Empa is, since it's foundation and investigation into the accident of the Münchenstein bridge in the year 1891, a leading institution for failure analysis. Empa experts will carry out demanding failure and safety analysis for civil and criminal court, public prosecutors, insurance companies, the industry, and for private individuals. In the event of damage, the laboratory Mechanical Systems Engineering will prepare an independent expertise with an expert report containing an in-depth explanation of the interdisciplinary investigations. Further information 

The Mechanical Systems Engineering laboratory is a versatile and reliable partner for your R&D project. We support you as part of a contract research or a funded development project, and contribute our interdisciplinary expertise to your product development or feasibility study. Our engineers and scientists are experienced in system and product development, as well as in process development for composites systems and components. Further information 

Safety, reliability and sustainability are - besides profitability - the core criteria for the development and commercialization of products and components. We offer support in the design of lightweight structures, composites and compound material systems, and issues regarding static and cyclic durability (lifetime) of materials, sub-assemblies and machine parts up to components and entire structures. Apart from measurements of representative service loads on components, also simulations of measured or given stress histories in a broad load range may be performed in the lab. Two universal floor slabs allow the realization of tailored test set-ups in order to experimentally determine the lifetime of test objects under realistic and customer specific loads.

As an independent, accredited laboratory for oscillating mechanical testing of materials, components and constructions according to ISO/IEC 17025 (STS 0053), a high quality lev-el of our services as well as extensive documentation are a matter of course. 
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