Pipes & Pipe Systems
Pipe testing, inspection and certification: the complete packageFrom the individual materials to constructed pipe sections, valves, welds and complete systems, we examine physical, mechanical, hydraulic and acoustic details to ensure quality and compliance with regulations. We’re approved and esteemed as a test lab but also as a certification body and inspection agency for complete pipe systems. |
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Interior piping (Inside Buildings)
Drinking water, heating/climatics and gas
- Products: Plastic, metal or multilayer pipe systems
- Capacities: Internal pressures up to 200bar; Flow rates up to 700 m3/h; Dimensions up to 250 mm
Testing range
Materials
- Thermal analyses
- Physical analysis
- Materialography
- Surface quality testing
- Testing under static, cyclic and impact load
Pipes and Fittings
- Static and dynamic internal pressure tests
- Long term pressure tests
- Thermal cycling tests
- Vacuum tests
- Pressure loss analysis
Complete Systems
- Internal pressure (with and without bending)
- Pull-out tests
- Pressure shock tests
- Thermal cycling tests
- Bending cycle tests
- Vacuum tests
Sanitary systems, valves & water treatment
- Applications: Drinking water; Heating and A/C, Gas, Industry
- Products: Taps, Sanitary and building valves; shut-off valves and tapping valves; protection valves and hose lines; devices for water treatment
Testing range
- Functional reliability tests
- Mechanical tests
- Hydraulic tests
- Tightness tests
- Durability tests
- Functional tests
- Chemical analyses
- Corrosion resistance
- Acoustic testing according to DIN EN ISO 3822
Exterior piping (Outside Buildings)
District Heating and Geothermy
- Applications: District heating, district cooling and local heating
- Products: Coatings and insulation materials, pipe systems with steel or flexible media pipes, bonded twin pipe systems, geothermal probes, horizontal earth collectors
Testing range
Materials
- Thermal analyses
- Physical analysis
- Materialography
- Surface quality testing
- Corrosion resistance
Pipes and Fittings
- Thermal conductivity
- Long-term-creep resistance
- Long-term-temperature resistance
- Internal pressure resistance
- Shear strength
- Pressure strength
Valves
- Tensile strength
- Pressure strength
- Bending strength
- Actuating moment
Supply and Disposal (Gas, Drinking Water, Waste Water, Cable Conduits)
- Products: Thermoplastic pipes and tanks, GFRP pipes and tanks, cured-in-place pipes, non-draining collection basins
- Capacities: Internal pressure up to 200 bar; Temperatures up to 250 C; Dimensions up to 2000 mm
Testing range
Materials
- Thermal analyses
- Physical analysis
- Materialography
- Surface quality testing
- Testing under Static or Cyclic loading
Pipes and Fittings
- Internal pressure tests under temperature conditions
- Pull-out tests
- Pressure shock tests
- Thermal cycling tests
- Bend cycling test
- Pressure loss determination
- Cyclical internal pressure tests
- Peak pressure tests
Complete Systems
- Static and dynamic internal pressure tests
- Internal creep rupture tests
- Thermal cycling tests
- Negative pressure tests
- Ring stiffness
- Stress crack resistance
- Peak pressure tests