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Plastics & Rubber Testing Solutions

They have revolutionized consumer products and transformed

industries. Today, they are driving new developments in

aerospace, automotive, civil structural, biomedical and

materials science applications. They are enabling more

energy-efficient transportation, more durable medical devices

and more user-friendly products and packaging. And the

testing of these materials is critical to future innovation.

are used in almost all aspects of our daily lives.

Plastics and rubber

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MTS Plastics & Rubber Testing Solutions

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By applying multiple technologies in both dynamic and static testing, MTS Plastics and Rubber Testing Solutions deliver one of the broadest force and frequency ranges for viscoelastic materials characterization. This wide array of product families makes it far easier to choose the best solution for your testing application.

COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

Personalized consultation from MTS applications engineers can streamline testing and provide the necessary tools and techniques to accurately evaluate material performance. These professionals have a deep understanding of the testing requirements for polymers, plastics, rubber, adhesives, foam, packaging, polymer matrix composites, biomedical products and finished goods.

APPLICATIONS EXPERTISE

Industry-leading MTS TestSuite™ Software provides a powerful yet intuitive platform for everything from sophisticated R&D investigation to routine quality control tests. Create complex test templates and data analysis output for R&D or automate procedures to minimize errors and increase throughput in QA/QC tests.

ADAPTABLE SOFTWARE

MTS maintains one of the largest and most experienced service, support and consulting teams of any materials test provider. Our training and consulting packages help lab managers, test operators and test designers increase test process efficiencies. And our lab assessments and remote monitoring solutions optimize lab productivity.

UNPARALLELED SERVICE

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StandardsStandard Description

ASTM D790 Standard Test Methods for Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials

ASTM D412 Standard Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers – Tension

ASTM D624 Standard Test Method for Tear Strength of Conventional Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplastic Elastomers

ASTM D638 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics

ASTM D695 Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of Rigid Plastics

ISO 178 Plastics – Determination of flexural properties

ISO 1798 Flexible cellular polymeric materials – Determination of tensile strength and elongation at break

ISO 527 Plastics – Determination of tensile properties

ISO 604 Plastics – Determination of compressive properties

ASTM D882 Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Thin Plastic Sheeting

ASTM D3574 Standard Test Methods for Flexible Cellular Materials – Urethane Foams

ASTM D5023 Standard Test Methods for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties: In Flexure

ASTM D5024 Standard Test Methods for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties: In Compression

ASTM D5026 Standard Test Methods for Plastics: Dynamic Mechanical Properties: In Tension

ASTM D5992 Dynamic Testing of Vulcanized Rubber and Rubber-like Materials using Vibratory Methods

Sample of the many Plastics & Rubber test standards

Applications

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