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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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): […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]