Give us the most open spec...
'I just need something that will do this and I need it in a week'; or tell us what material and shape and weight it absolutely has to be; or just say 'I need you to make this for no more than 6p per unit'.
Our expertise in the polymer material range, capability and attributes means we can develop new polymer blends and hybrids that will add to the lifetime of a product, and reduce the cost of replacement, the out-of-service time, labour costs associated with frequent replacement, and inventory costs, to name but just a few.
We process and manufacture all polymer materials, including:
- fluorosilicone
- silicone
- polychloroprene
- fluorocarbon
- EPDM
- polyurethane
- natural rubber
- hybrids and blends
The extreme environments within which aerospace polymer products such as rubber seals, fluorosilicone seals, fuel lines and nose cones operate mean failure is simply not an option. The materials and material compounds must be tested to the limits and beyond of the extremes they will encounter; the components themselves must also be tested to their own limits, which may be different.
We have fully-equipped testing facilities which enable us to perform a wide range of testing in-house and to provide qualification and test data to many different specifications.
Test equipment includes many advanced features to give enhanced accuracy, reliability and test conditions that are relevant to product service requirements.
Testing includes:
- Tensile strength
- Compression Set
- Hardness
- Tear Strength
- Heat ageing
- Fluid compatibility
- Fire resistance
- Pressure testing
- Electrical resistance
- Dynamic Testing
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Specialised Polymer Engineering provides a wide range of material/compound and component testing. Our standard tests include;
Mechanical Testing
E.g. density, tensile strength, tensile impact
Thermal Analysis/Characterisation Testing
E.g. thermal expansion coefficient, melt flow index (MFI)
Optical Testing
E.g. opacity, colour
Fire Resistance Testing
E.g. spread of flame, limiting oxygen index
Durability Testing
- E.g. oven ageing
- thermally accelerated ageing
- fatigue testing
- tensile creep
- compressive creep
- torsional creep
- hydrostatic creep
Chemical Testing
- E.g. FT-IR (Infrared Analysis), which is the finite analysis using infrared.
- DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry)
- TGA (Thermo Gravimetric Analysis), which is used to analyse the ingredients of a product.
Individual Component Testing
Component testing can give quite different test results from material or compound testing, as the material is subjected to heat, torque, stretching etc. It is vital, therefore, that both take place to ensure 100% quality and accuracy to spec.
Component failure Testing
- E.g. incorrect material selection
- chemical & environmental interactions
- response to long term loads
- processing errors
- inappropriate design
» For any polymer product testing requirements you may have, please click here to contact us.
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