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We offer you the following services:
DIN, ISO, ASTM and industry-specific standards
- hardness: Shore A, IRHD
- rebound resilience, temperature dependent
- abrasion resistance
- stress-strain behavior, temperature dependent
- tear growth resistance, temperature dependent
- compression set, tension set
- compression strength, tensile strength, environment and temperature dependent
- density measurements
- aging and endurance behavior
- temperature, ozone, xenone environments
- filler dispersion
- electric permittivity and resistivity
- flex-fatigue testing (De Mattia)
- Flexometer test
- shrinkage behavior
- "heat build up"
- "Fogging"-measurements to DIN 75201 or VDA 278
- determination of "VOC"
- pyrolysis GC-MS
Dynamic-mechanical testing
- storage modulus, loss modulus temperature, amplitude and frequency dependent
- elastic and shear modulus
- component testing, sinusoidal and pulsed load
- biaxial part testing
- high frequency properties (kHz-, MHz-range)
- material characterization considering rotating loading directions
Wear behavior
- dynamic crack propagation "Tear Analyzer", fracture mechanical characteristics
- fracture mechanical calculations, lifetime predictions
- static and dynamic friction measurements
- evaluation of hysteresis and adhesion friction
- fatigue properties, Wöhler- and Haigh-diagrams
Surface properties
- chemical composition of surfaces
- ATR-FT-IR-spectroscopy
- surface roughness – nanometer to millimeter range
- surface tension
- contact angle measurements
- plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- analysis of elements (EDX)
Vulcanization
- kinetics and efficiency
- vulcameter curves
- scorch behavior of compounds (Moony-Scorch)
- crosslinking density measurements and network structure analysis
Dielectric properties
- relaxation spectroscopy, wide temperature and frequency range
- complex conductivity and permittivity
Rheology
- viscosity as a function of shearing velocity and temperature
- parameters for flow models
- wall slippage
- mooney viscosity
- rheometry in combination with dielectric spectroscopy
- magnetorheology
Processing technology
- strategies for discontinuous and continuous mixing processes
- compounding of thermoplastic vulcanisates
- mixing, extrusion, calendaring and injection molding
- rheological measurements and assessment of the processability of compounds
- process analysis and process optimization
- process development
- manufacturing of samples of products under development
Materials testing
- elastomer composition and comparison
- raw material analysis
- polymer characterization
- composition comparison
- quality control
Failure analysis
- high resolution computer tomography
- clarification of component or material failure
- characterization of aging behavior
- exposure of elastomer parts to different chemicals
- rubber-metal bonding
Trace analysis for pharmaceutical topics and of polymers which are in contact with food and other utensils
- migration tests according to official methods
- purity tests of polymers and elastomers
- leachable-analysis of polymer materials
Environmental and employment protection measurements
- emissions of elastomers
- vulcanization vapors (analysis and sampling)
- nitrosamine analysis
- analysis of PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
Material development
- specifications and functional requirements
- tailor made recipes
Finite elements calculations
- definition of problem types
- parameter identification
- component design/optimization
- shape and functional optimization
- lifetime prediction
- expert advice for in-house finite element simulations
Further information about our service offering:
Webmaster @ DIKautschuk.de
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