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STRUCTURAL TESTING LAB

CIDAUT FOUNDATION

DESCRIPTION AND GOALS OF THE ORGANISATION

With more than 15 years of experience, CIDAUT is an expert partner in
structural testing and materials characterization. We work in all phases of
the component development process, providing our customers with
proactive engineering, simulation and testing services.

CIDAUT has highly skilled engineers, CAE experts and our own test
infrastructure including universal test benches, climatic chambers and a
complete set of hydraulic actuators, which allow us to perform a wide range
of tests according to standards or customer requirements.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY
t Material Characterization tests
t High performance structural tests

t Certification Tests
t Generation of material cards for simulation models

TEST FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, TYPES OF TESTING AND/OR 53*"-4

Equipment:
* High loads test bench (up to 2.5MN).
* Test benches for static and fatigue characterization (up to 250kN).
* Test bench for dynamic characterization.
* Complete set of hydraulic actuators.
* Torsional test bench (up to 11kNm).
* Test bench for elastomer characterization.
* Climatic chambers, salt spray chamber and sun simulation chamber.
* High speed video cameras (up to 675000 fps).
Testing/Services:
* Fatigue and durability tests.
* Static and dynamic tests.
* Multiaxial load tests.
* Ageing and corrosion tests.
* Static and dynamic stiffness tests.
* COP tests.
* Metallic materials characterization tests.
* Plastic materials characterization tests.
* Composite materials characterization tests.
* Adhesive and joint characterization tests.
* Generation of material cards for most extended simulation codes.
* Tailor made testing.
* Test Rig design and manufacture.

ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON
CIDAUT Foundation. Parque Tecnológico de Boecillo Miguel Ángel Morcillo López
Plaza Vicente Aleixandre Campos, 2 (p.209) Responsable de Negocio. Ferrocarril
47151 Boecillo, Valladolid (Spain) Tel.:+34 607 36 99 75
www.cidaut.es Email: migmor@cidaut.es