Plastics Testing Consultancy Procedures

Our plastics testing consultancy procedures are set out below.

Mechanical Testing Consultancy

• Impact testing consultancy
• Wear (abrasion) resistance testing consultancy
• Fatigue resistance testing consultancy
• Long-term endurance testing consultancy
• Tensile testing consultancy
• Tensile, compression, and flexural testing consultancy
• Hardness testing consultancy: Shore A and D, IRHD, micro IRHD, and ball hardness

Chemical and Physical Testing Consultancy

• Thermal testing consultancy
• Melt flow index, viscosity measurements, melting temperature
• Chemical resistance testing consultancy
• UV exposure testing consultancy
• Infrared spectroscopy (for example, for plastic identification) consultancy
• Ozone resistance testing
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) for melting point determination, thermosetting verification, and other thermal transitions
• Identification of rubber and material formulations, plus thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis of material composition

Other Testing Consultancy

• Testing consultancy for any type of specific problem
• Microstructural analysis of thin sections for process optimisation and quality improvement
• Light microscopy testing consultancy
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) testing consultancy

Planning a Test Programme

A test programme should be scoped against the end-use conditions: indoor versus outdoor, contact with chemicals, thermal cycling, and stress profile. For regulated products, the test programme should also cover the applicable standards, such as ISO 527 for tensile, ISO 180 for impact, and ISO 22088 for environmental stress cracking.

Get in Touch

For a plastics testing consultancy plan fitted to your product, contact Sistem Patent Kalite.