CRACKLIVE

• Engineering & Technology

Phone: (+34) 943 212800

Tool for predicting the mechanical reliability and structural integrity of a metallic component.

Through crack growth simulation and analytical calculations based on fracture mechanics, CrackLive facilitates predictive maintenance decisions without the need for destructive testing.

This technology is especially aimed at sectors where structural integrity is critical, such as aerospace, energy (offshore and hydrogen), oil & gas, nuclear, steel, and automotive. CrackLive enables design optimization, inspection planning, cost reduction, and improved industrial safety, offering a flexible, customizable solution compatible with other monitoring systems.

Problem solved

Components can develop internal cracks that, if not detected and properly managed, may lead to severe structural failures, unplanned shutdowns, or accidents. Traditionally, estimating the remaining life of these components required destructive testing or complex calculations.

Equipment

• Electromechanical fatigue testing machine (1 µm/h)
• Instron 8562 Servo-hydraulic tension-torsion fatigue testing machine
• Instron 8874 Servo-hydraulic fatigue testing machine
• Instron
• ± 250 kN Focused Ion Beam (FIB) micro-machining. Quanta 3D FEG Nano-indenter and TriboIndenter
• Hysitron

• Forensic failure analysis. Characterisation of interfaces. Mechanical and structural characterisation of surfaces and coatings (using atomic force microscopy, nanoindentation, residual stresses, FIB, X-ray diffraction)
• Adhesion energy
• Interfacial toughness
• Fracture path. Measurement of mechanical properties. Measurement of mechanical properties and their variation (fatigue limit S-N curves toughness) under operating conditions (stresses temperatures, environments, cycles…)
• Whilst minimising safety factors and production and maintenance costs. Service life prediction. Prediction of component service life, including the effect of stress fields,
• Complex thermal cycles (TMF) and residual stresses.

CEIT

Miramon Building, Parque Tecnológico de San Sebastián, Paseo Mikeletegi, Nº 48, 20009, Donostia - San Sebastián, SPAIN

Testing and test benches:

- Metrology and inspection technologies

- Advanced manufacturing technologies

Application sectors

• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Capital goods
• Energy
• Foundry and steelmaking
• Metallurgy
• Steelmaking and foundry

Industry plan

• HAZI · Aerospace
• IRABAZI · Automotive components
• IRABAZI · Energy
• IRABAZI · Advanced manufacturing
• IRABAZI · Metallurgy