Materials Testing, Cement Equipment, Tensile Steel Test, Universal Devices, blaine finesses, mortar mixer, vicat, le Chatelier, jolting table, Langavant, EN-12390, EN-10002-1, EN-196, ASTM C-305, Quality Control Projects

Everything, during its design and manufacturing process is usually subjected to different quality control processes: aspect, dimensions, durability, resistance etc. But between them, undoubtedly the most demanding are carried out over materials, products and weapon systems of military application, as it is known that this is the field in which concepts as Quality Assurance and Quality System were established for the first time.

From raw materials to the different components and finished product, materials testing is carried out to confirm that mechanical, physical, chemical, software, and other characteristics fulfil the maximum quality level of the national and international standards (MIL-STD, STANAG, AQAP, etc.) Materials Science Research and Development based on analysis and tests, allow to produce devices and products with improved tough, safety, durability, feasibility, lightness, etc, and even cheaper than those traditionally used for the same application. In front of such situation deeply conditioned by STANDARDIZATION and TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, both manufacturers and military institutions have to have a Reference Materials Testing Centre, where testing and inspection of products under development can be carried out and also for verification of performances of existing weapons.

For these reasons IBERTEST can offer a key-turn project according to the specific needs of the customer to carry out successfully all the quality controls, tests, inspections, research, training and consulting.

After delivering of materials testing equipment for the different departments and after training of the technicians, the activities and services rendered by this Military Testing Centre will be very versatile and will have a great added value for the applicant. Because of the activities of this Centre, many of the manufacturing companies will be able to reach an optimum competitive level in the market which would allow to strength and grow up their activities, obtaining an improvement in the quality of their products and weapon systems.

This Centre could be established as Reference Laboratory related to quality standards to be introduced in a country or region, carrying out all the activities of an independent agency of Inspection and Control. This consultancy could also be applied to the establishment of Quality Systems in the military field as AQAP, turning on the main support of the companies which manufacture material for military applications. The main fields to carry out this consultancy, inspection and control activities should be:

DESTRUCTIVE TESTING - Tensile and Compression testing at room temperature and controlled environment (-70º'5fC hasta 900º'5fC) - Hardness: Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers, Shore, other scales - Flexural and Folding testing - Fatigue (Dynamic testing), material testing. - Creep testing - Impact testing	ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING - Saline fog chamber - Corrosive environment (Kesternich chamber) - UV light, Xenotest - Temperature-Moisture chambers - Thermal shock - Cyclic thermohygrometric testing - Transport and storage testing	NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) - Ultrasounds - X-Ray - Foucault and Eddy currents - Magnetic Particles - Coating Thickness - Penetrant Liquids
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY - Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) - Elemental Analysis probe (EDAX) - Failure and Corrosion Analysis	METALOGRAPHY - Optical microscopy with Image Analysis system - Micro-hardness: Vickers and Knoop scales

- Elemental Analysis (CNHOS) - X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy (XRE) - X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) - Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy (ICP, ICP-MS) - Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) - UV-VIS Spectrophotometry - Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR, Micro FTIR) - Gas Chromatography (GC, GC-MS) - Liquid Chromatography (HPLC, IC, GPC) - Thermal Analysis (DSC, TGA, TMA) - Electrochemistry (potentiometry ISE, polarography) - Laser Scattering Granulometry - Other physicochemical tests (viscosimetry, rheometry, density, specific surface and porosimetry, etc)

- Sensitivity Tests: Friction, impact, temperature, flame, detonation wave, etc. - Detonation rate of explosives - Burning rate of propellants (Crawford Bomb) - Adiabatic/Isoperibolic Calorimetry of propellants and explosives - Vulnerability testing of ammunition - Surveillance testing and accelerated rate calorimetry.

- Ballistic Firing Range for small arms and guns up to 105 mm, with electronic instrumentation for: - piezoelectric pressure measurement - temperature profile measurement - mouth speed (linear and angular) and travel  speed by radar - deviation of shots - acceleration, alcance, spin, attitude and integrity of projectiles - photographic and high speed video recording - Detonics Firing Range with photograph and high speed video by X-Ray - Rocket Testing Range with specific impulse measurement - External and Effects Ballistic Testing

- Dimensional Metrology: length, planitude, perpendicularity, redondez, roughness, paso de rosca, etc. - Mechanical Metrology: mass, fuerza, presion, density, volume, etc. - Electrical Metrology: voltage, resistance, intensity, capacity, inductance, quality control, etc.