Equipment and facilities

BAM has extensive experimental facilities at its disposal, together with measurement, testing and analytical instruments. A number of particular test facilities are not available in any comparable form in Germany, Europe or world wide from any other institution in the framework of external services. These “unique” test facilities, and the particular testing capabilities implied, constitute a major feature of distinction for our services. Listed here are our unique test facilities.

Unique equipment

	I Analytical Chemistry; Reference Materials	HTM	PDF	UNIT
1	Precision Constant Current Coulometry System	-	101	I.1
2	Analytical Measuring System Using Primary Standards for the Certification of Secondary Reference Gas Mixtures	-	102	I.4
3	Photon Activation Analysis	-	103	I.4
	II Chemical Safety Engineering	HTM	PDF	UNIT
1	Acetylene Decomposition Test of High Pressure Devices for Acetylene	-	201	II.1
2	Gaseous Oxygen Impact Tester (Pneumatic Impact Tester)	-	202	II.1
3	Fatigue Treatment of Non-return Valves for Functional Testing	-	203	II.1
4	Testing the Combustion Behaviour of Flat Gaskets for Flanges in Oxygen Piping	-	204	II.1
5	Investigation the Combustion Behaviour of Metallic Materials in High Pressure Oxygen	-	205	II.1
7	Backfire Test of Acetylene Cylinders	-	206	II.1
8	Fire-safe Test of Valves	-	207	II.1
	III Containment Systems for Dangerous Goods	HTM	PDF	UNIT
2	Hydraulic Cycling Facility for Extreme Temperature Tests		302	III.2
3	Drop Test Facility	V	303	III.3
	IV Materials and Environment	HTM	PDF	UNIT
1	Fungus Cellar Test	-	401	IV.1
	V Materials Engineering	HTM	PDF	UNIT
1	Elastotron 2000	-	501	V.2
2	Tensile Testing Facility for Temperatures up to 1900 °C	-	502	V.2
3	Multiaxial Thermomechanical Tension Compression Torsion Internal Pressure Test System	-	503	V.2
4	Long-stroke Vibration Generator with Climatic Chamber	-	504	V.3
5	Hydrogen Analysis by Vacuum Hot Extraction (VHE)	-	505	V.4
6	Large-scale Facility for Testing and Simulation of Welded Components (GAPSI 16)	-	506	V.5
7	High Speed Test System	-	507	V.3
	VI Materials Protection and Surface Technologies	HTM	PDF	UNIT
1	Cryotribometer	V	601	VI.2
2	Ultra High Temperature Tribometer	V	602	VI.2
3	Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Tribometer in Ultra-high Vacuum	-	603	VI.2
4	Instrumented Indentation Set-ups for Determination of Hardness and Other Plastic–elastic Materials Characteristics (Test Force < 1 µN to 1000 N)	-	604	VI.4
5	Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Set-ups for Spectral Determination of Optical and Dielectric Material Properties and Layer Thickness	-	605	VI.4
6	Testing Facility for “In-situ” Surface Chemical Analysis	-	606	VI.4
7	Multi-probe Topography Measuring System	-	607	VI.4
	VII Safety of Structures	HTM	PDF	UNIT
1	Integrated Mixing and Silo Plant for the Production of High-performance Concretes	-	701	VII.1
2	Testing Stand for Shotcrete	-	702	VII.1
3	Freeze-thaw/de-icing Salt Alternating Storage	-	703	VII.1
4	Surface Finish Instrument	-	704	VII.1
5	10 MN Compression Testing Machine	-	705	VII.1
6	Creep Tester with Climate Simulation	-	706	VII.1
7	Bridge Deck Test Facility	-	707	VII.1
8	Expansion Joint Test Facility	-	708	VII.1
9	Facility for Testing Asphalt Pavement Constructions	-	709	VII.1
10	25 MN Large-scale Testing Machine for Structural Members	V	710	VII.2
11	Impact Testing Machine	V	711	VII.2
12	Large-scale Test Rig	V	712	VII.2
	VIII Non-destructive Testing	HTM	PDF	UNIT
1	Automated 2D scanning System for Non-destructive Testing Applying Echo-Methods	-	801	VIII.2
2	Computed Tomography with X-ray Energies between 8 keV and 12 MeV	-	802	VIII.3
3	X-ray Refraction Computed Tomography (XR-CT)	-	803	VIII.3
4	3D – Radioscopy Equipment for Laminography	-	804	VIII.3
5	2D X-ray Refraction Computed Tomography	-	805	VIII.3
6	TomoCAR” for X-Ray-Planar-Tomography	-	806	VIII.3
7	3D – Radioscopy Equipment for Laminography	-	807	VIII.3

Expertise

2009-12-14

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