Polymer Mechanical Testing (Plastic & Rubbers)
Mechanical testing is used to find the mechanical properties of a polymer as it performs in a particular environment.
Different types of testing can be used to determine different properties; a tensile test is used to work out the tensile strength of a polymer, a IZOD Impact test can quantify a material’s toughness, a hardness test will show the hardness and high cycle fatigue testing will tell you how many load cycles a polymer can take before it fails.
Some mechanical tests can provide information on several mechanical properties at once. For example, tensile tests will determine the ultimate tensile strength of a material as well as data about its yield strength, modulus of elasticity and even how ductile or brittle it is, based on the stress-strain curve and the manner in which the material fractures.
SDTCL provides accredited testing to most relevant industry standards ISO, ASTM and IS.
- Tensile Testing
- Yield Testing
- Elongation Testing
- Charpy Impact Testing
- IZOD Impact Testing
- Hardness Testing
- Compression Set Testing
- Tear Strength Testing
- Vicat Softening Testing
- Heat Deflection Testing
- Melt Flow Rate Testing
- Flammability Testing
- Flexural Strength Testing
- Other mechanical testing of materials
Polymer Chemical Testing (Plastic & Rubbers)
Chemical analysis characterizes the chemical components in a Polymer which helps to identify unknown materials or verify that the material meets the required conditions.
Chemical Testing can provide a wealth of information about a sample’s quality and chemical composition, including trace metals and impurities. Testing is performed with high-tech instrumentation that can also identify unknowns.
Let the SDTCL help you comply with regulatory and safety requirements. Our experts can determine the composition or elemental make-up of your Polymer (Plastic & Rubbers). SDTCL’s top-of-the-line chemical testing equipment is very efficient and provides fast, reliable reporting of test results.