Quality Assessment

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, SF_6, 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