Our laboratory, managed by a team of highly experienced technicians, is fully equipped with ultimate generation analysis instruments, which allow Flontech division to be always a step ahead in the study of new grades for new applications. The laboratory performs all necessary steps to verify that all the products fulfill the requested specifications.
PERFORMABLE LABORATORY TEST
Thermal and reological analysis
- TGA Thermogravimetry (heat stability, filler content, degradation point)
- DSC Differential scanning calorimetry (melting and crystallization point, glass transition, polymer molecular weight)
- MFR and MVR
Powder properties analysis
- Bulk density
- Tamped volume & tapped density
- Dry and wet particle size analysis
- Grindometer analysis (Hegman and NPIRI scale)
- Flowability
- Specific surface area (Mercury porosimeter)
Physical & mechanical analysis
- Tensile strength, elongation at break and young modulus (up to 200°C)
- Specific gravity
- Real density
- Rockwell hardness (ball hardness)
- Shore D hardness (needle hardness)
- Deformation under load
- Water intrusion pressure
- Accessible and inaccessible porosity, average pore dimension
- Wear properties (friction coefficient, PV limit, wear factor)
Electrical analysis
- Surface and volume resistivity (conductivity)
- Dieletric strength
General analysis
- Color index (CIE L*a*b*)
- Moisture content
- Hydrofluoric acid content
Compositional, chemical & morphological analysis
- FT-IR spectroscopy
- Gas chromatography
- Elemental analysis of inorganic elements
- SEM analysis
