Accredited tests
The Magnel-Vandepitte Laboratory is certified according to EN ISO 17025 - accreditation certificates BELAC no 220-TEST. 
- Compressive strength of concrete cubes, cylinders and cores and of clay and concrete masonry bricks
- Splitting tensile strength of concrete paving stones
- Dry density of clay and concrete masonry bricks
- Water absorption by immersion of concrete cubes, clay and concrete masonry bricks, concrete tiles, paving bricks and concrete cores
- Capillary water absorption of clay and concrete masonry bricks
- Vacuum water absorption of clay masonry bricks
- Moisture movement of aggregate concrete and manufactured stone masonry units (shrinkage and swelling of clay and concrete masonry bricks)
- Frost resistance of concrete and of clay facing bricks
- Wear resistance (Capon) of paving materials, concrete cores and tiles
- Resistance to freezing and thawing in combination with de-icing salts of paving materials
- Cement: flexural strength, compressive strength
- Steel reinforcement: tensile strength, height of the ribs
- Elastomeric bearings: compression modulus, shear modulus, shear bond strength
- Products and systems to protect and repair concrete structures: density, stiffening time, evenness, flexural strength, compressive strength, tensile bond strength
For more details about these tests (standard, measuring range, etc.) we refer to the pdf-file (in Dutch).
Mechanical tests: three-point bending test – compressive strength test – splitting tensile strength test
Tests on repair products: tensile bond strength - evenness
Elastomeric bearings: shear modulus
Freeze-thaw resistance in combination with de-icing salts