Testing
Testing products improves their quality and safety.
Laboratory for Plastics Testing conducts a series of tests, the main of which are:
Geometrical characteristics
Physicochemical testing
- melt mass-flow rate (MFR)
- volatile content
- density
- carbon black content
- water absorption of thermal insulation
Hydrostatic pressure testing
- resistance to internal pressure
- resistance to internal pressure after application of squeeze-off
- resistance to slow and rapid crack propagation
Thermal testing
- change in length, appearance and shape of pipes after heating
- degree of crosslinking
- oxidation induction time (thermal stability)
Mechanical testing
- elongation at break
- tensile strength
- ring stiffness
- ring flexibility
- impact resistance
- resistance to abrasion
- resistance to environmental impact