Polymers

Our Nano-Scratch Tester, Nano-Tribometer and Ultra Nano Indentation Tester were especially developed for polymer applications.

In order to characterize the mar resistance for varnish clearcoat, we were involved in two important projects. Now the ASTM standard for mar resistance has been validated and the industrial market is using the CSM method for characterization. We added new functionality to our UNHT system especially for polymeric applications.

This is a partial list of some recent polymer characterization projects:

• Minidisk topcoat
• Scratch resistance and Tribology
• Automotive Top Coat
• Mar resistance and viscoelastic propreties
• Nail Varnish adhesion
• Adhesion and friction characterization
• Dynamica Analysis of bulk polymers using sinus mode analysis