The instrumentation and machinery at our disposal enables us to carry out mechanical and thermal characterization of materials, with particular emphasis on metals and ceramics, by means of standard tests or tests designed in-house ad hoc. For example, the laboratory has four universal hydraulic machines specifically designed for fatigue testing, equipped with resistance and electromagnetic induction furnaces; a versatile electromechanical tension/compression test frame with a wide load range (1 mN ÷ 200 kN); nineteen deadweight machines for creep tests, and three more specific machines for tests on miniature specimens. 

A non-exhaustive list of tests that can be performed is as follows: 

• High-cycle fatigue (HCF), low-cycle fatigue (LCF) and thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) tests 
• Creep tests on standard and miniature specimens 
• Small Punch Test (tensile, creep) up to 1000 °C 
• Tensile and compression (EN, ASTM) up to 1000 °C 
• Flexure tests (3PB, 4PB) on thin specimens, up to 1100 °C 
• Brinell, Vickers and Rockwell surface hardness tests 
• Heat treatment and/or aging up to 1700 °C 
• Manufacturing of ceramic membranes using the tape casting technique 
• Sintering and/or debinding of ceramic materials