Contact Persons

MPA Eberswalde
Materialprüfanstalt Brandenburg GmbH
Alfred-Möller-Straße 1
16225 Eberswalde

Fax: +49 (0)3334 65550

Resistography of a damaged load bearing support
Drill resistance along drilling path (red line)

Measuring wood moisture in the interior of timber

Broken gluelam beam (defective planning and execution of a joint in a gym)

Defective coating with air bubbles

Testing and quality certification of all types of wood composites

(Solid wood panels, laminated veneer lumber, plywood, OSB, particle board, MDF, HDF, WPC, cement bonded panels)

Testing of wooden construction parts (e.g. gluelam beams)

Determination of glueing quality and of load bearing residual cross-sections

Testing of lanyard strength in wood

(Screws, nails, bolts, nail plates)

Non-destructive testing

(Ultrasound, computer tomography, resistography)

Damage diagnosis and structural analysis

• Determination of statically effective residual cross-sections of wooden construction parts in civil engineering and hydraulic engineering
• Determination of damage type and damage extent for reconstruction planning
• Load bearing tests of floorings, ceilings and stairs by bending under load
• Testing of gluelam beams and wooden foundation piles
• Strength grading of timber according to EN 4074

Mobile computertomography of wooden foundation piles (Old Museum Berlin)

Tomogram of a foundation pile

Taking samples from a gluelam beam to determine quality of glueing

Drilled core samples Ø 80mm taken from gluelam beams

Air bubbles in coating of wooden window