Blog

PLASTLAB OFFERS NEW CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR ACCREDITATION ACCORDING TO THE UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 STANDARD CONSULTANCY FOR THE UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 STANDARD Plastlab has started a specific consultancy activity for companies that intend to start a process...

ACCREDITATION ACCORDING TO THE UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 STANDARD THE CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 STANDARD The choice to certify the tests according to the UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 standard is a guarantee for the customer. In fact, the...

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASTIC MATERIALS Why is it important to study the mechanical properties of a material? The mechanical properties of a material are important for studying its behavior both when subjected to external stresses and during its...

PLASTLAB AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF ENERGY ANALYSIS PLASTLAB ALWAYS ONE STEP MORE... Once the PANDEMIC was over, the uncertainty of the international markets experienced the beginning of the war in Ukraine, to which was added the crisis of Israel...

NEW: Accredited Test Laboratory nr 1627L | Test Extension | Accredia New test accredited for the Plastlab Laboratory We are happy to proudly announce that Accredia has officially approved the extension of new tests and confirmed our. certified according to...

NEW: ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY TEST ACCORDING TO ISO 10380-5.8 TEST STANDARD! New Test for the Plastlab Laboratory The Plastlab Laboratory is pleased to announce the expansion of its testing services with the new Electrical Conductivity Test according to the ISO 10380-5.8 testing standard. The corrugated...

AN ANALYSIS IS MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLE DATA Our Mission "An Analysis is much more than simple data" this phrase represents the Plastlab Mission and is a clear sign that the company wants to give to its customers. Relying on...

PLASTLAB is AT THE MECSPE FAIR in Bologna 6-7-8 March 2024! WE WILL BE PRESENT at the MECSPE FAIR, the main Italian fair dedicated to manufacturing and industry 4.0 at BOLOGNA FIERE (ITALY). WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU AT HALL...

METALLURGY PILL: STEEL What is steel? Steel is a material where iron is the predominant element, with a carbon content, as a rule, no greater than 2% (approximately) and may also contain other elements. Beyond 2% the material, however, is...

NEW! PURCHASED NEW CLIMATIC CHAMBER CERTIFIED FOR THE USE OF FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES The peculiarity of our climatic chamber The Plastlab laboratory is pleased to announce that it has equipped itself with a new climatic chamber certified for the use of...

TIRE RESISTANCE TO OZONE OZONE We may not know it but Ozone is present in our atmosphere in very small quantities. Even if the amount of ozone is contained, this gas can cause cracks in rubber articles that are subjected...

Pressure fatigue test on thermoplastic or elastomer pipes Fatigue Test : Pulsating Pressure The test that is typically used to test pipelines for pressure fatigue is pressure pulsation. The main parameters of the test are: Pressure level Pressure waveform and...

INJECTION PRESSES: HYDRAULIC OR ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY? A bit of history... It's been a long time since Gino Bramieri recited on the carousel "... look, it's made of Moplen". It was the end of the 60s, years of the development of...

PLASTLAB COURSES A PRACTICAL ANSWER TO COMPANIES' NEEDS A bit of history... These days marks the anniversary of Plastlab having been promoting training courses for 15 years; at the beginning the activity referred to the field of plastic materials, with...

RUBBER An extraordinary Material! Let's think about the life we lead every day, we may have never noticed it but if there weren't tires it wouldn't be the same: riding a bicycle, moving around by car, playing ball, watching television......

Random Vibration Tests What is Random Vibration The first specifications for Random type vibrations were introduced following the analyzes carried out after missile launches carried out in the 1950s. These analyzes revealed that the vibrations produced by the missiles being...

INNOVATION IN TESTING General Premise: Innovation is one of the most used terms for some time now, in any field and in any environment, when it comes to companies and their growth and sustainability. Innovation, be it incremental or radical,...

UN-ECE-R118 REGULATION UNIFORM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE BURNING BEHAVIOR AND/OR THE CAPACITY TO REJECT FUEL OR LUBRICANTS OF MATERIALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF MOTOR VEHICLES General Premise: The UN-ECE-R118 Regulation concerns the combustion behavior and/or...

VIBRATION FOR COMPONENTS  ON ENDOTHERMIC ENGINES When designing engine-mounted components or when vibration tests have to be performed, the fundamental focus is the study of the number of vibration orders. Typically the accelerometers will be mounted on the engine block...

THE PAINTS Introduction As part of the activities that are performed at PLASTLAB, the paint sector plays an extremely professional and strategic role as it does not exclusively deal with aspects mainly related to conventional certification/qualification tests of materials and/or...