testing equipment for quality management CORROSION TESTING Specimen Preparation Condensation Water and Salt Spray Test Cyclic Corrosion Test Weathering Test Sheet metal testing Surface testing Corrosion testing Materias testing ERICHSEN - The absolute reliability of your test results is our top priority. All our research, planning, development, construction and production is geared to achieving this objective – not only in the past, but today and in the future. Björn Erichsen 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1910It was probably true Viking This test procedure was initially 1928A.M. Erichsen set up his first spirit and the urge for discovery patented, but has since been small factory in Teltow near Ber- that impelled the engineer adopted by all industrial coun- lin. Research and experiments A.M. Erichsen from Porsgrunn/ tries within the framework of the led to many further inventions. Norway to settle and set up busi- International Standards Organi- ness in Berlin-Reinickendorf. His sation (ISO). Just as temperatures 1932the inventive Norseman A.M. first invention, a water-cooled are measured throughout the Erichsen introduced tools for cup- ingot mould which to this day world in Celsius or Fahrenheit, the ping test dies to the market, constitutes one of the most fre- standard for sheet metal quality without which the batch produc- quently used casting processes is the ERICHSEN deep-drawing tion of deep-drawn parts made for semi-finished products in the index. 1930the German State Chemico- of sheet metal would hardly have foundry industry, enabled him to Technical Institute successfully been possible. Numerous innova- secure the financial position of applied the ERICHSEN deep-draw- tions and improvements follow - his company. A.M. Erichsen's next ing method to measure the ela- ed. A.M. Erichsen not only posses- invention . the cupping test – was sticity and adhesive properties of sed a forward-looking inventive just as significant. This was the paints and lacquers. The results urge, he was also talented in very first test method for determi- were so convincing that the pro- commercial matters and soon ning the quality grade of sheet cedure has since been adopted enjoyed international renown. and strip metal. by the paint industry all over the Satisfied customers were evidence world. of the quality of his products. 02 ERICHSEN / Editorial · Chronicle the name means commitment. As the world’s leading nology and exceed internatio- measuring instruments cali- We would be delighted to manufacturer of well-known nal demands on accuracy. The brated with the help of measu- welcome you in our show- and proven testing machines ERICHSEN Reference Class is ring equipment calibrated and rooms, where we can convince and instruments for the coa- our answer to the control of certified by DKD. This guaran- you of our competence. Please tings industry, we ensure that measuring and test equipment tees the supply of a precision consult us in all aspects con- our experience and knowledge described in the QM standards. measuring instrument in com- cerning your testing problems is incorporated into the deve- All test instruments of the pliance with highest demands. – especially in the event of lopment of our products. REFERENCE CLASS are supplied An incoming inspection is no customised solutions. We will with a Manufacturer’s Certifi- longer necessary – which be glad to pass on our expe- This results in perfect and cate M (in accordance with DIN means a reduction in costs for rience and our knowledge! innovative high quality pro- 55 350, part 18)! Product iden- your company. ducts with excellent long term tification ensures traceability. stability which only needs a We are also in a position, minimum of maintenance. The characteristics concer- upon request, to calibrate and These products meet global ning the quality are determi- certify your ERICHSEN test requirements on testing tech- ned by means of high precision instruments already in use. 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2013 1949Following the turmoils of the 1975Björn Erichsen joined the 1998The decision was made to 2013In the course of 100 years the war and the loss of his company, company after completing his incorporate tensile and pressure extensive Erichsen product range A.M. Erichsen resolved to start up technical and business manage- testing machines, hydraulic and has been built up based on the again in the west of Germany. His ment studies at the Polytechnic in electronic load and pressure cells, technical fields of metrology and best partner – his son, Dr.-Ing. Per F. Munich and at the George Wash - as well as calibration equipment test engineering. ERICHSEN pays Erichsen – had studied mechanical ington University in the U.S.A.. with extreme measuring accuracy stringent attention that their engineering in Hanover, graduated After taking over from his father – into the production programme – machines and equipment comply at the Metallurgical Institute of the who entered well-earned retire- reverting to the field of mechani- both with the testing regulations Technical High School in Aachen, ment from the active manage- cal metrology earlier controlled by of national and international stan- and did his doctorate at the Coal ment of the business in 1977 and the company. Support was provi- dards and with the acceptance Research Institute of Dortmund. died in 1988 – he is now the third ded by a group of competent for- terms of the industrial sector. These Establishing the new company pro- generation to lead this company mer employees from ERICHSEN provide the basis for global under- ved difficult – without machines, which has long since gained Wuppertal whose knowledge and standing between the manufactu- tools, or construction drawings – in international renown. Under his experience in conjunction with rer and the user wherever the qua- a factory kitchen of the ironworks management the range of instru- great insight into the latest in the lity of raw materials, semi-finished in Sundwig. Ideas and determina- ments has been expanded, prima- field of hardware and software and finished products is concerned. tion were the order of the day – rily by the addition of modern, has resulted in a wide range of Design precision, perfect function initially the parts were made exter- non-destructive measuring devi- modern products. and absolute fulfilment of pur - nally and assembled by themselves. ces for surface engineering appli- pose: these attributes have top The modern factory we operate cations. priority at ERICHSEN. today is located not far away. 03 ERICHSEN Corrosion creeps under coatings and attacks the products. To reduce these costly failure effects ERICHSEN offer a wide range of testing instru- ments. The environmental condi- to simulate these alternating tions in the coastal regions of climates under tightened-up South East Asia differ from conditions. Under accelerated those in the interior of Finland. laboratory conditions these Only in Central Europe there cyclic corrosion tests provide are already temperatures in much better information on the range of approx. -20 °C to the relative degree of corrosion In times of global trading approx. +38 °C while the relati- than e. g. pure salt spray fog with industrial products the ve air humidity is between tests. The strain caused by requirements concerning the approx. 30 % to approx. 100 %. natural environmental condi- corrosion resistance of goods in This led to the establishment tions is simulated in a compa- the various climatic zones have of many test specifications for rable manner by the way of increased. cyclic corrosion tests in order cyclic corrosion tests. 04 ERICHSEN / Corrosion Testing - Corrosion and Weathering Test Instruments The aggressive influences noticeable by cracking, softe- comply with all common stan- of humidity, acids, alkaline ning, brittleness and change of dards used in the industry solutions and gases act parti- colour. Efforts are made (DIN, ISO, ASTM, BS). Special cularly corrosion inciting on to retard or to stop the corro- applications upon demand. metals. Weld and solder seams, sion by coatings and electro- rivets and screw fittings made plating. On the following pages from different metals occasion you will find short descriptions electrolytic reactions which sti- Using the ERICHSEN Corro- of our products intended for Some time or other almost mulate the chemical corrosion. sion Testing Equipment it is corrosion tests. Detailed tech- every material will be attacked possible to make corrosion nical information will be sent by corrosion. There are only a Corrosion in plastics occurs "measurable". Tests like the immediately upon demand. few materials, e. g. noble metals, among other things by dissol- condensation water test and that resist corrosion for a long ving out the softeners. UV the salt spray fog test are the time. Acid rain, exhaust emis- light, heat and the capture of base for the determination of sion and other influences of foreign matters accelerate this surface corrosion. Tel. +49 (0) 23 72-96 83-0 civilisation contribute to the development. Plastics don't get Fax. +49 (0) 23 72-64 30 caducity of values. rusty, but corrosion becomes Our testing instruments [email protected] www.erichsen.de The ERICHSEN-production range: Machines for testing the forming properties of coating materials I Viscometers and consistency measuring instru- ments I Density measuring devices I Equipment for determining the electrical properties of paints I Devices for ascertaining grain size and pigment dispersion I Instruments for determining