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Test Laboratory

Where innovation meets validation.
All Oleo products are validated within TA Savery’s UKAS ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited test laboratory.

Testing, Verification, and Validation

For more than fifty years, Oleo and TA Savery have been engaged in testing full-size energy absorption systems to guarantee predictable and consistently reliable performance in hydraulic and deformation impact energy dissipation. ​

Our test laboratory offers a wide range of tests – static, quasi-static, dynamic, environmental, structural, characterisation, fatigue, and durability – that meet international standards such as EN 15227, EN 12663, EN 15551, and EN 15566.​

These facilities are continuously utilised for type testing, simulation correlation, and are also accessible for third party product testing under the TA Savery ISO/IEC 17025 certification.

Dynamic Testing – Drop Tower

At 32 metres tall, our Drop Tower is amongst the largest free falling test rig in the world, enabling high-energy dynamic impact testing. ​

With a free fall height of up to 26 meters, and adjustable test masses from 1,500 kg to 12,000 kg, the Drop Tower can generate up to 2,800 kJ energy absorption.​

Advanced instrumentation measures force (up to 2000kN), displacement & stroke, deceleration, and velocity during testing.

Dynamic Testing – Titan Test Rig

With a free fall height of 3.75 meters, and adjustable test masses from 380kg to 10,000kg, the Drop Rig can generate up to 360kJ energy absorption.​

Used for testing many products including Coupler Deformation Tubes, an array of test data is measured including force (up to 1500kN), displacement, velocity and deceleration.​

All testing performed by Oleo is accompanied by a TA Savery UKAS test report, in line with ISO/IEC 17025.

Dynamic Testing – Drop Rig

With a free fall height of 3.75 meters, and adjustable test masses from 380 kg to 10,000 kg, the Drop Rig can generate up to 360 kJ energy absorption.

Used for testing many products including Coupler Deformation Tubes, an array of test data is measured including force (up to 1500 kN), displacement, velocity and deceleration.

All testing performed by Oleo is accompanied by a TA Savery UKAS test report, in line with ISO/IEC 17025.