Mechanical testing

The 6NAPSE Group carries out mechanical testing. We ensure the reliability and mechanical durability of the materials. We support industry in the study, analysis and testing of products or parts.

Mechanical reliability testing

A part under stress in an assembly, vibrations that affect the life of materials or even mechanical deformations under stress are all cases in which the mechanical reliability of the system is put to the test. The parts are thus subjected to repeated stresses during their life cycle.

As a result, they approach their rupture zone, their lifespan, until they lead to damage or degradation (rupture, breakage, fatigue, crack, etc.). The mechanical reliability tests will reproduce these efforts in a real or aggravated way to measure / estimate a lifespan.

The efforts can be unilateral (along one axis) or along several coupled axes.

The objective is to validate that the part has no plastic deformation. We also carry out endurance tests using the Locati+ method.

The 6NAPSE Group carries out reliability studies and mechanical qualification of systems for all industries (transport/mobility, aeronautics and space, sports and leisure, defence, industrial production, etc.).

The 6NAPSE Group conducts mechanical reliability tests and expertise:

• Fatigue and endurance tests
• Drop Test
• Compression testing
• Tensile testing
• Torsion testing
• Rotation testing
• Impact testing
• Altitude testing (air transport)

Results obtained from the tests:

• Strength of the material and its behavior
• Lifetime
• Location of the breaking point (area of weakness of the product)
• Identification of the moment when the part reaches the end of its elastic domain to enter its plastification domain (risk of rupture, fatigue)

Our mechanical durability tests can be coupled with a controlled climatic environment.

Any part/system subject to repeated mechanical stress.

From the single part to the complete system.

Expertises

• CAD design and 3D model: virtual prototyping
• Simulation: application of constraints by virtual tests
• Analysis of the origin of the failure: surface and core characterization of the material, identification of the cause of the defect (breakage, rupture, appearance defect, alteration, corrosion)

6NAPSE Group assets

• Carrying out all types of tests according to the physics required via cylinders (custom bench design)
• Reproduction of complex movements with a robot arm for speed of execution and easier installation
• Capacity in ambient or climatic environment
• Expertise of the breakage phenomenon in the laboratory
• Great expertise in the mechanical field
• ISO 9001 certified