The Branch deals with the performance of strength of materials testing, hardness tests, metallographic tests and failure analyses of a variety of products and mechanical systems.

Fields of operation / products tested:

• Pressure vessels: steam boilers, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) accumulators and cylinders, LPG containers and fire extinguishers
• Steel cables in the appropriate Standards
• Ribbed and rolled steel bars
• Various profiles
• Storage means
• Welded and non-welded samples
• Sea transport containers
• Safes and treasury rooms - Locking means and protection means against burglary
• Children's carriages, seats for the crippled and others
• Glass containers for food products
• Glass panels
• Amusement installations
• Helmets for various uses
• Posts for road lighting
• Grinding means
• Protective systems at the entrance to residential apartments
• Fire doors