The Laboratory of Material Properties at High Temperatures (No. 1151.1) is accredited by the Czech Accreditation Institute (CAI) as per CSN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and it holds a Certificate from General Electric Aircraft Engines.

Laboratory profile:
The Laboratory is a leading applied research site in the branch of ferrous materials and its work focuses on chem- ical and power engineering. The goals of its research are low-alloy, ferritic, and austenitic creep-resisting steels and alloys based on nickel for aeronautics, stationary turbines and chemical facilities. The Laboratory's advantage is significant capacity of the test machinery intended for testing (180 test machines are available).

Laboratory activity:
development of new types of creep-resisting materials, identification of the relationships between technology, structure and properties
creep resistance testing, mathematical evaluation of the results, formulations of the mathematical models of creep resistant properties, data extrapolation
service life calculations for the firing parts in power engineering and in the chemical industry
study of the long-term structural stability of ferrous materials
complex counseling and expert activity in the area of power engineering, aviation and chemical industry
research and counseling activity in further areas associated with the Laboratory's specialization
application of new creep-resisting nickel and cobalt alloys
utilizing the services of the creep-resisting steels and alloys property database
heat treatment of nickel-based alloys
creep-resisting property tests
creep-strength tests up to 1200 °C,
identification of the creep strain characteristics up to 1150 °C
determination of the creep crack growth rate up to 650 °C
Contact:
Head of laboratory - Ing. Tomáš Vlasák, PhD.
Phone: +420 274 023 170
E-mail: vlasak@svum.cz

Laboratory address:
Podnikatelska 565
190 11 Praha - Bechovice