Testing areas of the Automotive Testhouse Herten

Emission testing

Material testing

• Determination of VOC by thermodesorption (VDA278)
• Determination of Total VOC (TVOC)
• Determination of fogging behaviour (gravimemetric and reflective)

Testing of individual components

• Determination of aldehydes and ketones
• Determination of 1,3-butadiens
• Determination of BTHX
• Determination of phthalates

Determination of the olfactory behavior

• Material and chamber testing
  Approved panel with up to 10 years of experience

Resistance testing

Environmental simulation

• Temperature resistance test
  • from -70°C to +250°C
• Climate resistance test
  • from -70°C to +180°C and from 10% to 99% rel. humidity
  • for ramps up to 5K per minute
• Thermal shock resistance testing
• Sun simulation test
  • from 1m³ to 14 m³ chamber volume
  • if necessary incl. test box
  • if necessary, incl. sample chamber
• UV and hot light fastness or hot light aging test
  • xenotest test equipment (300nm to 420nm)
  • Air and water cooled
• Corrosion resistance test
  • Salt spray test (NSS, CASS, AASS), condensing water climates
  • Kesternichtest, filiform test, corrosion change test

 

Surface resistance testing

Plastic surfaces

• Chemical resistance test
• Determination of the contamination or cleaning behaviour
• Scrubbing, scratching and friction testing (Abrex, Taber, Crockmeter)
• Cross cut testing
• Fingernail and shoe sole test
• Determination of resistance to environmental stress cracking 

Attachments (exterior)

• Determination of multi impact stone chip resistance
• Testing of resistance to pressure water jetting
• Car-wash-test
• Ball Drop Test

Seats, carpets, textiles

• Air permeability test
• Martindale test
• Soiling behavior and cleaning ability

 

Determination of burning behaviour

• Burning test (vertical and horizontal combustion test)
• Glow-wire flammability test

 

Visual and metrological assessment of resistance tests

• Colour measurement, gloss testing
• Layer thickness measurement (microscopy, coulorimetry, magnetic method)
• Assessment of environmental simulation tests
• Assessment of surface loads

Mechanical material testing

Tensile, compression, impact and bending test

• to Dynstat, Charpy and Izod up to 100kN and different temperatures
  if necessary, incl. strain gauges (DMS)

Hardness test

• Determination of Shore A, B and D hardness
• Determination of IRHD hardness

Chemical and physical material testing

Materials: thermoplastics, duromers, elastomers, foams, composites (GRP, CFRP), textiles, light metals

• Material identification by IR spectroscopy
• Determination of Vicat softening temperature
• Determination of thermodynamic parameters (DSC)
• Determination of ash content
• Determination of water content
• Determination of water vapour permeability / air permeability
• Determination of mass and density

Coordinate measurement technology

• 3-D scan
• Photogrammmetry

Other benefits

Specimen production and test preparation

• Injection moulding
• Sample preparation and mechanical processing (cutting, sawing, milling, punching

Photo documentation

• Photo documentation from delivery to evaluation by means of digital SLR cameras under daylight (D65), incl. colour control card

Contact

SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS GmbH
Automotive Testhouse
Am Technologiepark 8
D-45699 Herten

t: +49 2366 305 700
f: +49 2366 305 658

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