3.      Testing

A successful feasibility stage results in one or more standard test procedures and the project is ready for routine testing.
In this stage, repeatability and precision (sensitivity) of test results will become clear.

Our strengths lay in the continuity we can guarantee to the customer in executing these tests and the consistency of high quality test data thanks to high quality equipment.

Typical questions:
    Are the results repeatable?
    Is the test sensitive enough to detect variations that are appearing in the reality?

Our in-house equipment includes:

for more information concerning these test machines contact us

Ball-On-Three Discs (BOTD) Test Machine
Block-On-Ring Machine
Dry Sand/Rubber Wheel Abrasion
Falex/Timken Test Machine
Four-Ball E.P. Test Machine
Four-Ball Wear Test Machine
Light Load Pin-On-Disc ISC200-PC
Multi-Specimen Machine
Multi-Specimen Machine (High Performance)
Pin & Vee Block Machine ('Falex test')
Tapping Torque Test Machine

Equipment of MTM-KULeuven, we have access to the following test equipment and  characterization tools

Low Amplitude Reciprocating and Fretting Wear
Oscillating Load (surface fatigue) Wear
High Temperature Low Amplitude Reciprocating Wear
Pin-on-Disk with Electrochemical Measurements
Taber Abrader
Scratch Tester
Surface Roughness and Profile Measurements
Surface Analysis
Microscopic Techniques
Chemical Analysis

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