Test equipment
Universal test rigs
- Universal Multipurpose test rigs up to 2500kN
- Quasi-static Multipurpose test-rigs up to 8000kN
- Large scale roller bearing test rig
Tribological test rigs
- Large-scale bearing LSB test-rig
- Large-scale thrust bearing test-rig
- Large-scale flat on flat tribometers
- Small-scale tribotester - Twin Disk
- Small-scale tribotesters - Pin-on-disk
- Small-scale tribotesters - Plate-on-plate
- Small-scale tribotesters - Stick-slip
- Small-scale tribotesters - Bearing
- Small-scale tribotesters - Pin-abrasion - G132
- Torque Machine
- Shackle chain wear test rig
- Conveyor chain wear test rig
Fatigue Testing
- Modular test floor 4000 kN
- Four point bending
- Pressure vessel
- Pulsator test rig for beams and girders
Fracture Mechanics Testing
- Wide Plate Setup
- Charpy test setup
- CTOD tests
Software (academic licenses)
Finite Element Software
- Abaqus on Athena (UGent only)
- Ansys on Athena (UGent only)
- CosmosWorks
- WARP3D
- ThreadGen
Numerical and analytical calculations
- Matlab on Athena (UGent only)
- Maple on Athena (UGent only)
CAD
- SolidWorks
Miscellaneous
- 3D Dynamic Optical Displacement Measuring
- 3D Static Optical Full-field Strain and Profile Measuring
- 3D Optical Profiler
- Direct Current Potential Drop
- Infrared Thermography
- Automatic Vickers hardness tester
- Roughness testers
- Strain gauging
- Production facilities