Polymer Testing

Rtec Instruments provides several standard and customized test solutions to evaluate polymer materials and polymeric coatings across many applications. With many testing solutions, we offer comprehensive analysis that aids in all stages of polymer manufacturing and research.

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Solutions We Offer for Polymer Industry

We offer a variety of instruments to cover all the bases. Whether it’s studying scratch resistance in polymers research, or 3D imaging polymer failure during manufacturing, we have the right system.

Scratch Adhesion, Resistance, Hardness

Using polymers is common in many consumer and industrial areas. They have several advantages, such as low density, chemical resistance and easy production. However, polymers have lower wear and scratch resistance. Therefore, One must monitor these properties carefully.

Study scratch adhesion, hardness, scratch resistance, and wear of polymer coatings or materials at nano, micro and macro scale. In-line integrated 3D profilometer provides 3D stitched images to comprehensively and conclusively characterize the failures.

Indentation and Scratch Tester, SMT-5000

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

scratch data images and analysis by rtec instruments

Polymer surface data using 3D optical microscope

Friction and Wear

The understanding of friction of polymers is of increasing importance because of the various new applications across several industries, such as healthcare, automotive, aerospace, and consumer goods.

Perform tribology, friction, and wear studies of coatings, materials and finished components under a wide test load range, motion, and various controlled environmental conditions.

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

Fretting Wear Test

The central role of polymers in the development of functional materials is fueled by advanced production of well-defined and optimized polymers. To study degradation due to fretting, wear, and corrosion, Rtec Instruments provides unequaled specifications for fretting tester. Our fretting testers provide controlled strokes from 5 microns to several mm, up to 500 Hz frequency, and during a variety of controlled environmental conditions.

Fretting Wear Tester FFT- series

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

Polymer coating data using 3D optical microscope

3D Imaging

Polymer is a unique category as the final product can be with colors, transparent, various shapes, steep slopes, flat, dark, and multiple layers. To characterize surface polymers effectively, Rtec Instruments has a unique solution.

The universal profilometer combines 4 imaging modes (confocal, interferometer, dark field and bright field) in one head. This is very beneficial for the polymer industry as advantages from seamlessly using all techniques allow measurement of any form of polymer using one optical profilometer.

3D Optical Profilometers, UP Series