About us

Research, Testing, Analysis and Knowledge transfer:

Qualification and reliability of components, devices and systems

• Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis
• Qualification and reliability tests
• Failure analysis
• Electrical characteristics of materials, components, devices and structures
• Electromagnetic compatility (radio-frequency immunity, radio frequency emission, electrostatic discharge, burst, surge, voltage dips and interruptions)
• Major equipment: SEM, TEM, FIB, X-ray microscope, wafer prober, curve tracer, IR-scanning, shaker, climate chambers, EMC-chamber
  
  Reliability Centre (ZZT)

Measurement technology

• Research and development of optical measuring techniques and structural monitoring systems
• Measurement of strain, displacement, shape, position, force, pressure, temperature and electric variables
• RSG, inductive, potentiometric and fiber optic sensors
• Coordinate measuring machine
• Moiré and fringe projection, laser, electronic speckle and shearographic interferometry
• Thermography
• Data acquisition up to 800 channels
• Calibration of instuments and systems
• Statistical methodes and estimation of the measurement uncertainty

Non-destructive testing

• Radiographic tests (film, digital, microfocus)
• Computer and µ-computertomography
• Ultrasonic tests, phased array system
• Magnetic particle testing
• Liquid penetration testing
  
  Centre for Non-destructive Testing

Electronics and Automation

• Evaluation, development and construction of measuring systems
• Integration of complete systems
• Hardware and software development

Accreditation according to EN 45001 as testings laboratory STS 059 for qualification, reliability and non-destructive examinations of materials, components and systems.

Contact:
Dr. U. Sennhauser, Head of Section, e-mail: urs.sennhauser@empa.ch
phone 41 1 823 41 73, fax 41 1 823 40 54. Erika Krause, Administration, e-mail: erika.krause@empa.ch, phone 41 1 823 42 72, fax 41 1 823 40 54