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On January 13 and 14, we take part in the innovation forum “Fiber composite industry opens up construction “ organized by the network Composites United e. V. Fiber composite specialist Prof. Jens Ridzewski, Business Development Manager at IMA Dresden, is looking forward to meet you online. It is a great opportunity to get to know new people in the field and to deepen existing partnerships. Don’t miss: Prof. Ridzewski, together with Dr. Ingelore Gaitzsch from texton e. V. and Prof. Sergej Rempel from Hochschule Augsburg, will address problems and challenges that SEMs in the construction industry are facing with fibre-reinforced construction methods. When? January 13 at 9:30 AM. Register now and be a part of the innovation [...]
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We shook, accelerated and decelerated, heated up, simulated, measured, tested and certified. Each test situation has been performed with expert knowledge and passion for the task ahead. We thank you for trusting in our experts, for the exchange at conferences – online or on-site. We are looking forward to new professional challenges and projects, new partnerships and test jobs in 2022. We all at IMA Dresden wish you a happy and peaceful Christmas time! [...]
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Look at our peaceful, little army of Santa Clauses! Yesterday, they made themselves ready to bring joy and happiness – and their chocolaty self – to every employee at IMA Dresden. Happy Christmas to our whole team and thank you very much for your hard work and your commitment! [...]
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At IMA Dresden, we turn your customer feedback into children's smiles! And this is how it works: For every feedback we get from our customers throughout the year, we pay 10 Euros into the donation box. This year, we raised a total of 500 Euros. Thank you very much for contributing! Yesterday, managing director Dr. Ron Buchholz handed over the donation to the registered association “Aufwind Kinder- und Jugendfonds Dresden e. V. ". The association works to contribute to improve the everyday life and learning conditions of underprivileged children and young people from Dresden. We are happy to help. So keep on giving feedback, as our fundraising campaign continues. [...]
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Regardless of whether a test lasts 2.117 seconds or 10.00 hours – our experts prepare and carry out every single one with the same meticulousness. The shortest one is our impact test: From a height up to 22 meters, we drop a maximum weight of 50 kilograms onto a sample. It takes just 2.117 seconds. Compared with our longest-running test, this is just a blink of the eye. In comparison, our long-term test on a GRP liner pipe takes much more time. In our test laboratory, we put a weight on a pipe cutout to simulate the weight of the soil layer that will later lie above it in real use – for about 10,000 hours; That are almost 417 days. Then, we can predict the load over the period of 50 years. [...]
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Our human heart is pumping approximately five liters of blood through our body – every minute. The “heart” of our test benches is the hydraulic system, that constantly supplies them with oil. At our two test sites each system consists of 8 pumps, which is able to put into circulation up to 2,400 liters of oil per minute. In order that the valves of the hydraulic cylinders display optimal performance, we set ourselves the highest standards We use oil with a particularly high purity class to prevent the valves of the hydraulic cylinders from clogging. The oil is checked regularly for contaminations, wear metals, the performance of additives and certain oil ageing phenomenons. If the trends of certain values leave the defined corridor, countermeasures [...]
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We tested them for maximum Christmas spirit and they have absolutely met our high standards: Our Christmas trees! Of course, things weren’t handled as officially when the trees were festively decorated yesterday. ;) As it gets colder outside, our anticipation for festive delicacies and family time, rises a little more every day. And those trees contribute to our Christmas mood, for they look just beautiful, don’t you think? The team at IMA Dresden wishes you a wonderful first Sunday in Advent and a quiet pre-Christmas season. [...]
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Today is already the second day of the JEC Dach Forum in Frankfurt.
Our engineers for materials testing on plastics and composites André Tost and Karl Scheffler as well as our Business Development Prof. Dr. Jens Ridzewski are on site at booth E6.
Yesterday was all about business, innovation, lightweight construction and sustainability.
Today's program is dedicated to e-mobility and thermoplastic composites.
We are looking forward to an interesting and knowledge exchange.
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On November 23 to 24, 2021, it will be all about Composites! EC Group is launching the JEC Forum DACH in partnership with the AVK. We’ll be at this first event in Frankfurt, Germany looking forward to meeting you at booth E6. The conference program is packed with interesting presentations offering the opportunity to exchange and learn about the current and future developments of Composites in the DACH region. On-site will be André Toast, Head of Department Plastics and Components, and Karl Scheffler, Head of Wind Energy, and Business Development Manager Prof. Dr. Jens Ridzewski. They are looking forward to getting to know you. Register for JEC: www.jec-dach.events [...]
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Not an insect, but still six legs. Our multiaxial shaker table (MAST), also called hexapod, is particularly suitable for testing components, modules, assemblies and subsystems – from small telematics assemblies for use at Deutsche Bahn up to seat connections on a front section of a Rolls Royce RR1x.
The MAST, allows us to generate the loads from mechanical oscillations to simulate operating loads such as road bumps, steering and braking loads, load interchanging, vertical and roll motions and special environmental conditions, for example a hot gas flow and driving through puddles.
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