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Important notice:
As part of restructuring measures, the services of the Metallic Materials and Components department will be assigned to the areas of Metallographic Analysis and Structural Mechanics from 2026 onward.
The portfolio of services will remain unchanged.

 

For enquiries concerning damage assessment and analyses, please contact:

Dr.-Ing. Andree Irretier
Head of Department Metallographic Analysis
tel.: +49 421 218 51419
e-mail: irretier@mpa-bremen.de

 

For enquiries concerning mechanical testing, please contact:

Dr.-Ing. Johanna Eisenträger
Head of Department Mechanical Properties
tel.: +49 421 218 51320
e-mail: eisentraeger@iwt-bremen.de

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The department of ‘Metallic Materials and Structures’ offers testing and expert opinions in the field of materials science for the entire field of mechanical engineering. The department also deals with all metallic construction and materials. In the field of failure analysis in particular, the department works closely with the program area of Materials Engineering at the Leibniz-IWT. The customer can thus be offered a large potential of materials science expertise in order to determine the causes of damage and to develop appropriate solution concepts and measures for damage prevention in cooperation with the client.

Contract investigations and service

  • Expert reports for insurance companies, courts, companies and private individuals
  • Damage analysis of metallic components and machines in accordance with VDI 3822 (e.g. gearboxes, bearings, motors, pipelines, fittings, etc.)
  • Advice on materials science, heat treatment, etc.
  • Determination of classic properties of metallic materials (e.g. material tests on steel, aluminum, copper, titanium, magnesium)
    • Tensile testing in accordance with DIN EN ISO 6892-1 (specimen preparation in accordance with DIN 50125)
    • Hardness testing according to Rockwell, Vickers, Brinell (DIN EN ISO 6506-1, 6507-1, 6508-1), among others
    • Notched bar impact test according to DIN EN ISO 148-1 (ISO-U, ISO-V)
  • Determination of mechanical properties under cryogenic conditions up to 10K
  • Determination of component properties according to customer specifications
  • Heat treatment simulation using a thermomechanical testing system (GLEEBLE)
  • Metallographic analysis (e.g. macrosection, microsection, grain size determination, etc.)
  • Scanning electron microscope analysis including EDX analysis (e.g. fracture surface analysis (fractography), analysis of corrosion products, etc.)
  • Element distribution using electron beam microprobe, EBSD (electron backscatter diffraction)

  • Spectral analysis to determine the chemical composition using OES, GDOS
     

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