Polymers Testing Laboratory

Advanced know-how, the best equipment and the utmost attention to the quality of the tests distinguish 3P Engineering with a complete set of tests to identify characteristics and
properties of polymeric materials: elemental and molecular analysis; chemical-physical tests; mechanical, thermo-mechanical, rheological and calorimeter tests; light ageing, thermal aging and climatic conditioning; burning testing and color measurement.

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS

• FT-IR spectrometry, ASTM E168 - E1252
• TG/EGA thermogravimetry/evolved gas analysis, ASTM E168 - E1252 - E1131, ISO 9924 - 11358
• RoHS 2011/65/UE compliance (PBBs, PBDEs e DEHPs, BBPs, DBPs, DIBPs)
• DM 174 compliance

MECHANICAL TESTS

• Density, ISO 1183, ASTM D792
• Tensile test, compression test, bending test, ISO 6892 - 527 - 178, ASTM D638 - D790
• Charpy and Izod impact test, ISO 179 - 180, ASTM D6110 - D256
• Ball drop test ISO 7765, ASTM D1709, PV3905
• Shore and IRHD hardness test, ISO 868 - 48, ASTM D1415 - D2240

THERMAL AND RHEOLOGICAL TESTS

• Differential scanning calorimetry DSC, ISO 11357 - ASTM E967-E968-E793-D3895-D3417-D3418
• Thermogravimetry/evolved gas analysis TG/EGA, ISO 11358, ASTM D6370, D6375
• Vicat Softening Temperature VST, ASTM D1525, ISO 306 - 2507
• Heat Deflection Temperature HDT, ASTM D648, ISO 75
• Burning testing ISO 3795, TL 1010
• Melt Flow Rate MFR and Melt Volume Rate MVR, ISO 1133, ASTM D1238

AGEING AND CONDITIONING

• Climatic conditioning and thermal ageing, IEC 60068, ISO 16750 - 2578 - 2440, ASTM D3045, PV 1200
• Light ageing, ISO 105 - 11341 - 4892, ASTM G151 - G155, PV1303 - 1306
• Color measurement d/8°, ASTM E313 - D1925, ISO 105
• Gloss measurement, ISO 2813, ASTM C346

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