Advanced Materials Characterization Team Services

Technological expertise

• Materials choice and selection.

•  Choice and tailoring of surface treatments.

•  Manufacturability counseling.

• Additive manufacturing (3D printing) powders characterization.

• The lab is accredited according to ISO 14801 for fatigue testing of dental implants.

 

Mechanical Properties Measurements

• Tensile, bend and compressive testing at room and elevated temperatures.

• Fatigue endurance testing of materials and end/final products/implants.

• Fracture toughness K1c and J-integral testing.

• Impact test at room and low temperatures.

 

Materials characterization

• Hardness measurement: HRC, HRB, HRA, HRV, Brinell, micro Vickers and Knoop methods.

• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM FEI INSPECT) and EDS characterization .

• Coefficient of thermal expansion measurement.

• Surface roughness measurement.

• Glow discharge optical emission spectrometry.

• Thermal conductivity measurements (Hotdisk TPS 2500S).

• X-ray diffraction.

• High resolution scanning  electron microscopy (HRSEM )

• Fracture expertise: fractographic analysis.

• Gases (O, N, H) content in metallic parts (Leco ONH836).

• Powder particles size distribution and shape analysis (Camsizer X2).