We have partnered with one of the finest testing laboratories in the United States to offer standardized testing for our customers or potential new customers.

Examples of the test capabilities would include many ASTM standards for tensile, compressive, shear, fatigue, flexural, peel, and impact strength.

Our lab is an internationally recognized leader in the composite material testing field, and their accreditation and approvals include S2LA, ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and NADCAP AC 7101, AC 7122, mechanical testing and specimen preparation. They are also accredited for testing thermal properties.

Statics Laboratory

We conduct tests using mechanical, optical, or extensometry instrumentation - in any simulated environment. Typical tests include:

  • Tension / Compression
  • Flexure
  • Shear
  • Bearing
  • Bucking
  • Stress rupture

Dynamics Laboratory

Typical dynamic property tests, among others, include:

  • Low-cycle and High-cycle Fatigue
  • Tension / Tension and Tension / Compression
  • Rotating Beam
  • Cantilever Bending
  • 3 Point and 4 Point Bending
  • Torsion

Standardized Tests By Our Lab Partner

Tensile
ASTM C297  Flatwise Tensile Strength of Sandwich Composites
ASTM D412 Tensile Properties of Rubber
ASTM D624  Tear Strength of Rubber and Elastomers
ASTM D638  Tensile Properties of Plastics 
ASTM D952  Adhesive Bond Strength
ASTM D953  Bearing Strength of Plastics 
ASTM D1708 Tensile Properties of Plastics by Use of Microtensile Specimens
ASTM D3039  Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ASTM D5766 Open-Hole Tensile Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
ASTM D7291 Through-Thickness "Flatwise" Tensile Strength and Modulus of Composite Materials
HSR/EPM-D-001-93 Monotonic Tensile Testing of Ceramic Materials 
SACMA SRM 4-88  Tensile Properties of Advanced Composite Materials 
SACMA SRM 5-88  Open-Hole Tensile Properties of Composite Materials
SACMA SRM 9-88  Bearing Strength of Composite Materials
   
Compressive
ASTM C364 Edgewise Compressive Strength of Sandwich Constructions
ASTM C365  Flatwise Compressive Properties of Sandwich Cores
ASTM D395 Compression Set of Rubber 
ASTM D621  Deformation Under Load
ASTM D695  Compressive Properties of Plastics
ASTM D1621 Compressive Properties of Rigid Cellular Plastics
ASTM D2412  Parallel Plate Loading Pipe Test 
ASTM D3410  Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ASTM D5467 Compressive Properties of Unidirectional Polymer Matrix Composite Materials Using a Sandwich Beam
ASTM D6484 Open-Hole Copmressive Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
ASTM D6641 Compressive Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials Using a Combined Loading Compression (CLC) Test Fixture
ASTM D7137 Compressive Residual Strength Properties of Damaged Polymer Matrix Composite Plates
ASTM D7249 Facing Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Long Beam Flexure
SACMA SRM 1-88  Compressive Properties of Advanced Composite Materials
SACMA SRM 2-88  Compressive After Impact
SACMA SRM 3-88  Open Hole Compression Properties 
   
Shear
ASTM C273  Shear Properties of Sandwich Core Materials
ASTM C393 Core Shear Properties of Sandwich Constructions by Beam Flexure
ASTM D732  Strength of Plastics by Punch Tool (Punch Shear) 
ASTM D1002  Single Lap Shear of Adhesive Bonded Joints 
ASTM D2344  Short-Beam Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ASTM D3164 Strength Properties of Adhesively Bonded Lap-Shear Sandwich Joints
ASTM D3165  Strength Properties of Adhesives in Shear
ASTM D3518  In-Plane Shear Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials by Tensile Test of  a ±45° Laminate
ASTM D3528  Double Lap Shear of Adhesive Bonded Joints
ASTM D3762  Adhesive Wedge Test 
ASTM D3846  Double Notch Shear (Interlaminar)
ASTM D5379  Shear Properties of Composite Materials by the V-Notched Beam Method
ASTM D5961 Bearing Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
ASTM D7078 Shear Properties of Composite Materials by the V-Notched Rail Shear Method
ASTM D7248 Bearing/Bypass Interaction Response of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
ASTM D5656/KGR-1 Thick-Adherend Metal Lap-Shear Joints for Determinatino of the Stress-Strain Behavior of Adhesives
SACMA SRM 7-88  Inplane Shear Stress-Strain Properties (±45°)
SACMA SRM 8-88  Apparent Interlaminar Shear Strength by the Short-Beam Method
   
Fatigue
ASTM D3166  Properties of (Metal to Metal) Adhesives in Shear
ASTM D3479  Tension-Tension Fatigue of Composite Materials
ASTM D7615 Open-Hole Fatigue Repsonse of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates
ASTM E466  Constant Amplitude Axial Fatigue Test of Metallic Materials 
ASTM E606  Constant Amplitude Low Cycle Fatigue Testing 
ASTM E2368 Strain-Controlled Thermomechanical Fatigue Testing
   
Flexural
ASTM C393  Flexural Properties of Sandwich Honeycombs 
ASTM D790  Flexural Properties of Plastics 
ASTM D6272 Flexural Properties of Plastics by Four-Point Bending
ASTM D7264 Flexural Properties of Composites by Four-Point Bending
 
Conditioning
ASTM B117  Salt Fog Exposure 
ASTM G85 Modified Salt Spray Testing
ASTM D5229 Humidity Conditioning and Moisture Absorption
GEAE E50TF534  Thermal Oxidative Stability
SACMA SRM 11-88  General Conditioning
**** Thermal Cycling - Multiple Chambers and Various Thermal Limits
   
Peel
ASTM D1781  Climbing Drum Peel 
ASTM D1876  T-Peel Test 
ASTM D3167  Floating Roller Peel
   
Impact
ASTM D256 Izod & Charpy Impact Test of Plastics 
ASTM D7136
 Damage Resistance by Drop-Weight Impact 
   
Miscellaneous
ASTM D570  Moisture Absorption
ASTM D785  Rockwell Hardness of Plastics 
ASTM D792  Density/Specific Gravity of Plastics 
ASTM D2240  Durometer Hardness of Rubber 
ASTM D2583 Barcol Hardness of Plastics 
ASTM D2584  Ignition Loss (Resin/Glass Content) of Cured Resins
ASTM D2734  Void Content of Reinforced Plastics
ASTM D3171  Fiber Volume by Acid Digestion (Methods B & G)
ASTM D5045  Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness and Strain Energy Release Rate of Plastic Materials
ASTM D5528 Mode I Fracture Toughness
ASTM D6671 Mixed Mode Fracture Toughness
ASTM D7905 Mode II Fracture Toughness
ASTM E18  Rockwell Hardness of Metals
ASTM E96  Water Vapor Transmission Rate
GEAE 4013367-056/058  Mode l Fracture Toughness 
GEAE 4013367-057/059  Mode ll Fracture Toughness 
   
Thermal Properties
ASTM D3418 Transition Temperatures and Enthalpies of Fusion and Crystallization of Polymers by DSC
ASTM D4065 Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Plastics
ASTM D5418 Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Plastics in Flexure
ASTM D7028 Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer Matrix Composites by DMA
ASTM E228 Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials With a Push-Rod Dilatometer
ASTM E831 Linear Thermal Expansion of Solid Materials by TMA
ASTM E1269 Specific Heat Capacity by DSC
ASTM E1356 Glass Transition by DSC
ASTM E1545 Glass Transition by TMA
ASTM E1640 Glass Transition Temperature by DMA
ASTM E2092 Distortion Temperature in Three-Point Bending by TMA
ASTM E2347 Indentation Softening Temperature
ASTM E2602 Glass Transition Temperature by DSC
ASTM E2716 Specific Heat Capacity by Modulated DSC
Bell 299-947-299 D/531.1 Glass Transition by DMA
Bell 299-947-299 D/509.2 Glass Transition by Microflexure TMA
EN 6032 Glass Transition Temperatures
GE E50TF36-S1 Glass Transition of Composites by TMA
SACMA SRM 18R-94 Glass Transition Temperature by DMA
SACMA SRM 25R-94 Onset and Peak Temperatures by DSC
   
CMC-Specific
ASTM C1275 Tensile Properties of Ceramics at Room Temperature
ASTM C1292 Double Notch Shear Strength of Ceramics at Room Temperature
ASTM C1337 Creep Properties of Ceramics at Elevated Temperature
ASTM C1341 Flexural Properties of Ceramics
ASTM C1359 Tensile Properties of Ceramics at Elevated Temperature
ASTM C1360 High Cycle Fatigue of Ceramics at Room Temperature
ASTM C1425 Double Notch Shear Strength of Ceramics at Elevated Temperature
ASTM C1465 Determination of Slow Crack Growth Paramaters of Advanced Ceramics
ASTM C1468 Interlaminar Properties of Ceramics
HSR/EPM-D-001-93 Tensile Properties of Ceramics
HSR/EPM-D-002-93 Fatigue Properties of Ceramics
HSR/EPM-D-003-93 Flexural Properties of Ceramics

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