Material testing
Laboratory testing aims to test materials used by the manufacturing industry to ensure their quality, safety and reliability. TEC Eurolab is a UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 and NADCAP accredited laboratory for materials testing.
We perform tests on a variety of materials: metallic materials , plastics and rubbers, composites, and polymers. We have several departments to be able to ensure a wide range of materials laboratory testing.
Laboratory testing of materials
TEC Eurolab’s departments for materials testing are:
- Department of Metallurgy
- Chemical department
- Mechanical testing laboratory
- Indoor workshop
At TEC Eurolab we perform different types of material testing.
With metallurgical and metallographic testing, the microstructure of all kinds of metallic materials (steel, aluminum, zinc, special alloys) is analyzed using electron microscopes such as SEM.
With chemical-type tests, it is possible to identify the chemical composition of a material, verifythe suitability of materials that will come into contact with food, ensure that there are no possible releases of substances harmful to people, and investigate the surface contamination of samples in order to assess the effectiveness of the washing process.
With mechanical characterization tests, materials are tested from a static and dynamic mechanical point of view.
Finally, thanks to our in-house workshop, we perform preparatory operations for the preparation of specimens on which the various laboratory tests will then be performed.
Our laboratory is capable of performing tests on a variety of materials: in addition to metals, also polymers and composites, powders, coatings, paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, oils and lubricants.
Materials testing in TEC Eurolab
Chemical analysis
- Plasma emission spectometry
- XRF chemical analysis
- DSC thermal analysis
- TGA thermogravimetric analysis
- Contamination testing
- Divestment testing: MOCA, Reach and Rohs suitability
- Analysis on powders: apparent and tap density, flow rate, particle size
Mechanical testing
- Room temperature, hot and cold tensile tests
- Evidence of creep and stress rupture
- Resilience Tests
- Fatigue tests, Wöhler curve, fracture mechanics, residual stresses
- Hardness testing
Analysis to determine thermal properties
- Mass/density determination
- Analysis on coatings and coatings: viscosity, gloss, fluid resistance, pencil hardness, thickness
- Analysis on sealants: density, peel test
- Corrosion tests and environmental conditioning with climatic chambers and salt spray tests
- SEM micrographic analysis
Materials testing laboratory: which industries we cater to
As a materials testing laboratory, TEC Eurolab can support the entire manufacturing industry, with particular reference to these sectors:
- Automotive
- Aerospace & Defense
- Biomedical
- Oil&gas
- Energy
- Food
- Cultural Heritage
- General Industry