TechLab France

TechLab France supports the development of Schüco products as well as customized projects and applications. Products are tested in the early stages of development to ensure the best possible design and performance. Customized architectural solutions are tested once the design has been confirmed and a model created.

The entire range of windows, doors, sliding systems, curtain walls, balustrades and blinds can be tested at TechLab France, whether they are standard or customized products. The expertise available at TechLab France and the tests carried out cover the geographical area of France, the Caribbean, Réunion, Africa and the Indian Ocean.

 

In particular, we carry out crimp tests on our thermally broken profiles. For projects, these tests enable us to assess the suitability of the specific design and the quality of our customers' production at an early stage. TechLab France also offers fault analyses and various consulting services.

 

"The durability and safety of our products - windows, façades, railings, shutters, etc. - are our top priority. Due to local regulations in France, we are also obliged to carry out other types of tests on windows and doors. The durability of our systems is constantly being questioned. The OneLab offers us a platform for exchanging ideas and expanding our expertise." 

 

Hamid Batoul - Technical Director

Testing services at TechLab France

Weathertightness tests

Schüco OneLab has the largest indoor façade test rig in Europe. Connected façade units up to 21 metres wide and 13 metres tall can be tested in the 18 metre-high hall. Schüco can therefore test large and complex three-dimensional constructions under realistic conditions, in order to meet the increasing requirements of customers in the long term.

Service life testing

Here, windows and doors, sliding systems, sun blinds and electric drives are subjected to endurance testing. Windows achieve 20,000 opening and closing cycles and doors up to one million. Modern test benches are available for this purpose, which can achieve opening widths of up to 180°.

Mechanical tests

We want our products to be able to withstand different mechanical loads without resulting in damage. That is why it is necessary to investigate the mechanics of a system in detail. Load tests, such as vertical load, torsion and reveal tests, drop tests, pendulum impact tests and excessive loading of individual components are all carried out by us in-house.

Building component tests

As a result of ever-increasing requirements on the structural properties of buildings due to growing sizes and the rise in unit weights, the requirements on building component testing are also constantly increasing. It is often not possible to provide certificates of structural integrity or to calculate loads. If this is the case, component tests are then the only option to combine theory and practice.