Aging in water
Aging test in a thermostated bath. Aging test performed in a thermostatic bath for one or more days at a water temperature ranging from 40°C to 60°C; useful for evaluating the resistance of painted materials and therefore the penetration of...
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Aging in liquids
Aging test in liquids regulated by temperature. Aging tests in liquids regulated by temperature with the aim of evaluating the difference in the mechanical and physical characteristics of elastomeric materials compared to new conditions. For example, a specific material is...
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Aging in ozone
Environment simulation with high concentration of ozone and relative humidity. The Plastlab laboratory is able to determine the ozone resistance of rubber up to 500 pphm, with the possibility of introducing a relative humidity and evaluation through bending and elongation...
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Resistance to thermal cycles
Cyclic variations of temperature simultaneously with relative humidity. Plastlab is able to perform alternating conditions of heat, cold and humidity using a single climatic chamber, and is also accredited to perform tests according to the Volkswagen PV1200 standard. The laboratory...
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Aging in a hot – humid – cold environment
Environmental tests with variation of temperature and relative humidity. The laboratory is capable of carrying out aging and conditioning in hot and cold environments, having stoves and cold rooms available for low temperatures with a maximum temperature of 450 °C...
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Condensation test
Test performed in conditions of constant humidity at 100%. This test is performed in conditions of total condensation, therefore generally at 40 °C temperature and 100% relative humidity, with a chamber volume of 300 L. The laboratory is able to...
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Salt spray test
Aging test able to reproduce the corrosion of metallic materials and painted metals, simulating the saline environment in static and cyclic tests. Corrosion of metals and painted metal components is a very common effect derived from the position in which...
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Color and gloss proficiency tests
Test for evaluating the color and surface gloss of the component. The measurement of the color and aesthetic characteristics of the components is particularly important in the case of applications in the field of mass-pigmented paints or plastics, especially if...
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Accelerated aging with UV rays
Accelerated aging test capable of simulating exposure to sunlight and the damage that materials exposed to the outside could suffer. It is possible to carry out the test with UVA-340 and UVA-313 lamps, more aggressive, used more for quality control...
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Accelerated aging Xenotest
Aging test capable of reproducing the conditions of exposure to sunlight and atmospheric agents. The test is important for determining the behavior of painted and mass-pigmented plastic components and possibly evaluating the aesthetic change, therefore of the color or yellowing...
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Vicat / HDT thermal tests
Thermal characterizations related to softening temperatures and deflection temperatures under load. VICAT softening temperature measurement: Thermal test able to determine the softening temperature, expressed in a good approximation as the glass transition temperature for amorphous polymers and at the melting...
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Britless point and TR Test
Measurements of the brittleness limit temperature and cold springback. Measurement of the brittleness limit temperature (Brittleness Point): Determination of the temperature at which materials (rubber and plastics) subjected to defined stress conditions become brittle. Cold spring-back temperature measurement (TR test):...
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Fluidity Index (MFI)
Rheological characterization test normally performed on polymeric matrices, provides information on the ease of flowing through a nozzle. The test to determine the melt flow index of a material, or "Melt Flow Index" (MFI), is rather important as a rheological...
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Density determination
Rheological characterization test capable of identifying the density of a thermoplastic or elastomeric material. With this test we intend to determine the density of a material, which would be an intrinsic rheological property, calculated by means of the ratio between...
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Determination of residual deformation after compression
Mechanical test performed to evaluate the behavior of rubber compounds under static compression. This test is mainly required for the characterization of rubber compounds in the automotive sector, it involves compression with set deformation and conditioning at different temperatures or...
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Determination of hardness
Hardness is an analysis that allows you to measure the resistance resulting from the material to being penetrated by an indenter. The hardness of polymers (rubbers, plastics) is generally measured using a Shore hardness tester; in Plastlab it is possible...
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Impact resistance by severe fall
Mechanical test which includes falling from a height of a dart with a defined weight. The test is performed by impacting a defined potential energy with a dart of standard dimensions. Essentially performed to evaluate failure of plastic substrates or...
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Determination of the resilience of plastic materials (Izod-Charpy methods)
Characterization test which analyzes the ability of a component to resist impact. This mechanical test consists in impacting a sample (which can be with or without notch) through the use of hammers and pendulums with defined weights, therefore characteristic potential...
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Dynamometric tests
Mechanical characterization tests representing the intrinsic behavior of the material when subjected to external stresses. Plastlab laboratories have the option of using two dynamometers based on the test to be performed and the sample to be tested: Instron dynamometer with...
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Optical microscope analysis
Instrument that allows you to magnify samples up to 1000x through the use of the visible spectrum and a series of lenses. The optical microscope is one of the basic tools in laboratories that perform characterizations on polymers and elastomers,...
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