Mechanical analyses

Within the SPIC cluster a wide range of mechanical analyses are offered for polymeric materials. This includes more common analyses such as tenisilte tests (dog bones ISO 527), commpresion tests, impact tests etc.

The analyes can be performed on different kind of materials such as 3D printend or injection moulded dog bones on charpy notch specimens. Extruded films or foils. Other extreme dimensions are thick laminated plates.

A specialization of the SPIC cluster are filaments (yarns and monofilaments). For filaments we measure linear density in dTex (g/10.000 meter yarn), t...Read more

Within the SPIC cluster a wide range of mechanical analyses are offered for polymeric materials. This includes more common analyses such as tenisilte tests (dog bones ISO 527), commpresion tests, impact tests etc.

The analyes can be performed on different kind of materials such as 3D printend or injection moulded dog bones on charpy notch specimens. Extruded films or foils. Other extreme dimensions are thick laminated plates.

A specialization of the SPIC cluster are filaments (yarns and monofilaments). For filaments we measure linear density in dTex (g/10.000 meter yarn), tensile strength (N), elongation at break (%) and breaking tenacity (mN/Tex). The breaking tenacity is the tensile strength normalized for the linear density. This means that this parameter allows comparison between yarns of different thicknesses.

Also time to failure measurements are commonly conducted here. Yarns are, in some applications, subjected to a constant load for long periods of time. Important to know is how long can a yarn be subjected to a specific load before it breaks. This load is often lower than the tensile strength. So it is smart to measure.

Above, you find more details on certain mechanical analyses.