Quality System
Our quality system is accredited to ISO 17025:2017 and to Nadcap. Meeting the stringent requirements of these standards assures the precision and traceability of our instruments and our staff's commitment to customer service. Our personnel are trained to perform according to the demanding requirements of this system.
A2LA Accreditation
The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) certifies that our quality system meets the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for Mechanical and DSC Testing of Plastics, and operates in accordance with ISO 9001:2015.
A2LA Accredited Test Methods
In recognition of the successful completion of the A2LA evaluation process, accreditation has been granted to this laboratory to perform the following tests on plastics:
- ASTM D256: Determining the Pendulum Impact Resistance of Notched Specimens of Plastics
- ASTM D412: Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers-Tension
- ASTM D575: Standard Test Methods for Rubber Properties in Compression
- ASTM D638: Tensile Properties of Plastics
- ASTM D648: Standard Test Method for Deflection Temperature of Plastics under Flexural Load in the Edgewise Position
- ASTM D695: Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics
- ASTM D790: Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics
- ASTM D792: Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement, Method A
- ASTM D1525: Standard Test Method for Vicat Softening Temperature of Plastics
- ASTM D1693: Standard Test Method for Environmental Stress-Cracking of Ethylene Plastics
- ASTM D2990: Tensile, Compressive, and Flexural Creep and Creep-Rupture of Plastics
- ASTM D3418: Transition Temperatures of Polymers by Thermal Analysis
- ASTM D3763: High Speed Puncture Properties of Plastics using Load and Displacement Sensors
- ASTM D3835: Determination of Properties of Polymeric Materials by Means of a Capillary Rheometer
- ASTM D4812: Standard Test Method for Unnotched Cantilever Beam Impact Strength of Plastics
- ASTM D5279: Measuring the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Plastics in Torsion
- ASTM D5930: Thermal Conductivity of Plastics by Means of a Transient Line-Source Technique
- ASTM D6110: Standard Test Methods for Determining the Charpy Impact Resistance of Notched Specimens of Plastics
- ASTM E8/E8M: Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
- ASTM E112 : Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
- ASTM E831: Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials by Thermomechanical Analysis
- ASTM E1251: Standard Test Methods for Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry
- ISO 37: Rubber, Vulcanized or Thermoplastic -- Determination of Tensile Stress-Strain Properties
- ISO 75-1: Plastics -- Determination of Temperature of Deflection Under Load (HDT)
- ISO 178: Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics
- ISO 179-1: Plastics -- Charpy Impact Properties -- Non-Instrumented
- ISO 180: Plastics -- Determination of Izod Impact Strength
- ISO 306: Plastics -- Thermoplastic materials -- Determination of Vicat Softening Temperature (VST)
- ISO 527-1: Plastics -- Determination of Tensile Properties
- ISO 604: Plastics -- Determination of Compressive Properties
- ISO 899-1: Plastics -- Determination of Creep Behaviour--Part 1: Tensile Creep
- ISO 1183-1: Plastics -- Methods for Determining the Density of Non-Cellular Plastics
- ISO 6603-2: Plastics -- Determination of Puncture Impact Behaviour of Rigid Plastics -- Part 2: Instrumented Impact Testing
- ISO 6721-7: Plastics -- Determination of Dynamic Mechanical Properties -- Part 7: Torsional Vibration -- Non-Resonance Method
- ISO 11357-2: Plastics -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) -- Part 2: Determination of Glass Transition Temperature
- ISO 11357-3: Plastics -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) -- Part 3: Determination of Temperature and Enthalpy of Melting and Crystallization
- ISO 11359-2: Plastics -- Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) -- Part 2: Determination of Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion and Glass Transition Temperature
- ISO 11443: Plastics -- Determination of the Fluidity of Plastics Using Capillary and Slit-Die Rheometers
Nadcap Accreditation
Our quality system has been certified by the Performance Review Institute as being in accordance with Nadcap requirements for Mechanical and DSC Testing of Non-Metallic Materials.
Nadcap Accredited Test Methods
In recognition of the successful completion of the stringent Nadcap evaluation process, this laboratory has been certified to perform the following tests on non-metallic materials:
- ASTM D412: Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers-Tension
- ASTM D638: Tensile Properties of Plastics
- ASTM D695: Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics
- ASTM D790: Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics
- ASTM D2344/D2344M: Short-Beam Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials and Their Laminates
- ASTM D3039/D3039M: Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
- ASTM D3418: Transition Temperatures of Polymers by Thermal Analysis
- ASTM D3518/D3518M: In-Plane Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials by Tensile Test of a +/-45° Laminate
- ASTM D5379/D5379M : Shear Properties of Composite Materials by the V-Notched Beam Method
- ASTM D5961/D5961M: Bearing Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
- ASTM D6641/D6641M: Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials Using a Combined Loading Compression (CLC) Test Fixture
- ASTM D7264/D7264M: Flexural Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
- ASTM E831: Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials by Thermomechanical Analysis
- ASTM E1269: Standard Test Method for Determining Specific Heat Capacity by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- ISO 37: Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic -- Determination of Tensile Stress-Strain Properties
- ISO 178: Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics
- ISO 527-1: Plastics -- Determination of Tensile Properties
- ISO 11357-2: Plastics -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) -- Part 2: Determination of Glass Transition Temperature
- ISO 11357-3: Plastics -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) -- Part 3: Determination of Temperature and Enthalpy of Melting and Crystallization
- ISO 11357-4: Plastics -- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)--Part 4: Determination of Specific Heat Capacity
- ISO 11359-2: Plastics -- Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA) -- Part 2: Determination of Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion and Glass Transition Temperature
Proficiency Testing
Our participation in proficiency testing programs through Collaborative Testing Services for Mechanical Properties of Plastics and through ASTM for Thermal Analyses of Plastics verifies the consistency of our test data.
