Testing & Processing Services
Testing and research of
plastic properties
Our plastics testing services cover a wide range of properties of plastics and plastic products. Tests and analyses are mostly related to product development or quality control. We also provide processing and technology services (injection moulding, extrusion, compounding, compression moulding, thermoforming, etc.) as well as laboratory-scale recyclability studies and failure analysis.
We have standard-conditioned facilities for testing plastics. We can also design a case-specific method for product testing, or draw on our network of partners to carry out analyses.
We use our injection moulding machine to produce standard test specimens and carry out moulding shrinkage tests. We can also machine test specimens from finished products, films and more.
Our strengths are fast delivery times, long experience in plastics testing and high professionalism.
Our main testing services:
- Tensile, flexural and compression strength testing (also at sub-zero or elevated temperatures with a thermal oven)
- Impact strength
- Puncture and tear strengths
- Hardness measurements
- Melt index
- Density
- Thermal analyses (differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), oxidation induction time (OIT))
- Friction measurements
- Stress cracking and chemical resistance
- Determination of filler content
- Colour measurement
- Wear testing
- Welding and bonding strength
- Ultraviolet curing
Material processing services:
- Injection moulding (universal test specimens, moulding shrinkage)
- Extrusion and film blowing
- Compounding
- Thermoforming
- Crushing and grinding
- Washing of recycled material
Contact our
plastics specialist
Ville Leiniö
Laboratory Engineer
B. Eng. (Plastics)
+358 (0)50 3733 592
ville.leinio@muovipoli.fi
“We also provide centralised testing and research services from our extensive network of partners. We work with a number of universities and institutes.”
See also
Expert Services
We can also provide you with various studies and analyses related to plastics. Read more about our specialist services.
Project Services
Smaller studies can be scaled up to a larger project with the help of our project services. We can also help with the RDI funding application process and implementation of a product or service idea as a whole.