The following activities are carried out in the Mechanical Testing Laboratory:

• tensile, compression, bending and shear tests;

• low and high cycle fatigue tests;

• Brinel and Rockwell hardness and Vickers and Knoop microhardness tests;

• impact and creep tests;

• non-destructive tests (ultrasound and penetrating liquids).

The following equipments are available:

• Emic Universal machine for mechanical testing; 

• MTS machine for fatigue testing; 

• Charpy testing machine; 

• creep testing machine; 

• hardness testing machines; 

• microhardness testing machines; 

• Instron machine for fatigue testing; 

• sintering furnace; 

• controlled atmosphere furnace. 

Area: 50 m².

Contacts : Prof. Carlos Nelson Elias  - elias@ime.eb.br 

  Cap Clara Luz de Sousa Santos - claraluz@ime.eb.br