The Mechanical Testing Laboratory located in MITEC is equipped with an advanced equipment infrastructure that allows the examination of the mechanical properties and the ultrasonic nondestructive testing of plastic and composite materials.

Our team of engineers and basic scientists, each specialized in their fields, provides testing services with the following infrastructure to the industrial organizations from different sectors as well as the researches within the company.

Devices Available in Mechanical Testing Laboratory

Device List

Device Features

Zwick Universal Testing Machine (Z250 Allround)
  • High level of machine stiffness for composite testing
  • 250 kN capacity electronic load cell with grade 0.5 force measurement precision
  • Heating Chamber: -70°C … 250°C (Cooling via LN2)
  • Biaxial Extensometer (-55°C … 100°C)
  • Macroxtens Extensometer (-70°C …250°C)
  • Dijital Clip-On Ekstensometer (+10 °C … +35 °C)
  • Alignment Unit
  • Dijital Clip-On Ekstansometre (+10 °C … +35 °C)
  • 16-Channel Atrain Gauge Amplifier (HBM Quantum X)
  • Test fixtures for complete set of composite testing (except fatigue)

Instron CEAST 9340 Dropweight Impact Machine
  • Drop Height: 0,03-1,10 m
  • Impact Velocity: 0,77-4,65 m/s
  • Max. Dropping M: 37,5 kg
  • Max. Pot. E.: 405 J

Instron CEAST 9050 Pendulum Impact Machine
  • Hammer Capacity: 50 J, 15 J, 5 J, 1 J
  • Suitable for Charpy Impact Methods

Notch Cutting Machine (Devotrans CD-A)
  • ISO 180 Type A Notch Blade
  • Precision of Micrometer: 0.01 mm

Climatic Chamber (Angelantoni ACS Discovery DY1200)
  • Capacity: 1152 lt
  • Temperature (°C): -40… +180
  • Temperature Fluctutation: ±0,1°C… ±0,3°C
  • Heating / Cooling Rate: 4 °C/min
  • Relative Humidity Range: 10%…98%
  • Relative Humidity Precision: ± 1%… ±3%

Phased Array Ultrasonic NDT Device (DOPPLER/Phascan 16/64)
  • 5 Mhz, 32 Element Phased Array Probe
  • C-Clamp Scanner with encoder
  • Delay Line Probes: 2,25 Mhz / 5 MHz / 10 MHz

Tensile creep tester (MARES)
  • MIR’s design
  • Testing force : 7,5 kN
  • Temperature : up to 120 °C
  • Three testing units
  • Infinite testing by cantilever design
  • 10.000 data (time, strain) points

Capillary Rheometer (Custom Made)
  • MIR’s design
  • Testing force : 20 kN
  • Temperature : up to 420 °C
  • Piston speed : 0.1 to 600 mm/min

Below is the list of tests performed on the mechanical test laboratory infrastructure on request.

The Name of the Test

Related Standards

Plastics – Determination of Tensile Properties (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

EN ISO – 527

Tensile Test Parallel to the Direction (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 2561

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics, Unidirectional Laminates-Tensile Test Perpendicular to the Fiber Direction (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 2597

Determination of in-Plane Shear Properties (±45º tensile test) (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

PrEN 6031

Plastics – Determination of Flexural Properties (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

EN ISO – 178

Fiber- Reinforced Plastic Composites- Determination of Flexural Properties (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

EN ISO – 14125

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics – Unidirectional Laminates – Flexural Test Parallel to the Fiber Direction (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 2562

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics — Unidirectional Laminates-Determination of the Apparent Interlaminar Shear Strength (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 2563

Specification for Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics. Test Method. Determination of Apparent Interlaminar Shear Strength (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 2377

Plastics -Multipurpose Test Specimens
(Zwick Universal Testing Machine and Charpy Impact Test Machine )

ISO 3167

Compression Test Parallel to Fiber Direction (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 2850

Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

ASTM D 695

Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials with Unsupported Gage Section by Shear Loading (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

ASTM D 3410

Aerospace Series – Fiber Reinforced Plastics – Test Method – Determination of Notched, Unnotched and Filled Hole Compression Strength (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 6036

Determination of the Compression Strength After Impact (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 6038

Standard Test Method for Measuring the Damage Resistance of a Fiber-Reinforced
Polymer Matrix Composite to a Drop-Weight Impact Event (Zwick Universal Testing Machine and Drop Tower Impact Test Machine)

ASTM D7136

Determination Of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness Energy, Gıc and Gııc (Zwick Universal Testing Machine)

BS EN 6033 and BS EN 6034

Plastics — Determination of Charpy Impact Properties Part 1: Non-Instrumented Impact Test
(Charpy Impact Test Machine And Notch Making Machine)

EN ISO – 179

Aerospace Series. Fiber Reinforced Plastics.
Standard Procedures for Conditioning Prior to Testing Unaged Materials (Climate Chamber)

BS EN 2743

Standard Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing (Climate Chamber)

ASTM D618

Plastics — Standard Atmospheres for Conditioning and Testing (Climate Chamber)

EN ISO 291

Aerospace Series Fiber Reinforced Plastics
Determination of the Effect of Exposure
to Humid Atmosphere on Physical and Mechanical Characteristics (Climate Chamber)

prEN 2823

Aerospace Series – Fiber Reinforced Plastics – Determination of the Conditions of Exposure to Humid Atmosphere and of Moisture Absorption (Climate Chamber)

prEN 3615

Plastics — Determination of Creep
Behaviour Part 1: Tensile Creep (Creep testing Machine)

TS 3823-1 EN ISO 899