Testing facilites at the FLB

• Drop weight 5 - 1000 kg adjustable
• Free fall speed 33 km/h, with acceleration apparatus (under development) 50 km/h
• Guided drop weight until Impact, max, part width 500 mm
• Testing of large parts possible up to 2 m x 2 m
• Multiple Impact geometries available (flat, round, spherical)
• Component testing with axial or bending load

• Adjustable testing weight (max. 2000 kg)
• Attainable speed 50 km/h for 2 t, max. 64 km/h
• Flexible acceleration track (max. 20 m)
• Testing of crash management systems and car body structures, restraint systems
• Multiple barriers available (solid wall, 40%-Offset, AZT, RCAR)
• Second crash car available
• Decceleration facility (Biegeblechbremse) according to ECE/FMVSS

• Four testing cylinders (1x25 kN, 3x40 kN), 100 mm travel
• Decoupled level span 4x5m
• Flexible test stand construction system
• Uni- and multiaxial testing of Suspension and Body components
• Corrosion testing chamber
  • Temperature range RT to +75°C
  • Salt dispersion and condensation testing
  • Dynamic testing in corrosive environment (testing space 900 mm x 1100 mm x 800 mm)

 2 high speed video cameras Photron SA5

• Frame rate7,5 kHz at resolution 1024x1024 Pixel, up to 775 kHz

• GOM-ARAMIS-System optical strain measuring 
  
  • Quasi-static and highly dynamic capturing

High speed thermal Imaging camera

• Frame rate 383 Hz at 320 x 256 pixels (up to 31 kHZ)
• Noise equivalent differential temperature < 25 K

• Maximum load 100 kN
• Force- and strain-controlled tensile tests

• Maximum load 50 kN
• Maximum speed 20 m/s
• Facility for multi-axial load

• Resistance spot welding machine
• Manual punch riveting machine

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• High frequency puse with magnetically driven oscillator
• Typical load: ± 100 kN
• Frequency range up to 300 Hz 
• Testing space 530 mm x 1050 mm
• Resconace Controller for force-, distance- strain- and acceleration-controlled testing
• Mechanical clamping for flat test pieces
• 3-point-bending tests