TESTING

PRODUCT TESTING

Testing a new product can be expensive and time-consuming. Having a failure in the field can be even worse. To negate these issues, Rubberatkins tests products in-house to prove their performance, reduce the need for further testing, and reduce the expense and risk of full product testing.

Our testing capabilities include:

  • Testing in accordance with ISO14310:V3

  • Testing in accordance with ISO14310:V0

  • Test up to 30,000 psi

  • Temperatures up to 650 ⁰F (343 ⁰C)

  • Testing in various fluids and gases: Steam, Water, Oil, N₂, CO₂

  • Multi-Cycle Testing

  • Individually tailored test procedures to represent real-world conditions

  • Expertise in analyzing results and redesigning accordingly

  • 6 separate test cells to carry out multiple tests

  • Full SCADA system to control, monitor, and record tests – pressure, temperature, displacements, and in–situ cameras.

  • Monitoring tests remotely

  • Rubberatkins welcomes customers who wish to witness live testing.

ELASTOMER TESTING

Physical testing capabilities at Rubberatkins:

  • Tensile testing, tension, and compression

  • Tear testing

  • Compression set

  • Abrasion

  • Bond strength

  • Accelerated ageing

  • Chemical compatibility

  • Lifetime Prediction - Arrhenius Calculations to ISO 11346

  • Compression stress relaxation

  • Rapid Gas Decompression (RGD)

Thermal analysis capability at Rubberatkins:

TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) coupled with IR (Infrared Spectroscopy)

DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry)

TMA (Thermomechanical Analysis)

DMA (Dynamic Mechanical Analysis)

CSR (Compressive Stress Relaxation)

ACCREDITATIONS

Rubberatkins has the testing capabilities for Material Testing to API, ISO, ASTM & BS standards.

Rubberatkins can product test in accordance with ISO14310:V3 and ISO14310:V0.