Testing Machines and Systems for Metals - Zwick - #3

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3 Fig 1: The headquarter of the Zwick Roell AG and the Zwick GmbH & Co. KG at Ulm, Germany By acquisition of the German company GTM (2006) and the Austrian company Messphysik (2007) the know-how of the Zwick Roell AG in the field of force and elongation measurement has been safed and enriched. Zwick has many years of experience, combined with a multitude of supplied systems, and this experience is continuously supplemented by constant communication with customers. On this solid base the company supplies a wide range of high-performance products – from the economical standard quality control machine up to customised solutions designs for specific test requirements. Modern mechanics, high-performance electronics and the application-oriented software are the prerequisite for the versatility and the high “intelligence” of these modern testing machines and systems. The services of the Zwick Roell AG go far beyond the supply of products. In 1994 the company received its certification ISO 9001 accredited helping to guarantee a consistently high product and service quality. With its accredited calibration laboratories, the companies of the Zwick Roell AG are able to verify and calibrate test systems and to issue internationally recognized certificates. 1 The Zwick Roell AG – more than a century of experience in materials testing Mechanical-technological testing is one of the oldest disciplines of materials testing. As early as in the 15th and 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei were already considering the flexural stressing and elastic behaviour of materials. In the course of time further knowledge was obtained. In the middle of the 18th century the first testing machines finally appeared in France. Since 1920 the company Roell & Korthaus was involved in the materials testing business. In 1937 Zwick built its first testing machines and systems for mechanical testing of materials, and many years prior to that in 1876, a Professor Seger had founded a chemical laboratory as part of a scientific technological consulting company for non-metallic materials. During the 20th century the present company, Toni Technik, has evolved from these origins and is now considered a leading expert in test systems for building materials. MFL (Mohr & Federhaff) – a company that was founded in 1870 – became part of the Zwick Roell group and interestingly, Carl Benz (of Mercedes Benz fame) was one of their employees. Since 1992, these companies have formed the Zwick Roell group, and in July 2001, the company group was converted into a stock corpo-ration: the Zwick Roell AG. Part of this stock corporation are the companies Zwick, Toni Technik, Indentec Ltd., and since may 2002 Acmel Labo. These companies supply an extensive program for materials, component, and functional tests – from the manually operated hardness tester up to a complex robotic test systems for the twenty-four-seven production control.