Chemical & Thermal Analysis Overview

Testing Types:

• Ash Content & Material Composition
• DSC (Melting, Crystallization, Tg)
• FTIR Analysis
• HPLC / GPC
• Melt Flow Index
• Metallography
• SEM / EDS
• TGA (Thermal Decomposition)
• Thermal Expansion (CTE)
• Thermo-Oxidative Stability
• XRF Elemental Analysis

Environmental Simulation Overview

Testing Types:

• Acoustic & Sound
• Environmental Cycling
• Fluid & Chemical Immersion
• Fogging (Standard & Amine)
• Humidity Exposure
• Mold, Mildew, Fungi Resistance
• Odor Evaluation
• Salt Spray & Corrosion
• Temperature Exposure
• Thermal Shock
• UV / Xenon Weathering
• VOC / SVOC / Aldehyde Emissions

Life Cycle Durability Overview

Testing Types:

• Abrasion & Wear
• Abrex Nail Testing
• Accelerated Aging
• Air Extractor Vibration
• Buzz, Squeak & Rattle (BSR)
• Bally Flex
• Compression Set & Creep
• Engine Cover Mechanical Shock
• Fatigue Testing (servo-hydraulic & pneumatic)
• Fiber loss after Abrasion
• Flex, Fold & Cold Crack
• Gravelometer & Chip Resistance
• Martindale
• Mace Snagging
• Noise, Vibration, and Harshness
• Scratch, Mar & Scuff Resistance
• Taber Scuff Finger
• Vibration & Mechanical Shock
• Water Spotting

Mechanical Properties Overview

Testing Types:

• Air Permeability
• Brittleness
• Coefficient of Friction
• Color Appearance
• Compression & Load Deflection
• Dimensional Stability
• Density, Thickness & Mass
• Flexural Properties
• Gloss
• Hardness
• Impact (Izod, Charpy, Multiaxial)
• Peel & Adhesion Strength
• Scott-Type Ravel Resistance
• Shear Strength
• Surface Roughness
• Seam Strength & Fatigue
• Stretch Set
• Tensile
• Tear Resistance

Failure Analysis Overview

Testing Types:

• Contamination Analysis
• Corrosion Evaluation
• Carbon-Sulfur Analysis
• Fractography
• Material Identification
• Mechanical Overload
• Metal Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Thermal Failure Analysis

Engineering Services Overview

Capabilities:

• Custom Test Development
• Design Verification Testing (DVT)
• Durability & Environmental Test Planning
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• OEM Validation Support
• Reverse Engineering

Fabrication & Fixturing Overview

Capabilities:

• Component & Assembly Mounting
• Custom Fixture Design & Build
• Large-Part & Full-System Fixturing
• Sample Preparation & Sectioning

• Abrasion Resistance
• Accelerated Aging
• Chemical Resistance
• Color Appearance
• Compression Performance
• Environmental Durability
• Fluid Resistance
• Impact Resistance
• Mold Resistance
• Odor Evaluation
• Peel Strength
• Scratch and Scuff Resistance
• Surface Roughness
• Tensile Strength
• Thermal Shock Resistance
• UV Weathering
• Vibration Durability
• VOC Emissions

• Component EMC Validation
• Conducted Emissions
• Custom Test Development
• Electrical Transient Resistance
• Electrostatic Discharge
• Environmental Durability
• Failure Investigation
• Fatigue Life
• Fluid Resistance
• Humidity Resistance
• Material Identification
• Radiated Emissions
• Radiated Immunity
• Salt Spray Corrosion
• SEM/EDS Analysis
• Thermal Shock Resistance
• Vibration Durability
• XRF Elemental Analysis

• Acoustic Exposure
• Bulk Current Injection
• Component EMC Validation
• Conducted Emissions
• Conducted Immunity
• Custom Test Development
• Electrical Transient Resistance
• Electrostatic Discharge
• Environmental Cycling
• Fluid Resistance
• Fungal Resistance
• Humidity Exposure
• Radiated Emissions
• Radiated Immunity
• Salt Fog Corrosion
• Temperature Exposure
• Thermal Shock
• Vibration and Mechanical Shock

• Abrasion Resistance
• Adhesive Performance
• Air Permeability
• Chemical Staining
• Color Evaluation
• Color Transfer
• Compression Recovery
• Environmental Durability
• Failure Load
• Fiber Shedding
• Flame Resistance
• Light Exposure
• Low-Temperature Flexibility
• Moisture Resistance
• Mold Resistance
• Odor Evaluation
• Oil Repellency
• Product Aging
• Seam Durability
• Surface Friction
• Tear Strength
• Textile Abrasion
• Water Absorption
• Water Repellency

• Abrasion Resistance
• Adhesive Performance
• Bending Performance
• Color Evaluation
• Color Transfer
• Compressive Strength
• Elemental Composition
• Elemental Identification
• Environmental Durability
• Failure Load
• Joint Integrity
• Light Exposure
• Material Microstructure
• Peel Strength
• Polymer Flow
• Product Aging
• Sterilization Durability
• Surface Friction
• Surface Imaging
• Surface Profiling
• Temperature Resistance
• Textile Abrasion
• Thermal Decomposition
• Thermal Transitions

• Medical Implants: Fatigue Testing
• Medical Devices: Coating Testing
• Dental Implants: Dynamic Fatigue
• Spinal Implants: Mechanical Testing
• Orthopedic Implants: Mechanical Testing

• ASTM F564: Bone Staples
• ASTM F543: Bone Screws
• ASTM F384: Fixation Devices
• ASTM F382: Bending Fatigue
• ASTM F3210: Fatigue Testing
• ASTM F3140: Cyclic Fatigue
• ASTM F2706: Implant Constructs
• ASTM F2346: Disc Replacements
• ASTM F2193: Spinal Components
• ASTM F2077: Intervertebral Devices
• ASTM F2009: Disassembly Force
• ASTM F1717: Spinal Constructs
• ASTM F1875: Fretting Corrosion
• ASTM F1820: Disassembly Force
• ASTM F1800: Cyclic Fatigue
• ASTM F1798: Spinal Components
• ASTM F1541: Spinal Constructs
• ASTM F1264: Intramedullary Devices
• ASTM F1160: Shear Fatigue
• ASTM F1147: Tensile Strength
• ASTM F1044: Shear Strength
• ISO 7206-13: Torque Resistance
• ISO 7206-10: Static Loading
• ISO 7206-4: Hip Endurance
• ISO 14879-1: Tibial Endurance
• ISO 16402: Flexural Fatigue
• ISO 14801: Dental Fatigue
• ISO 12189: Spinal Fatigue
• ISO/TS 13498: Torsion Testing