Rubber & Plastic Testing
ATRL rubber testing experts have many years of experience working with rubber materials, components, and products from a wide variety of industries. Our team can conduct industry standard tests or design a custom testing protocol to meet your unique needs.
Following are the range of products tested in our laboratory:
(i) Tubes and Tyres
(ii) Rubber Hoses
(iii) Rubber Rings
(iv) Flexible and Rigid Foam Products
(v) Fibre Reinforced Plastic Products
(vi) Polyethene Canes
(vii) Polyethene Films and Bags
(viii) Plastic Components
(ix) Rubber Components
(x) Polyethene Foams
(xi) Polyurethane Foams
(xii) Plastic Components
(xiii) Rubber Components
In order to ensure right quality of products, following are the parameters testing facility available in laboratory.
Mechanical
• Tensile properties (Tensile Strength, Modulus, Elongation)
• Elongation at break or yield
• Hardness (Shore Hardness, Rockwell, Vicker,Barcol,IRHD)
• Compression strength, Bulk modulus
• Izod Impact strength
• Drop Impact strength
• Tear Strength
• Abrasion Resistance
• Adhesive properties
• Shear Strength (Adhesive properties)
• Density
• Specific Gravity
Chemical
• Identification
• Carbon Black Dispersion
• Filler analysis
• Polymer/resin content
• Nitrogen content
• Moisture content
• Volatile Matter
• Migration tests for food and medicine packages
• Trace elemental analysis in polymers etc.
• Resistance to chemicals, acids, and alkalis
• Water Absorption
• Total solids
• Loss on heating
• Effect of liquids (Ageing of Rubber in Oil/Emulsions/Other Fluids )
• Ageing studies (Air/Humidity)
• Environmental Stress Cracking
• Trace elements (Pb,Cd,Sn,Hg,Mn,Fe,Cuetc)
Quality Norms and Protocols Followed for Analysis
BIS, ASTM, ISO, DIN, DIN EN, DIN EN ISO, BS EN. JIS, AS NZS etc.