GWP has more than 20 years of experience in the investigation of pyrotechnic safety systems. In addition to damage analyses of vehicle safety systems, GWP also offers comprehensive analytical services for the qualification and compliance testing of pyrotechnic formulations for use in safety systems - including environmental simulations.
The GWP laboratories and workshops examine, among other things,
- Airbags: Modules and gas generators (inert gas, hybrid, pyrotechnics)
- pretensioners
- lighters / squibs
Our expertise includes:
- Separating emblems (e.g. on the cover of a driver airbag module): Energetic material, short-term dynamics, materials technology (plastics, plastics processing), fracture surface evaluation, thermal-chemical investigation
- Cold embrittlement of a pressure vessel: materials engineering (metallic materials, plastics), X-ray analysis, 3D computer tomography, short-term dynamics, environmental simulation
- detection of installed inert components
- New manufacturing processes (e.g. welding processes): short-term dynamic behavior, stress reaction, environmental simulation, 3D computer tomography, material testing (metallography, microsection examination, tensile and strength tests)
- Expert expertise on research projects (“assessments”, reviews)
