From functional testing to molecular structure

In our DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 accredited test laboratory, more than 100 engineers, scientists and laboratory technicians are employed on a laboratory area of 5000 square meters. With our highly qualified staff and our high-quality and comprehensive equipment pool, all test procedures relevant to practice are carried out promptly. We don´t only test thermoplastics, elastomers and thermosets in accordance with all the norms and standards customary in the industry, but we can also work out an individual and solution-oriented test program for you according to your special requirements.

• Equipped for all requirements
• Testing of plastics with regard to physical/chemical and mechanical properties
• Investigation of the molecular structure
• Methods of non-destructive testing
• Fast and confidential order processing

Available test methods

 Accelerated weathering test and UV resistance tests

• Xenon exposure testing acc. to DIN EN ISO 4892-1 and -2, DIN EN 513
• General QUV tests (DIN EN ISO 4892-1 and -3)
• UV-C resistance test

Ageing tests

• High pressure autoclave test (HPAT) up to 90 °C and 50 bar oxygen excess pressure acc. to ISO 13438
• Temperature cycling test / thermal cycling test for hot water pipe systems (PP-R, PP-RCT, PE-X, PB, multilayer pipe systems)
• High pressure piping system testing / creep rupture internal pressure test acc. to ISO 1167 / ASTM D 1598
• Creep rupture internal pressure test acc. to ISO 9080
• HDB Hydrostatic design basis acc. to ASTM D 2837
• Accelerated Full Notch Creep Test (aFNCT) acc. to ISO 16770

Mechanical tests

• Tensile tests including EN ISO 527-1 to -5, EN 12310-1 and -2, EN 12311-1 and -2, ISO 34-1, ISO 37, EN 1939, EN 1461, DIN 53504, DIN 53363, DIN 53357, ASTM D 638, ASTM D 882, ASTM D 1004, ASTM D 6693
• Creep rupture tests and stress crack tests including ISO 16770, EN 14576, EN 815-1 and -2, ASTM D 1693, ASTM D 5397, EN ISO 22088-1 to -4
• Slow crack growth testing
• Strain hardening test (SHT) acc. to ISO 18488
• Cracked round bar (CRB) test acc. to ISO 18489
• Testing of welded joints in plastic pipes (butt fusion, electro-fusion joints)
• Electrofusion joint testing according to ISO 13954 and ISO 13955
• Technological bending test (DVS 2203-5)
• Torsion shear test, radial peel test (DVS 2203-6)
• Tensile test (DVS 2203-2)
• Creep tensile test (DVS 2203-4)

Thermal analyses

• Differential thermal analysis (DSC)
• Oxidation induction time (OIT) testing
• Thermogravimetry (TGA)
• Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA)
• Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)

Physical-chemical tests

• Carbon black content
• Melt mass-flow rate (MFR) testing (ISO 1133)
• Homogeneity testing acc. to ISO 18533

Pipe system tests (HDPE, PP-R, PP-RCT, PE-X, PB)

• EN 12201 / EN 1555
• ISO 4427 / ISO 4437
• ISO 15874 / ISO 15875 / ISO 15876 / ISO 15877
• DIN 8077 / DIN 8078
• DIN 8074 / DIN 8075
• Hygiene testing / UBA guidelines
• Microbial growth, DIN 16421 testing
• DVGW W 270