Locations

Branch FabeckstraßeUnter den Eichen 44 – 4612203 Berlin

Headquarters LichterfeldeUnter den Eichen 87 12205 Berlin

Branch AdlershofRichard-Willstätter-Straße 1112489 Berlin

BAM Test Site Technical Safety – BAM TTSAn der Düne 44, 15837 Baruth/Mark

Our guideline and our mission

Safety in technology and chemistry

Pursuing our mission as a Federal institute for materials technology and chemical engineering, we ensure ongoing safety in technology and chemistry through

•research and development•testing, analysis, approval and certification•consultation, information and advice

within our objective of promoting German industrial development.

Our customers (target groups)

Our tasks

Statutory functions relating to technical safety,especially as regards dangerous materials and substances 

Advising the Federal Government and industryon safety aspects of materials and chemical technology

 Collaboration in developing statutory regulations;Assisting in the development of standards and technical regulations

Development and supplyof reference materials and methods, in particular for chemical analysis and materials testing Enhancement of safety in technology and chemistry

General data

Status: Januar 2012

Organisation board of directors11 departments subdivided into 53 divisions und11 sections

Staff 1797 in total, including1078 temporary staff and82 trainees

Budget 128.4 million euro basic funding by the Federal Government

16.2 million euro third-party funds6.4 million euro fees; passed to the Federal

Government

Results 826 scientific and technical publications1540 lectures, presentations, coursesapprox. 6000 test reports, certificates

Consultation and 1325 national and international committees includinginformation 180 statutory and regulation committees

594 standardisation committees (e. g. ISO, CEN, DIN)

90 teaching positions

History

Explosion of a locomotive pressure vessel (1871)

1871 Prussian Royal Technical Testing Institute

1889 Prussian Central Institute for Explosives; Military Testing Agency 1904 Royal Prussian Materials Testing Institute 1919 Prussian State Institute for15837 Materials Testing 1920 National Chemical-

Technical Institute (CTR) State Institute for 1941 X-Ray Analysis 1946 Academy of Sciences (AdW) of GDR 1954 Federal Institute for Mechanical and Chemical Materials Testing Agency for Standardisation, Measurement and Quality Control (ASMW) of GDR 1956 Federal Institute for Materials Testing (BAM) 1987 Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) 1990 Unification of GDR and FRG; dissolution of ASMW and AdW 1995 New direction and structure of BAM under the guideline „Safety and reliability in chemical and materials technologies”

2006 After further external assessment (by the German Scientific Council among others) BAM‘s profile was further developed as a departmental research establishment of the German Federal Republic for safety in technology and chemistry.

Departments

1 Analytical Chemistry; Reference Materials

2 Chemical Safety Engineering

3 Containment Systems of Dangerous Goods

4 Materials and the Environment

5 Materials Engineering

6 Materials Protection and Surface Technologies

7 Safety of Structures

8 Non-Destructive Testing

9 Component Safety

S Accreditation, Quality in Testing

Our key areas

Analytical chemistry

Isotope analysis for the elements boron, strontium and lead in foodstuff with thermal ionisation mass spectrometer: an EXIST spin off (Technology transfer)

Horizontal gel electrophoresis for the separation of complex protein molecules in the electric field (improvment of analytical methods in cancer research)

Characterisation of nanocrystalline fluorescence dyes(Reference material)

Safe handling of dangerous materials and dangerous goods

Drop test facility with a maximum load capacity of 200 tons at BAM TTS

Heatable high pressure autoclave to determine auto- ignition temperatures of gas mixtures

Developed by BAM scientists: Patented seal for road transport tanks and railway tank waggons

Safe and environmentally compatible use of materials

Efficacy testing of wood preservatives in use against termites

Laser printer in a 5 m3 emission chamber: New test procedure to award the quality label „Blue Angel“ for particle emissions

Carbon fibre composite for aircraft wing after overload testing

Safe operation of technical systems and processes

Calibration of fibre optic sensors used for lang-term monitoring of structures and industrial plants with a high risk potential or with unique safety requirements

Wind turbines at sea and ashore: Researching the structural behaviour of foundations and rotor blades; monitoring

Lightweight construction panel which shall be used for lightweight constructions in Africa after overload testing

Damage mechanism and damage analysis

Investigation of cracking in concrete pavements by alkali-silica reaction (ASR)

„BetoScan“ Robot system for non- destructive testing in civil engineering using e.g. eddy current, radar, microwave sensors

Component testing facility and tandem submerged-arc welding system