Main tests:
Mechanical characterisation and physico-chemical tests:- Physical analysis
- Density
- Mechanical characterisation
- Tensile, flexure, compression properties
- Rigidity, sliding, operating stress
- Charpy impact resistance
- Adhesives: shear, peel resistance (180° and 90°)
- Textiles: tear resistance
- Plastics impact resistance (room temperature and cold)
- Drop resistance
- Hardness Shore A and D (plastics and rubbers)
- Persoz hardness (Paints)
- Aspect
- Aspect assessment
- Visual comparison in colour comparison cabinet
- Colour and gloss measurement
- Aspect tests
- Abrasion resistance (Martindale, MIE, Crockmeter…)
- Resistance to gravel
- Paint adhesion (cross cut, St. Andrew´s cross)
- Scratch resistance
- Resistance to chemicals (immersion, drop test, wetting test…)
- Aspect assessment
- Emissions from interior materials:
- Fogging test
- Volatility
- Odour intensity
- Fire resistance – Horizontal flammability
- Resistance to water immersion, saturated atmosphere, temperature …
- Electrical cable testing:
- Electrical resistance
- Dielectric rigidity
- Pressure under high temperature
- Insulation strip force
- Cold winding
- Cold impact
- Abrasion resistance
Main equipment:
- Universal tensile test machine with climatic chamber and video-extensometer (10 kN)
- Universal testing machine (10 t)
- Shore Durometer A & D
- Spectrophotometer and glossmeter
- Colour comparison cabinet
- Electronic magnifying glass 63x
- Coating thickness measurer
- Coating hardness measurer– Persoz Pendulum, Erichsen Pencil
- Gravelometer
- Volatile measuring machines (fogging test, volatility)
- Horizontal flammability chamber
- Abrasion meters (Martindale, Crockmeter, rotary abrasion)
- Cold impact test equipment
- Stoves (up to 400 ºC)
- Precision weight scales
- Equipment for cable tests according to ISO 6722 (abrasion tester, insulation strip force, cold impact…)
- Electrical test equipment (megohmmeter, micro-ohmmeter, multi tester, nanovoltmeter, low intensity precision source …)