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On 26 April the winners of the Zwick Science Award 2015 received their awards in the course of the seventh Zwick Academia Day, held at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague against a scientific backdrop of lectures on the subject of materials testing. This year’s winner of the Paul Roell medal, together with the first prize of 5,000 euros, is Enrique Alabort of the ...

The ebm-pabst Group is the world's leading manufacturer of innovative high-efficiency motors and fans. In the product development department Zwick testing machines play their part in helping to make products better - only to be optimized themselves in the process. Top product quality is only achieved by keeping it in mind right from the start – of this Klaus Kramer is...

The ebm-pabst Group is the world's leading manufacturer of innovative high-efficiency motors and fans. In the product development department Zwick testing machines play their part in helping to make products better - only to be optimized themselves in the process. Top product quality is only achieved by keeping it in mind right from the start – of this Klaus Kramer is...

The Materials Technology and Fatigue Strength Laboratory (LWB) of Kempten University of Applied Sciences (Germany) is involved in numerous research projects in the field of casting technology. Focus areas are the automotive and energy sectors, together with plant engineering. As well as contract testing (tensile, hardness and notch impact tests, metallurgical analyses et...

A Zwick HC25 (25kN) tensile/compression testing machine is presently in continuous operation, primarily for dynamic tests plus occasional static tests. As well as composites, the properties of materials such as new rubber mixtures and other materials with varied properties are undergoing investigation Dampers developed in-house are clamped on the HC25 and subjected to st...

The extensive product-range and the large number of different tests involved place severe demands on a testing machine For product evaluation and specification of new grippers, Schunk has opted for a testing machine with superimposed torsion up to 1000 Nm, together with an axial force of 250 kN. As this is mainly used in R&D, a high degree of flexibility is required with...

Each system is equipped with five testing stations which can apply dynamic or static loads of up to 10 kN to the specimen and can be controlled individually without influencing each other. To cover the varied testing requirements the five testing stations have been equipped with load cells of 10kN, 2.5kN and 500N nominal force. Both systems also possess a temperature ch...

corresponding need for methods of determining the mechanical load capacity of thin films and coatings. Included in this are adhesive strength and wear. With the Zwick nanoindenter characterization of films only a few μm thick is possible. Investigation of the mechanical properties of thin films and coatings has up to now been timeconsuming and cost-intensive. Zwick's ZH...

chambers, as material properties change under the influence of temperature. Test temperatures are governed by the eventual area of use or by specific material properties. These new 'Made by Zwick' temperature chambers impress through optimum matching of all system components, ensuring reliable test results combined with fast, easy handling. Optimum integration of th...

Special testing machines are used in quality control and pre-production development for batch release of injection pens. Among the items tested by these machines is the mechanism which injects a precisely pre-defined quantity of the active ingredient into the body. The leading supplier of such machines is Ulm-based testing machine manufacturer Zwick, with more than 20 su...

The first prize of 5,000 euros went this year to Markus Seidl of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck. His paper describes the special features of the phase diagram of water at very low temperatures and high pressures. An aggregate state which can be brought about by the use of liquid nitrogen and a Zwick AllroundLine testing machine. The re...

ILK''s core area of expertise lies in developing, designing and optimizing components and systems for high-performance lightweight construction, as well as prototype production. Depending on requirements, all classes of materials, from steel to aluminium, magnesium and titanium to plastics to ceramics, are included in accordance with their design property profile, togeth...

According to industry consultant and publisher Orthoworld, endoprostheses with a total value of US$43.1bn were implanted worldwide in 2013. The growing number of manufacturers, combined with constant calls for greater implant durability, has also resulted in increased demands being placed on testing technology. Dynamic fatigue tests represent a significant proportion of ...

These all-purpose actuators are available in 7 versions (1, 2, 5, 10, 20.30 and 50 kN) and are also suitable for integration into different types of production line. They can equally well be retrofitted to existing systems. This flexibility, combined with easy installation, is one of the many advantages of this range and explains why five ATM automation systems in succe...

The seats and frames (including the rear seat) are tested in various positions. Foams are tested for fatigue (cyclic tests) and their hardness is determined. To maximize the versatility of the servo testing actuator it is installed in a portal specially developed by Zwick. It provides electrically powered travel in the X and Y directions, together with crosshead height a...

We had 7 outstanding presentations from international lecturers all dealing with the mechanical testing of lightweight materials. This was an excellent insight about some of the most important research fields. Weight reduction to make airplanes and vehicles more efficient with less carbon dioxide emission is one of the challenges for mankind. In this context we saw ap...