Kluge and Reinhardt win 108th Berlin Six-Day Race
The entire Grasse Zur Composite Testing team congratulates Theo Reinhardt and Roger Kluge on winning the 108th Berlin Six-Day Race. This victory would not have been possible without their FES track bike.
We are proud to test for the Institute for Research and Development of Sports Equipment (FES)!
Seminar program at the beginning of 2019
Do you or your colleagues want to learn more about composites? Would you like to refresh your knowledge around the topic “testing of fiber-reinforced plastics”? You would like to exchange information with other users in the field of material testing? Then you should not miss the next professional seminars at Grasse Zur Composite Testing. The seminars are aimed both at beginners and experienced material engineers:
The seminars offer the time and opportunity to make contacts, introduce your everyday challenges and questions and to discuss them in the spirit of an exchange of experience. The discussions can be continued with the dinner together in a pleasant atmosphere. If several employees come from one company, we can give you a small discount. We also offer a discount for student and academic staff. Just contact us. Afterwards, it is a good idea to extend your stay with an interesting weekend in the capital Berlin.
Further information and registration options are available here!
Christmas 2018 at Grasse Zur Composite Testing
We test everything. Even Christmas trees. But preferably fiber-reinforced plastics.
The entire team of Grasse Zur Composite Testing wishes all its clients, friends and followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Accreditation of the test laboratory according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005
We are delighted to inform you that our test laboratory has been accredited to DIN EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 since 2 November 2018. After two years of intensive preliminary work, we were able to convince the examiners in April of this year of our competence to carry out mechanical-technological and physical tests on plastics as well as fiber composite materials and products made from them. The accreditation has taken us a big step forward in terms of technology and organization, and we can now test for aerospace, medical technology and automotive with significantly less effort.
If necessary, we can perform short-term material audits and analyses for you. By the end of the year, we still have spare capacity so we can help you complete your projects by the end of the year. Talk to us at any time without obligation. We will advise you!
Seminar program for end of 2018
Below you will find the current dates:
The seminars offer the time and opportunity to make contacts, introduce your everyday challenges and questions and to discuss them in the spirit of an exchange of experience. The discussions can be continued with the dinner together in a pleasant atmosphere. If several employees come from one company, we can give you a small discount. We also offer a discount for student and academic staff. Just contact us. Afterwards, it is a good idea to extend your stay with an interesting weekend in the capital Berlin.
Further information and registration options are available here!
Limited special price for standardised testing services
Due to Composites Europe 2018 we offer you a special price for material testing and the determination of characteristic values according to standardised tests. You will receive a discount of 25 percent on all listed testing services until November 16th 2018:
The offer includes the preparation of test specimens from provided material, the application of tabs and strain gauges, the geometry measurement of specimens, the material tests and the preparation of test reports. The tests are carried out at room temperature or higher temperatures on calibrated testing machines.
There are not the right material tests listed? Just contact us, we are happy to advise you and create an adapted offer if necessary!
Composites Europe from November 06 until November 08 2018 in Stuttgart
This year we are once again exhibiting at the most important leading trade fair for fibre-reinforced plastics for the German market. Composites Europe will take place from 6 to 8 November in Stuttgart. You will find us this year in Hall 7 / Stand C 14a in the immediate vicinity of SGL Carbon and Saertex.
This year we would like to inform you about current developments in our service portfolio. In particular, the focus will be on our upcoming laboratory accreditation according to ISO 17025. Of course, we will also be bringing along our reference test equipment as well as our US-Plus curing control system, which has been successfully used for over twenty years and is the only process control system on the market that can measure without contact.
We look forward to your visit!
France wins the FIFA World Cup 2018!
Congratulations to France on winning the 2018 World Cup! Even in football, more and more carbon is being used: In shoes, masks and shin pads. The pros know why. It’s time to let the pros check it out…
Well done Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappé and all the others!
Special discount for test fixtures
Due to the high demand for our test fixtures, we are able to offer discounts on selected models, provided we receive an order by 31/07/2018:
Celanese compression test fixture [link]
GZ C-20, modified Celanese compression fixture for testing according to DIN EN ISO 14126, significantly improved handling, better specimen clamping, quickly exchangeable clamping pads
Iosipescu shear test fixture [link]
GZ IS-20, modified test fixture for testing according to ASTM D5379, 2-column design, extended specimen support and clamping, improved specimen centring
ILSS bending test fixture [link]
GZ IL-10, 3-point and 4-point bending test fixture, on request with ILSS insert, for testing according to DIN EN ISO 14125, ISO 178, DIN EN ISO 14130, ASTM D2344, 2-column design, improved handling
Picture frame [link]
GZ S-80, reference shear test method, awarded the DIN Innovation Prize 2014, developed at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, for testing according to DIN SPEC 4885 (from 2019 DIN EN ISO 20337), can be used according to DNVGL guideline for the approval of rotor blades, significantly better material characteristics compared to all other methods for determining shear characteristics such as DIN EN ISO 14129, ASTM D5379 and ASTM D7078
Our test fixtures can be adapted to all common testing machines from the manufacturers Zwick, MTS, Instron, Shimadzu and Hegewald & Peschke. They are used by well-known companies in the composites industry such as Fraunhofer IGCV, ABB, Siemens, Lamborghini and Grob Aircraft and enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide. The test fixtures are durable, low-maintenance and provide better material characteristics due to their optimised design in detail.
For more information on our reference test fixtures and other test fixtures for testing fibre-reinforced plastics, click here!
Materials testing program
For several years, Grasse Zur Composite Testing has been offering large quantity discounts for the execution of material testing programmes and for the creation of material cards, e.g. for simulation or the development of components. In view of the successful initial audit in April 2018 in accordance with DIN EN ISO 17025 and the forthcoming laboratory accreditation, the processes have been further optimised so that in future even more favourable prices can be offered in some cases for standard tests.
The offer includes the production of the test specimens from material provided, the measurement of the test specimens, if necessary the bonding of tabs or the application of strain gauges or the conditioning in the climatic cabinet, the performance of the material tests and the preparation of meaningful test reports. The tests are carried out at room temperature and also at elevated temperatures.
Of course, we also carry out a variety of other tests on fibre-reinforced plastics at our location in Berlin. We will be happy to provide you with a non-binding offer according to your requirements in a timely manner.
Considerable quantity discounts can be offered for the following tests in the case of larger test scopes:
