Head of Material and Failure Analysis
Member of the Executive Board
+41 62 889 69 55
Plastics technology
+41 62 889 69 02
Materials analysis
The economic pressure and the entrepreneurial success that depends on it increasingly require that all optimization potentials for materials, products and systems are exploited. Checking the optimization of materials and component properties is becoming increasingly important. Our well-rehearsed team of experienced specialists at the Winterthur site, with extensive know-how in the various analytical processes for materials and surfaces, offers our customers comprehensive advice on all aspects of materials analysis.
Analyzed and characterized
Our “Damage and Materials Analysis” team has one of the largest laboratories for materials testing in Switzerland. We analyse and characterise all types of materials, surfaces and coatings in the macro and micro range: metals, ceramics, plastics and composites as well as corrosion, oxidation and reaction products. Contact us to jointly define the right analytical method for your material.
Our procedures
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- X-ray fluorescence analysis (RFA)
- 3D scanning electron microscopy
- Transmission electron microscope (TEM – self-measurement with partner instrument)
- Electron microprobe (EPMA/WDX)
- X-ray diffraction (XRD)
- Combustion analysis
- Gas hot extraction
- Particle size analysis of powders by laser diffraction method
- Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
- Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy Microscopy (Micro-FTIR)
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
- Thermogravimetry (TGA)
- IR thermometry
- Spectrophotometry
- Titration
- Measurement of the electrical conductivity of solutions
- Ferrite measurement (magnetic inductive method)
- Quantitative digital image analysis
- Optical reflected light microscopy up to 1000x magnification
- Optical transmitted light microscopy up to 1000x magnification
- Automated hardness and micro hardness testers (Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers, Knoop, Shore)
- Rebound hardness test
- Numerous heat treatment options
- Standardized and customer-specific corrosion tests