New in the product line
Small Punch Creep Test · EN 10371 · high-temperature
SPC 1200 DLS
Creep testing of miniaturised specimens up to 1200 °C — a machine the market does not yet have.
A high-temperature testing machine for creep testing by the penetration method to EN 10371. It takes the Small Punch Creep Test into temperatures no commercially available equipment has reached so far — into the region of creep-resistant alloys, superalloys and materials for next-generation power generation.
1200 °C
test temperature
5000 N
load range
±5 mm
punch displacement
10 kHz
data sampling
Created together with the Institute of Physics of Materials CAS
SPC 1200 DLS is being developed in a project of the TREND industrial research and experimental development programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Technology Leaders subprogramme. UTMdev is responsible for the design, the software and the build of the machine; the Institute of Physics of Materials CAS for preparing materials and specimens for the highest test temperatures and for the functional and acceptance testing. The goal is a machine for creep testing on miniature discs at temperatures for which no affordable solution exists on the international market today — fully in line with the newly approved European standard CSN EN 10371 (420312).
- Programme
- TA CR TREND
- Registration number
- FW06010572
- Duration
- 2023–2026
- Partner
- IPM CAS
- Outcome
- utility model
Technical parameters
Target parameters of the machine under development. Final values will be confirmed once the functional and acceptance testing is complete.
The SPC line has three machines. SPC 800 covers ordinary service temperatures, SPC 1000 adds higher loads for research and SPC 1200 goes highest in temperature. We are glad to discuss which one suits your materials.
- Test temperature range
- up to 1200 °C
- Load range
- up to 5000 N
- Loading rate
- 0.000001–10 mm/min
- Punch displacement measurement
- ±5 mm, resolution 0.001 mm
- Protective atmosphere
- argon, flow controlled automatically
- Test duration
- unlimited
- Data sampling
- up to 10 kHz
- Standard
- CSN EN 10371 (420312)
Choice of cartridge — two specimen sizes
The machine is the same either way; only the exchangeable cartridge with the punch and the die changes. You choose according to how much material you have — and the decision is not final, a cartridge can be ordered later.
to EN 10371
Small Punch
The standard geometry defined by the standard. Results are directly comparable with other laboratories.
- Specimen
- Ø8 × 0.5 mm
- Punch
- R1.25 mm (ball Ø2.5 mm)
- Die bore
- Ø4 mm
- Die chamfer
- 0.2 × 45°
to EN 10371
Mini Small Punch
For cases where material is genuinely scarce — it fits on a disc three millimetres across. It originates from TEM discs and is typically used for irradiated materials.
- Specimen
- Ø3 × 0.25 mm
- Punch
- R0.5 mm
- Die bore
- Ø1.75 mm
- Die chamfer
- 0.2 mm
Both geometries are part of EN 10371 — results from either are standard-compliant. For the miniature specimen, however, the standard itself notes that less experience is available with it and gives some of the more detailed recommendations only for the standard Ø8 mm size. Take that into account when planning a testing programme.
Specimens for this test
No specimen production of your own, or is the material on a component in service that cannot be shut down? We can solve both for you.
Service
We prepare the specimens
From material you send us we make specimens to the exact size and tolerance the standard requires.
Service · SCOOPER 50
We take the sample in service
The component cannot be shut down or cut into? We extract the material on site, virtually without a notch.
Tools · PT 8 + GE 76
Or you prepare them yourself
PT 8 blanks the specimen from sheet, GE 76 grinds it to 0.5 ± 0.005 mm as the standard requires.
What SPC 1200 brings
01
Temperatures nobody has reached
Up to 1200 °C. For superalloys, creep-resistant materials and next-generation power components, where the ordinary SPC range ends.
02
Creep on miniature discs
A full creep test from a volume of material that fits on a fingernail — without damaging the source component.
03
Built to the new European standard
Designed for CSN EN 10371 from the outset, not retrofitted to an older methodology.
04
Both specimen sizes
The standard Ø8 mm cartridge and the mini Ø3 mm — with expensive and irradiated materials every millimetre counts.
05
Verified by an independent laboratory
The functional and acceptance testing is carried out by the Institute of Physics of Materials CAS, not by ourselves.
06
Protected design
The project delivers a utility model for equipment testing miniaturised specimens by the creep penetration test.
Built on a proven platform
Related equipment
The specimen has to come from somewhere and be prepared. The rest of the SPC line and the UTMdev tools work together.
Interested in SPC 1200?
The machine is under development. Tell us which materials and temperatures you work with — we are glad to discuss whether it makes sense for you, and we will get in touch once we know the availability date.
