Laboratory services

At IFO Institut für Oberflächentechnik GmbH in Germany, all coatings and coating systems can be tested: Technological, chemical and physical investigations are as much a part of our service portfolio as our variety of corrosion rate tests. Our work focuses on component testing during production and the assessment of damage claims and causes of defects. Here, our customers value our flexible working, quick response times and our highly qualified laboratory team. For information about the accredited testing methods according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 please refer to the Annex of the accreditation certificate.

Services offered 

• Mass loss test according to DIN EN ISO 3210 / ASTM B680 / ASTM B137 
• Resistance tests according to DIN EN ISO 2812 
• Pencil hardness according to DIN EN ISO 15184 / ASTM D3363 
• Indentation test (Buchholz hardness) according to DIN EN ISO 2815 
• Pressure water-jetting test according to DIN EN ISO 16925 
• Mandrel bending test according to DIN EN ISO 1519 (cylindrical mandrel) and DIN EN ISO 6860 (conical mandrel) 
• Colour Fastness Testing 
• Colour measurement according to DIN EN ISO / CIE 11664-4 
• Dye spot test according to DIN EN ISO 2143 
• Filiform corrosion testing according to DIN EN ISO 4623-1 / DIN EN ISO 4623-2 / DIN EN 3665 / QUALICOAT 
• Professional photo box 
• Adhesive strength test according to DIN EN ISO 2409 (cross cut) and DIN EN ISO 16276-2 (X shaped incision) 
• Gloss measurement in acc. with DIN EN ISO 2813 
• Alternating Climate Test (ACT) 
• Condensation water climate test according to DIN EN ISO 6270-1 / DIN EN ISO 6270-2
• Alternating condensation climate test containing sulphur dioxide (Kesternich) according to DIN EN ISO 22479 / DIN EN ISO 6988 / DIN 50018 
• Scratch resistance test according to DIN EN ISO 1518-1
• Manual scratch test according to MBN 10494-5 Ch. 5.2.1
• Impact test according to DIN EN ISO 6272-1 / DIN EN ISO 6272-2 / ASTM D2794 
• Machu test according to QUALICOAT 
• Martindale based on DIN CEN / TS 16611
• Materialography 
• Pistol test according to DIN ISO 4532 
• Mortar test according to DIN EN 12206-1 
• Porosity testing according to DIN EN ISO 29601 / DIN 55670 / DIN EN ISO 8289 
• Raman spectroscopy 
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) / Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis (EDX)
• Fastness to rubbing according to ISO 105-X12 
• Falling sand abrasion test according to ASTM D968 
• Corrosion Tests in artificial atmospheres – Salt spray test acc. to DIN EN ISO 9227 / ASTM B117 
• Admittance measurement according to DIN EN ISO 2931 
• Layer thickness measurement according to DIN EN ISO 2178 (magnetic method) / DIN EN ISO 2360 (eddy current method) 
• Accelerated weathering test (artificial weathering with UV fluorescent lamps) according to DIN EN ISO 16474-3, DIN EN ISO 4892-3, GSB AL 631-7 and GSB ST 663-7 
• Accelerated weathering test (artificial weathering with xenon arc lamps) according to DIN EN ISO 16474-2 and DIN EN ISO 4892-2 
• Stone chip testing according to DIN EN ISO 20567-1 (multi-impact test) 
• Pull-off testing according to DIN EN ISO 4624 Method B 
• Thermal shock according to DIN EN ISO 2819 section 4.12 
• Cupping test according to DIN EN ISO 1520 
• Cyclic Corrosion Test (CCT)