TEST

To obtain the development of products with a high level of performance, our prototypes and samples undergo the strictest NATO tests, integrated with other more specific and even stricter tests carried out inside our laboratory.

To ensure a real and absolute efficiency, we execute comparative tests with the most representative products from other firms in this sector.

The capacity to perforate is measured by a machine of our own production, calibrated by an electronic dynamometer on the average force applied by a man of medium build.
The material used for this test is one or more NATO standard belts and soft ballistic protection.
These tests have given interesting results regarding the characteristics and the phenomenon connected with the perforation capacity.
The same machine can be used for testing the blade efficency.

The falling tests concern the robustness of the tips and tangs (for the bayonet we also test the lug mechanism on the rifle).
The test involves dropping the knife from both positions from a pre-established height inside a Plexiglas tube, which prevents the knife from rotating without slowing the rapidity of its descent.

The flexibility and resistance tests are carried out using the electronic dynamometer which highlights the load in kg on the product, fixed at both ends with opposing movement on two different levels.
We calculate the limit of the elastic deformation and the breaking point.

The oxidation tests are carried out with the collaboration of the Florence University of Engineering.
These tests comprise exposure to a saline fog in a controlled atmosphere according to the time and percentage required by NATO standards.

The electro miographic test regarding ergonomics are made in collaboration with the Faculty for Motor Sciences at Perugia University.
These tests take into consideration the pressures and possible discomfort arising from a prolonged use of the blade as a work tool, the hold and stability of the handle.

In case of accessories such as the concertina wire cutter on the bayonets we proceed by testing as vast as possible a range of wires, until the product passes all of the possible tests.