THE “BANC NATIONAL D’EPREUVE” CONDUCTS IMPACT RESISTANCE TESTING
FOR RAILWAY, AIRCRAFT, AUTOMOTIVE AND MACHINE-TOOLS APPLICATIONS
A ONE-OF-A-KIND TEST LABORATORY IN FRANCE
Boasting over 200 years experience in the arms and ammunitions sector, Banc National d’Épreuve has its own ballistic testing laboratory, a one-of-a-kind in France and European benchmark.
TEST EQUIPMENT
- 3 Pneumatic launchers propelling different projectiles (standardized fragments, ice blocks, gravel, shrapnels, hailstones, gelatine cylinders, metallic impactors) up to 180mm diameter.
- Velocity acquisition systems by light screens and Doppler radars.
- High speed camera: mega-pixel resolution at 7,500 fps and a maximum of 775,000 fps.
- Conditioning of samples from -70 to 300°C and 10 to 98% relative humidity depending on the temperature.
TESTED MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS
Side and front windows, driver cabs, paints and coatings, protective boxes, axle sections, windscreens, wipers, batteries, protective covers, composite structures, surface coatings…
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- Delivery hours: Monday to Thursday: 8h00 AM >11h30 AM and noon >3h30 PM . Friday 8h00 AM > 11h30 AM .
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