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A Variety of Unique Capabilities
- Only facility in the midwest capable of performing full-scale fire testing and fire science.
- Nearly $4 million worth of technical equipment on-site, including two fully automated robots.
- A2LA accreditation and ISO/IEC 17025 registered mechanical, chemical, and physical testing laboratories.
- Lab-scale test for plastics processing emissions, which is more cost-effective and timely than full-scale stack monitoring. This
technology was pioneered by a PDI scientist and is not available anywhere else.
- Automated particle size analysis, which ensures adherence to
benchmark standards for the powder, pigment, paint, concrete, and dust industries.
- Advanced rheology testing to gauge process analysis and life expectancy of a product.
- Polymer mechanics lab for analyzing failures of composites or polymers, i.e. medical device and aerospace applications.
- Shape-retention testing on window construction.
Routine Tests and Procedures
- Tensile, tear, hardness, and adhesion stress / strain tests
- Set, creep and stress relaxation, rebound and resilience, dynamic/thermomechanical time dependent tests
- Heat, fluid and weathering resistance, permeability, and brittleness durability tests
- Dielectric constant and strength, and dissipation factor electrical properties tests
- Extrudability / processability testing
- Spectrophotometry, spectrometry, and Spectroscopy
- Thermal analysis
- Microscopy
- Chromatography
- Test protocol development
Testing and Consultative Services for a Variety of Industries
- Appliance
- Automotive/transportation
- Consumer goods
- Construction
- Electronic housings
- Food
- Medical devices
- Office automation equipment
- Packaging
- Pipe
- Recycling
- Windows & doors
- Wire & cable
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