Material Testing Laboratory
Laboratory of Biomechanics has participated in material testing from the first time, particularly in tests of human bones. The year 2003 brought a significant change, when we set an Instron 8874 type biomechanical material testing machine going. Using this machine we got the possibility for the introduction of standard material tests beside our biomechanical studies, which raised the possibility of accreditation by establishing the required quality management system.
Thanks to a tender we started to realize the accreditation process of the testing activity of the laboratory in 2005, so the Biomechanical Material Testing Laboratory was founded in the same year for the purpose to sharply separate the accredited material testing activity with its quality management system from any other activity of the laboratory.
The main activity of the Material Testing Laboratory is the research: various biomechanical nature experiments, measurements and tests. In addition, in conjunction with the accredited activity we carry out external orders as well.
Research activity
Some important material/structure testing-related projects of the Laboratory:
- Regional University Knowledge Center
- Grant for the accreditation of the Material Testing Laboratory
- New approach of nanocomposite based bone substitution
- Development of multidisciplinary traffic safety systems
Accredited activity
The Biomechanical Material Testing Laboratory works based on the quality assurance system regulated by the international standard EN ISO 17025. The test activity of the Laboratory was accredited in 2007 by the Hungarian Accreditation Board.
| The detailed list of our standard testing procedures | |
|---|---|
| Test | Standard |
| Tensile Testing of Metallic Materials | MSZ EN ISO 6892-1:2010 |
| Testing of welded joints of thermoplastics semi-finished products. Tensile test | MSZ EN 12814-2:2000 |
| Determination of tensile properties -- Part 1: General principles | MSZ EN ISO 527-1:2012 |
| Methods for determining the density of non-cellular plastics -- Part 1: Immersion method, liquid pyknometer method and titration method | MSZ EN ISO 1183-1:2013 |
| Determination of compressive properties | MSZ EN ISO 604:2003 |
| Determination of flexural properties | MSZ EN ISO 178:2011 |
| Determination of tensile properties -- Part 2: Test conditions for moulding and extrusion plastics | MSZ EN ISO 527-2:2012 |
| Determination of tensile properties -- Part 3: Test conditions for films and sheets | MSZ EN ISO 527-3:1996 |
| Determination of tensile properties -- Part 4: Test conditions for isotropic and orthotropic fibre-reinforced plastic composites | MSZ EN ISO 527-4:1999 |
| Determination of tensile properties -- Part 5: Test conditions for unidirectional fibre-reinforced plastic composites | MSZ EN ISO 527-5:2009 |
| Plastics and ebonite -- Determination of indentation hardness by means of a durometer (Shore hardness) | MSZ EN ISO 868:2003 |
| Standard Guide for Evaluating the Static and Fatigue Properties of Interconnection Mechanisms and Subassemblies Used in Spinal Arthrodesis Implants | ASTM F 1798-13 |
| Standard Specification and Test Methods for External Skeletal Fixation Devices | ASTM F 1541 – 02 (2015) (A7 fejezet) |
| Standard Test Methods for Spinal Implant Constructs | ASTM F 1717-15 |
| Standard Specifications and Test Methods for Components Used in the Surgical Fixation of the Spinal Skeletal System | ASTM F 2193-14 |
| Standard Specification and Test Methods for Intramedullary Fixation Devices | ASTM F 1264-14 |
| Standard Specification and Test Method for Metallic Bone Plates | ASTM F 382-14 |
| Standard Specification and Test Methods for Metallic Medical Bone Screws | ASTM F 543-13e1 |
Updated: 2020.02.03.