Laboratory, NDT and QEMS Services
- Physico-chemical characterisation of materials: analysis of the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of composite materials and other advanced materials.
- Mechanical characterisation: conducting tests on strength, durability and behaviour under different load and environmental conditions.
- Quality control: inspection and verification of materials and components during and after the manufacturing process to ensure their compliance with technical specifications.
- Microscopic analysis: for detailed analysis of material quality.
- Infrared spectroscopy and chemical analysis: for the identification and quantification of the chemical components of materials.
- Collaboration with other centres: working in partnership with other research centres and companies to expand capabilities and adopt new technologies.
- Material testing machines: for conducting tensile, compression, bending and fatigue tests.
- Climate chambers: for assessing how materials behave under different environmental conditions.
The Laboratory, NDT and QEMS Service has a range of equipment for carrying out various types of testing.
Mechanical testing equipment:
- Criterion MTS 300 kN testing machine with temperature range from -55ºC to 350ºC and 100kN capacity.
- MTS Landmarck 370 100kN (-100ºC - 350ºC) universal dynamic testing machine with 300kN capacity.
- Universal testing machine Zwick Z010 with 10kN capacity
Equipment for physico-chemical testing:
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC).
- Mechano-dynamic analysis (DMA).
- Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).
- Thermo-mechanical analysis (TMA).
- Rheology.
- FTIR Nicolet iN10 MX.
- Electrical conductivity.
- Oxygen limit index.
- Stereo microscope and optical microscope.
- Extractor hoods and fume hoods.
- Ovens and temperature and humidity chambers.
Sample preparation equipment:
- Sample machining.
- Dimensional analysis.
- Surface grinding machine.
- CNC coupon trimming machine.
- Metallographic preparation.
- Low-medium energy impact device.
As regards equipment for the non-destructive testing (NDT) area, there is a 100 m² space housing an isolated workroom for documentation and engineering work, an automatic inspection work area and an area for manual inspection. The equipment in this area consists of two manual units, a semi-automatic phased array unit and an immersion tank with the following capacities:
- Pulse-echo from 1 MHz to 5 MHz. Useful sweep up to 8 m x 3 m.
- Transmission from 1 MHz to 5 MHz. Useful sweep: 7 m x 1.5 m.
- Aerial transmission 0.225 MHz. Useful sweep: 7 m x 1,5 m.
All equipment, probes and personnel are qualified according to EN4179.
The activities carried out are:
- Mechanical and physicochemical characterisation tests.
- Sample preparation.
- Non-destructive testing.
- Inspection, structural testing
- Thermal and climatic analysis
As a result of these activities, the following work is being carried out:
- Definition, characterisation and testing for certification of materials (fibres, resins, others).
- Development/validation of new structural concepts and structural analysis methods.
- Cutting of test specimens using numerically controlled machines, grinding machine for demanding dimensional tolerance requirements, squares for measuring parallelism and perpendicularity, surface comparators, milling machine, polishing machine for test specimens.
- Destructive and non-destructive mechanical testing (tensile, compression, G1c, in-plane shear, interlaminar shear, drum peeling, impact hardness, etc. mainly used for all types of composite and polymeric materials from any manufacturing method).
- Physicochemical tests for the determination of glass transition temperature, degree of curing, degree of crystallinity, coefficient of thermal expansion, degradation temperature, determination of resin, fibre and voids content, microstructural characterisation, etc.
Team Laboratory, NDT and QEMS Services
The team comprises technicians, operators and engineers specialising in various disciplines, including materials science, chemistry, physics and mechanical engineering. Their experience and expertise are fundamental to the success of Fidamc’s projects, ensuring that the materials and processes developed are of the highest quality and reliability. It is headed by María Rosario Martínez and includes Carlos Cenamor, Maryorie Mey, Beatriz Moreno, and Luis Belmonte as laboratory technicians, Ana Rosa Rodríguez as a quality technician, and Rafael Contento and Carlos Cenamor as NDT inspectors, levels III and I respectively.
It is located at the headquarters of Fidamc (Avda. Rita Levi Montalcini, 29, 28906, Getafe, Madrid) and can be contacted by phone (+34 910 458 358) or email (laboratorio@fidamc.es)
Accredited under UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 No.: 1099/LE2107.
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