Labo Soete

Mechanical Construction and Production - Laboratory Soete

Labo Soete

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Labo Soete
Department of
Mechanical Construction
and Production
St.-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
B-9000 Gent
T: +32 9 264 32 96
F: +32 9 264 32 95
E: see staff info

Test Equipment

Tribological test-rigs
Large-scale bearing LSB test-rig Large-scale flat LSF tribometer 1 Large-scale tribometer 2 (MTS) Medium-scale flat MSF tribometer Modified FZG tester Pin-on-disc tester Plate-on-plate clutch tester Plint reciprocating tribometer TE77 Rotating stick-slip tester Small scale reciprocating stick-slip tester Torque Machine
Fatigue Testing
Resonant bending fatigue setup RBFS for pipes ESH 100, 150 and 1000 kN servo-hydraulic MTS 2500 kN servo-hydraulic Amsler 1000 kN Hydropulse 200 kN servo-hydrualic MB 600 kN servo-hydraulic Modular test floor 1350 kN Internal pressure
Fracture Mechanics Testing
Wide Plate Setup Amsler 600 kN tensile test bench Charpy test setup CTOD tests Drop weight tower
Software (academic licenses)
Finite Element Software Abaqus on Athena (UGent only) Ansys on Athena (UGent only) CosmosWorks WARP3D Numerical and analytical calculations Matlab on Athena (UGent only) Maple on Athena (UGent only) CAD SolidWorks
Miscalleneous
Roughness testers Strain gauging Production facilities

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