Department of ElectroMechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering

Laboratory Soete - Tribology of the Low Countries 2022

Full scale 4-point bend setup of pipes

Full scale bending with internal pressure of a ball joint pipe.

internal pressure fatigue

4 point bending test equipment

Featured to perform fatigue tests in 3- or 4 point bending of beams and girders. Typical examples are rails for tracks or train applications and leaf springs.

Bending of girders and rails

DIC measuring system

Digital image correlation and tracking is an optical method that employs tracking and image registration techniques for accurate 2D and 3D measurements of changes in images.

Soete DIC setup

Bend setup for submarine power cables

Preventing overbending is a critical factor in extending the lifetime of submarine power cables. The capabilities of fiber optic based monitoring techniques have been shown, but its potential of detecting submarine power cable bending remain unclear.

Bend setup for submarine power cables

Universal Multipurpose test rigs up to 2500kN

Featured to perform various types of tests, e.g.: tensile tests, fatigue testing of welded components, four-point bend tests, …

MTS 1000kN with DIC setup

Bespoke test setup up to 8000kN

Our high capacity test setup allows testing on a variety of test pieces in static loading (round bar and flat strip tests, notched tensile tests, cross-weld tensile tests)

Soete bespoke test setup 8000kN

Large scale thrust bearing test setup

investigate the friction and wear behavior of axial thrust washers, more particularly pintle bearings.

Investigate the friction and wear behavior of axial thrust washers, more particularly pintle bearings.

Large scale bearing test setup

Investigate the friction and wear behavior of large journal bearings operating in boundary lubrication or dry friction regimes.

Large Scale Bearing setup