Test equipment for plastics and rubbers
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Are you a supplier or user of polymeric materials and products? Then it is good to know that we can help you whenever you have a need to test a polymer material or product. We have all equipment available to perform tests.
Standard tests on polymers
All equipment to perform the standard tests on polymers are available, such as:
- Uniform tensile and compression machines up to forces of 500 kN
- Equipment for tensile and compression tests at high or low temperatures
- A large number of ovens and climate chambers
- A large number of impact testers
- Ageing equipment, like ozone chambers and almost all types of UV testers
- Analysers like: TGA, FT-IR, DSC, GC and GC-MS
- OIT, MFI testers
- Abrasion resistance testers
- Hardness testers
- Thermal baths with a large number of pressure points for internal water pressure testing of pipes, fittings and joints
- Relaxation and creep test equipment
- SEM EDX (EDS)
- IR-microscopy
- Light microscopy
- and many more ....
Services we can help you with
- testing of physical-mechanical properties
- damage and failure analysis
- service life prediction for specific applications
- consultancy for plastics and rubbers with respect to specifications and requirements for specific applications
- material selections
- inspections and guidance on location
- quality control and validation
More information
Please feel free to contact us at rubber@kiwa.nl.
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Valves - polymer materials testing and certification
Valves are being used in many applications for the control or actuation of pressure and volume flow of liquids and gases. Depending on the specific service conditions in terms of high or low pressure, temperature range and type of media, valves are constructed using the most suitable materials.
Polymer materials in industrial applications - Testing, Service life
Plastics and rubbers are widely used in industrial applications; as piping systems for chemicals, transport hoses, conveyor belts, tanks, membranes and a large number of other products. All these products need to be suitable for their application and that you have to be sure that you can rely on it well functioning.
Chemical analysis of polymers and elastomers
Do you have questions about the composition or nature of a polymer material, component, a contamination or a chemical attack? Good to know that Kiwa has a large number of laboratories that are well equipped with a broad variety of different chemic...
Damage and failure investigations of plastic and rubber
When things go wrong, one needs a quick and reliable answer to a series of questions. For this experts are needed who have experience in a broad range of products and applications. Often a certain failure has occurred earlier in a total different application.
Service life investigations of plastic and rubber materials and products
Service life investigations of plastic and rubber products
