OUR COOPERATION WITH HTA IN LUCERNE
LED TO A TENSION TEST.

As our methods of analysis are scientifically based and have also provided valuable findings for the Lucerne College of Engineering and Architecture [HTA], we have been able to develop further methods of analysis and material inspection through exciting team work. These methods have subsequently been implemented on an ongoing basis, for example, measuring the level of embrittlement using an apparatus which subjects a small sample of pipe to increasingly high torsion loads until it buckles. The time it takes for this to happen shows how advanced the embrittlement is.
Further joint studies are also being conducted to determine the flow and heat patterns after an internal renovation has been carried out.

This apparatus developed in conjunction with HTA in Lucerne is used to carry out the hardness test to see how a sample of pipe bends and buckles under increasing loads: The quicker the pipe buckles the more brittle the material has become and the more urgent the need to renovate the pipes.