determination of water absorption by short-term partial immersion (EN 1609)
  • Testing device for the determination of the air permeability of wood-based materials

 

Surface testing

  • Hardness and bonding strength testing device
  • Chair castor testing equipment
  • Taber Abraser (Sandpaper und Falling Sand)
  • Martindale micro-scratch-resistance testing device
  • Testing device for testing the displacement of a furniture foot
  • Testing device for testing the residual impression of a furniture foot
  • Shore A hardness testing device
  • Reflectometer
  • Illuminating device with rotating observation table (DIN EN 423)
  • Diverse measuring bridges, feeler gauges, depth gauges, Vernier calipers and scales
  • Color measuring device
  • QuV testing device

 

Component examinations

  • Window test bench
  • Hotbox

 

Formaldehyde investigations and further chemical investigations

Instrumental analytics

  • UV/VIS spectrometer
  • Fluorescence spectrometer
  • HPLC with fluorescence/UV-detection

 

Online analysis procedures

  • Formaldehyde-auto-analyzer
  • Photoacoustic gas analyzers for the TVOC determination of TVOC, CO, CO2, SF6, etc.

 

Emission test chambers for the determination of formaldehyde in accordance with EN and ASTM testing standards as well as of further volatile organic compounds (VOC) in accordance with ISO standards

  • 1 m³ emission test chambers (stainless steel, glass)
  • 24 m³, 30 m³ and 48 m³ emission test chambers (stainless steel)

 

Emission test chambers for the determination of formaldehyde, ammonia and phenols in accordance with VDA test standards 

  • 1 m³ emission test chambers (stainless steel, glass)

 

Devices for the determination of formaldehyde content and release

  • Perforator-extraction devices in accordance with EN 120 and ISO 12460-5
  • Gas analysis devices in accordance with EN 717-2 and ISO 12460-3
  • Desiccators in accordance with JIS A 1460 and JAS standard