High-quality plastic products require a precise conformity of component properties with customer expectations. These properties are unique for each component and result from the combination of factors like material properties (mechanical, thermal, chemical,…), product design, material processing and conditions of use (nature and duration of load, ambient medium, …).

  In order to optimize your product in the most efficient way, we aim to improve the measurement of component properties towards higher accuracy, rapidity and convenience. Our research activities focus on both developing new measuring techniques (especially accelerated or nondestructive tests) and adapting existing ones to new application ranges. The accelerated measurement of long-term properties and ageing behaviour is one of our key activities. We also study structure-property relationships in order to achieve a targeted optimization of plastic products.

We focus on

• Testing of mechanical properties of materials and components
  (Creep and relaxation behaviour, fatigue behaviour of plastic parts under cyclic loading, impact properties, …)
• Ageing behaviourof plastic parts
  (Influence of heat, UV radiation and chemicals)
• Accelerated test methods
• Nondestructive testing (NDT) of plastic parts
• Analysis of  structure-property relationships
  (Morphology, residual stresses, orientation/anisotropy, …)
• Colour properties of plastic products

Besides our research and development activities we are offering you a wide range of services. With our industry-oriented profile we are looking forward to helping you with your individual problem.

We rise to your challenges!