Mechanical testing systems
STEP Lab develops and supplies robot-based testing systems. The system is managed by a special version of the Test Center software, which allows easy handling of 3D movement tests.
Areas of application
Advantages
Performance
Plastic
| TEST | MATERIAL | STANDARD | DESCRIPTION |
| Static tests | Plastic | ASTM D638 | Tensile properties of plastics |
| Static tests | Plastic | ISO 527-1 ISO 527-2 |
Plastics-Determination of Tensile Properties |
Metal
| TEST | MATERIAL | STANDARD | DESCRIPTION |
| Static tests | Metal | ASTM E21 | High-temperature tensile testing of metallic materials |
| Static tests | Metal | ASTM E290 | Material bending test for ductility |
| Static tests | Metal | ASTM E517 | Plastic deformation ratio r for sheet metal |
| Static tests | Metal | ASTM E646 | Tensile hardening exponents (n-values) of sheet metal materials |
| Static tests | Metal | ASTM E8M | Tensile testing of metallic materials |
| Static tests | Metal | ASTM E9 | Compression testing of metallic materials at room temperature |
| Static tests | Metal | EN 10002-1:2001 (replaced by ISO EN 6892-1:2019) | Tensile testing of metallic materials. Test method at room temperature |
| Static tests | Metal | ISO 6892-1 | Metallic materials – Tensile testing Part 1: Test method at room temperature |
| Static tests | Metal | ISO 7438 | Metallic materials. Bending test. |
| Static tests | Metal | ISO 783 | Metallic materials – Tensile test of steel at high temperature |
Bike
| TEST | MATERIAL | STANDARD | DESCRIPTION |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | EN 15194 | Electrically assisted pedal cycles – EPAC Bicycles – test methods |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | ISO 4210-3 | Bicycle safety requirements – Part 3: Common test methods |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | ISO 4210-4 | Safety requirements for bicycles – Part 4: Braking test methods |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | ISO 4210-5 | Bicycle safety requirements – Part 5: Steering test methods |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | ISO 4210-6 | Safety requirements for bicycles – Part 6: Test methods for frame and fork |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | ISO 4210-7 | Bicycle safety requirements – Part 7: Test methods for wheels and rims |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | ISO 4210-8 | Safety requirements for bicycles – Part 8: Pedal and drive system test methods |
| Static / Fatigue | Bike | ISO 4210-9 | Bicycle safety requirements – Part 9: Test methods for saddles and seatposts |
Biomedical
| TEST | MATERIAL | STANDARD | DESCRIPTION |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F1264 | Standard Specifications and Test Methods for Intramedullary Fixation Devices |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F1717 | Standard test methods for spinal implant structures in a vertebrectomy model |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F1798 | Standard test method for evaluating static and fatigue properties of interconnection mechanisms and subassemblies used in spinal arthrodesis implants |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F1800 | Standard Practice for Cyclic Fatigue Testing of Metal Components of the Tibial Plateau of Total Knee Joint Prostheses |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F2068 | Standard specifications for femoral prostheses – metal implants |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F2077 | Test methods for intervertebral body fusion devices |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F2193 | Standard specifications and test methods for components used in surgical fixation of the spinal skeletal system |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F2502 | Standard specifications and test methods for resorbable plates and screws for internal fixation implants |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F2580 | Standard practice for evaluating the modular connection of a proximally fixed femoral hip prosthesis |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F2706 | Standard test methods for occipito-cervical and occipito-cervical-thoracic spinal implant constructions in a vertebrectomy model |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F382 | Standard Specifications and Test Method for Metal Bone Plates |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F384 | Standard specifications and test methods for angled metal devices for orthopaedic fracture fixation |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ASTM F543 | Standard Specifications and Test Methods for Metal Medical Bone Screws |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | EN 843-1 | Mechanical properties of monolithic ceramics at room temperature – Determination of flexural strength |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ISO 11405 | Tooth structure adhesion test |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ISO 12189-8 | Mechanical testing of implantable spinal devices – Fatigue test method for spinal implant assemblies using anterior support |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ISO 14801 | Dentistry – Implants – Dynamic load test for endosseous dental implants |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ISO 14879-1 | Total knee joint replacement Determining the strength properties of tibial knee trays |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ISO 6872 | Dentistry – Ceramic materials |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedicale | ISO 7206 | Surgical implants – Partial and total hip joint replacements |
| Static / Fatigue | Biomedical | ISO 9585 | Surgical implants – Determination of flexural strength and stiffness of bone plates |
Rubber
| TEST | MATERIAL | STANDARD | DESCRIPTION |
| Static tests | Rubber | ISO 2439 | Determination of hardness (indentation technique) |
| Static tests | Rubber | ISO 3386 | Determination of stress-strain characteristics in compression |
