Polymer Testing

Exova provides a comprehensive range of polymer testing services, which are ISO 17025 accredited, to determine and predict the durability, lifetime and fitness for purpose of polymeric materials and their derived components / products in a wide range of user environments. We have decades of experience in the development of new products and technologies drawing on Exova ’s breadth of technical capabilities. We can support your development activities, or take on the entire program.

Our Polymer Testing services include:

• Identification of possible solutions
• Assessment of feasibility
• Selection of optimum approach
• Design and fabrication of prototype equipment
• Formulation development and optimisation
• Documentation to meet regulatory requirements
• Pilot production and technology transfer

Our projects are not limited to a specific industrial sector as we offer materials-based development. We serve clients in industries as diverse as: Utilities, Medical Devices, Defence, Automotive, Construction and Consumer products.

Polymer Testing Services Offered

These polymer testing services are offered from our European, Americas, Asia and Middle East regional facilities.

• Mechanical Testing – tensile, impact, flexural, fatigue and creep
• Physical Testing – hardness, colour, gloss, abrasion, adhesion and density
• Chemical Analysis – FTIR, HPLC, GPC/SEC and GC
• Thermal Testing – DSC, TGA, DMA, MFR and Vicat
• Endurance Testing
• Functionality Testing
• Accelerated Testing (inc UV weathering)
• Wear Resistance
• Vibration Testing
• Contamination and Compatibility Testing
• Degradation Testing
• Polymer processing (extrusion, compression, injection moulding)