Expert Lab Service
Expert Lab Service offers non-contact optical thermal analysis solutions, laboratory services, training and consulting for characterizing ceramics, glass, metallurgical materials, advanced ceramics and materials at high temperatures.
Expert Lab Service offers non-contact optical thermal analysis solutions, laboratory services, training and consulting, especially for characterizing ceramics, glass, metallurgical materials, advanced ceramics and materials at high temperatures.
According to the manufacturer, the ELS-MDF is designed to simulate industrial firing cycles in the laboratory, with heating rates of up to 80 °C/min, an operating range up to 1600 °C and shock/flash cooling options; higher temperatures are available with special options.
Main applications
- Characterization of raw materials and ceramic bodies
- Fusion / softening / melting behavior
- Thermal expansion and CTE
- Sintering behavior
- Firing cycle optimization
- Pyroplasticity and deformation
- Glaze–body interaction and coupling temperature
- Studies related to glass viscosity
- Refractories, ashes and metallurgical materials
- Materials for metal additive manufacturing
Product groups
Optical Thermal Analysis
ELS-MDF®
ELS-MDF® – Microscope + Dilatometer + Fleximeter
Integrated platform for optical characterization of ceramics and advanced materials at high temperatures.
ELS-MDF® – Heating Microscope
Heating Microscope
Optical monitoring of sample shape at high temperatures.
ELS-MDF® – Optical Dilatometer
Optical Dilatometer
Non-contact high-temperature dilatometry.
ELS-MDF® – Optical Fleximeter
Optical Fleximeter
Measures pyroplasticity and deformation at high temperatures.