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InnoTrans will take place in Berlin from September 20 - 23. Every two years, everything revolves around railway technology, railway infrastructure, public transport, interiors and tunnel construction at the leading international trade fair. With 3,500 running meters of track, the InnoTrans track and outdoor area is particularly impressive. The testing experts at Applus+ IMA Dresden will also be present at the trade fair and await visitors with the following highlights:
- Structural and component testing for car bodies, bogie and chassis frames, axle bearing housings, stabilizers and much more.
- Material testing for metals, plastics and composites
- Measurement campaigns and data evaluation
- Concept development of [...]
A warm welcome to our team, Anina, Davyd and Marc – our new apprentices in 2022. On September 1 the three started their new phase of life with a great deal of curiosity and great expectations and will now spend the next three and a half years training with us as materials testers and mechatronics engineers. The trainees and trainers had the pleasure of getting to know each other better over lunch before the following guided tour of the testing halls took place. We hope you had fun and are looking forward to getting started! A total of seven young people are currently undergoing training at Applus+ IMA Dresden as materials testers, mechatronics engineers and industrial mechanics. For many years now, we have made it our business to open up career [...]
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Entering pipes that are 5-7 meters in diameter? No problem for the testing experts at Applus+ IMA Dresden. In coal-fired power plants, gas is discharged during the combustion of the raw material. This then arrives in the large natural draft cooling towers, which are often a visible feature of a power plant in the landscape. So-called clean gas ducts are used to transport the gas as a reaction product. In the past, these pipes were typically made of metal. But the glass-fiber-reinforced plastic (GRP) now used has a major advantage: it is more resistant to corrosion. This is because the high temperatures and the media (chemicals, water) cause the pipes to corrode quite quickly. Since the construction of the clean gas ducts, the experts at Applus+ [...]
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We humans have a lot in common with pigs, including the nature of our skin. It is the largest human organ and performs a variety of functions. Above all, it protects our body from physical and chemical stimuli, from the penetration of microorganisms and from the loss of water and from heat. It is therefore no wonder that materials used in the medical field that will be in contact with the skin must undergo intensive testing before they can be used. This also includes skin adhesives. So-called "wound or tissue adhesives" are often the painless alternative to the conventional closure of wounds using surgical suture material. Before these adhesives can be used, their mechanical and adhesive properties must be evaluated. Applus+ IMA Dresden is recognized [...]
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The operating theater between scalpel and swab is not always a silent place – e.g. when an artificial hip is implanted the bones need to be rasped and reamed. Hip cup or stem are often held by an insertion instrument and the surgeon hits this instrument with a surgical hammer in order to fix the implant in place. This way press-fit is achieved and the patient can walk again shortly after the procedure. But how can one ensure that the insertion instrument endures through several hundred operations and thus through thousands of hammer blows? Robert Paul and a team of engineers and specialists of Applus+ IMA Dresden asked exactly that question. Meet Matthias Brennsing at "Meet the Expert - Implants 2022" on September 8 in Muttenz (Switzerland). [...]
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We have just received our new DAkkS accreditation certificate. We extended our scope with 9 new test methods and 26 updated editions of standard. In particular we are very proud to now offer accredited wear testing of ankle joints (ISO 22622) and durability testing of patellar implants (ISO 14243-5). These are our 9 new test methods:
- ASTM F1672-14: Standard Specification for Resurfacing Patellar Prosthesis
- ASTM F2777-16: Standard Test Method for Evaluating Knee Bearing (Tibial Insert) Endurance and Deformation Under High Flexion
- ISO 14243-5:2019-05: Wear of total knee prostheses — Part 5: Durability performance of the patellofemoral [...]
On the railway embankment near Dresden-Mitte station it can be seen as graffiti: the history of the aviation industry in Dresden. The foundation stone was laid by a woman in 1811 - Wilhelmine Reichard got into a balloon and became Germany's first female balloonist. The flight ended unhappily, however: at 7,800 metres she became unconscious due to lack of oxygen and fell out of the balloon in Saxon Switzerland. Miraculously, she landed in a bush and survived. It was not until much later, in the 1950s, that development began on the first German passenger jet aircraft, the "152", also known as the "Type 152" or "Baade 152" after its designer Brunolf Baade. It is part of the graffiti created between 2005 and 2007 on the occasion of the 800th anniversary [...]
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The supply of (potable) water is vital - appropriate regulations and standards should ensure that it is provided safely, reliably efficiently and it is protected from leckage and contamination. Applus+ IMA Dresden is now an officially recognised testing site for your WRAS approval. This means that we test on behalf of WRAS (Water Regulations Advisory Scheme) and WRAS in turn awards the approval - after passing relevant testing programmes in accordance with the Test Code Sheets and regulations. This is particularly interesting for Applus+ IMA Dresden's international clients, because in the UK, plumbing and sanitary products, such as pipe systems, fittings, taps, valves, have to meet the requirements according to WRAS specifications. For this, [...]
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20 July 1969: Neil Armstrong is the first man to set a foot on the moon as part of the Apollo mission at 3.56 am CET. The breakthrough in space travel! On the annual Space Exploration Day, the focus is on scientific and technical achievements in space exploration. Even Saxony is not as clueless in space exploration as one might think - after all, the first German space traveller, Sigmund Jähn, came from Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz. Applus+ IMA Dresden is also part of space research: we test components for space travel, for example as part of the European Ariane VI programme. [...]
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The most beautiful time of the year is just enough to thank our employees for their work. Under the motto "Ahoy at Florence on the Elbe", we celebrated our IMA summer party this year in the Johannstadt Ferry Garden, directly on the banks of the Elbe. With freshly grilled specialities and cool drinks, our colleagues took the opportunity to chat outside their usual working environment. Those who wanted to, had the opportunity to discover the beautiful silhouette of Dresden's old town from a water perspective on a motorboat trip on the Elbe. The summer party was a complete success and stood up to the strict test criteria of our staff - we are looking forward to the new edition next year. [...]
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