Plastics Testing
Performance Tests for Plastics
Thermoplastics, elastomeres, thermosets, composite materials, and foams: tomorrow’s products are based on innovative plastics and polymers. But are your materials tough enough to withstand stress? We evaluate your products and test for legal compliance - covering everything from flexibility and abrasion resistance tests, impact tests, ozone resistance tests, melting point tests, and scanning electron microscopy analysis.
Benefits at a Glance
Independent products tests by the experts at TÜV Rheinland enable you to:
- Gain greater confidence when it comes to product liability
- Give customers clear guidance and improve your market position with an independent test mark
- Boost customers' confidence in the quality and reliability of your products
- Show that your products are certified and meet legal requirements
Our Testing Procedure
Chemical and Physical Tests
- Thermal analysis
- Differential scanning calorimetry, or DSC, to determine melting points, proof of thermosetting, and other thermally induced changes
- Thermogravimetric analysis to determine the composition of materials, such as rubber, or to determine filler material concentration, etc
- UV exposure
- Ozone resistance
- Chemical resistance
- Infrared spectroscopy (e.g., to identify plastic)
- Viscosity measurements, melt index, solvent viscosity
Mechanical tests
- Tensile, pressure, and flexural tests
- Creep tests
- Hardness tests, Shore A and D; IRHD; micro IRHD and ball hardness
- Impact tests
- Abrasion resistance tests
- Tear resistance tests
- Long-term behavior tests
Other tests
- Microstructural examinations of microtomy sections to optimize processing conditions and improve quality
- Light microscopy
- Scanning electron microscopy
- Special problem-based tests of all kinds
Our Test Standards
Our team tests your products based on the following standards and norms:
- Determination of tensile characteristics (DIN EN ISO 527)
- Determination of flexural characteristics (DIN EN ISO 178)
- Thermogravimetric analysis of polymers (DIN EN ISO 11 358)
- DSC, melting and crystallization temperature (ISO 11 357-3)
Our Sustainability Initiatives
Nothing less than the future is at stake. Companies, institutions, public authorities and each and every one of us can play a positive role in shaping the path to tomorrow. We provide you with comprehensive support to ensure that you operate safely, sustainably and efficiently for many years to come.
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