Advanced Scientific and Engineering Services AdvanSES is a premier rubber testing laboratory. We use a variety of material testing techniques to present accurate and reliable rubber testing results. Our mechanical testing comprises of tensile, compression, dynamic tests, and fatigue are in compliance with ASTM, IS, BIS, JIS etc., standards.
Ash Content Test:
This test is used in determining the amount of fillers in a specimen after the polymer has been burned off and is suitable for the determination of the ash content in rubber compounds. The test methods may be used for quality control.
Test Method: ASTM D2584, D5630, ISO 3451
Compression Set Under Constant Deflection:
This test is carried out under constant deflection in compression and helps in determining the ability of the material to maintain elastic properties after prolonged compressive stress. The set test is used to determine the quality of rubber compounds and their performance under constant compression application conditions.
Test Method: ASTM D395 B
Compression Properties Test:
This test helps in determining the behaviour of a material when it is subjected to a progressively increasing compressive load. The compressive strength of a material is the force per unit area that it can handle under compression deformation mode. AdvanSES has 3 load frames in its rubber testing laboratory to carry out these tests.
Test Method: ASTM D695, ISO 604
Charpy Impact Test:
This test helps in determining a thermoplastic or composite material’s resistance to resist impact. This test provides comparative values for various plastics easily and quickly. Test Method: ISO 179
Density And Specific Gravity Test:
Our rubber testing laboratory carries out density and specific gravity tests on rubbers, TPEs, thermoplastics etc. This test helps in determining the mass per unit volume of material and the ratio of the mass of a given volume of material.
Test Method: ASTM D792, ISO 1183
Durometer Hardness Shore Hardness Test:
This test helps in determining the relative hardness of soft material, usually plastic or rubber. This test measures the penetration of a specific indentor into the material under specified conditions of force and time.
Test Method: ASTM D 2240
Flexural Properties Test:
This test helps in determining the force required to bend a beam under 3 or 4 points load conditions. The flexural strength of a material is defined as its ability to resist deformation under such 3 point or 4 point loads.
Test Method: ASTM D790, ISO 178
FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry) Test:
This test helps in identification of polymers, thermoplastics, rubber materials. FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) is an analytical tool for screening and identifying polymer samples.
Test Method: ASTM E1252
Izod Impact Test:
This test method similar to Charpy’s test method helps in determining a material’s resistance to an impact. The impactor is a swining pendulum. The result of the Izod test is reported in energy absobed per unit of specimen thickness.
Test Method: ASTM D256, ISO 180
Tear Resistance Of Rubber Test:
This test helps in measuring the force required to propagate a tear to the edge of the test sample.
Test Method: ASTM D624
Tensile Test Of ThermoPlastic Elastomers:
This test helps in measuring the force required to break a specimen and the extent to which the specimen stretches or elongates to that breaking point. The ability of a material to resist breaking under tensile stress is one of the most important and widely used properties of materials used in structural applications.
Test Method: ASTM D638, ISO 527
Tensile Tests Of Rubber:
This test helps in determining the force required to break a specimen and the extent to which the specimen stretches or elongates to that breaking point. The ability of a material to resist breaking under tensile stress is one of the most important and widely measured properties of materials used in structural applications. We use contact and non-contact extensometers for the tensile tests. Temperature chamber is also available for elevated temperature tests.
Test Methods: ASTM D412
Axial Fatigue Test Of Rubber and ThermoPlastic Elastomers:
This test helps in understanding the fatigue life of the material or part and assists in generating a fatigue curve for the material. The ability of a material to resist breaking under constant cyclic tensile stress is one of the most important and widely used properties of materials used in structural applications. The data from these tests is used in understanding the endurance strength and crack initiation limits of the material.
Test Method: ASTM D7791, ISO 13003, Demattia Flex Fatigue etc.
AdvanSES also provides custom testing setups for materials and products. We can make custom test protocols tailored specifically to specific needs and test the materials and products on them. We also carry out accelerated aging on materials and components.