Standard Testing per Manufactured Lot
- Testing includes – Ash (%), Color (using visual analysis), Contamination (visual impurities), Pellet size analysis, and Porosity / Strand Surface (PVC compounds with filler require Specific Gravity instead of Ash)
- Certification is valid for two years from the date of manufacture
- Additional Tests (below) per Customer Requirement(s)
Retesting/Recertification for each Manufactured Lot
- Testing includes all Standard Testing listed above
- Certification is valid for one additional year from the date of manufacture (total of three years)
- Additional Tests (below) per Customer Requirement(s)
Additional Testing Services Available
- Raw Material or Compound samples
- Bulk Density per ASTM D189
- TAPPI Dispersion per T564 or T213
- Flat Down
- Pellet Weight
- Durometer (Shore A or D) per ASTM D2240
- Specific Gravity per ASTM D792
- Resistivity per ASTM D257
- Conductivity per ASTM D257
- Standard Color Match (i.e. Pantone Standards, Customer Samples)
- Color Match using L*a*b* analysis (Spectrophotometer)
- L*a*b analysis (Spectrophotometer)
- Critical Color Match (customer approved match)
- Melt Flow Index (MFI) per ASTM D1238
- Capillary Rheometer (Viscosity) per ASTM D3835
- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy (Qualitative)
- Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) per ASTM D3850
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) per ASTM D3418
- Molding ASTM Test Specimens (requires 5 lbs)
- Flexural Modulus + Molding per ASTM D790
- Tensile & Elongation + Molding per ASTM D638
