Material Laboratory
These are some of the instruments used for testing the latest developments with Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) at Trelleborg Sealing Solutions:
- Specific Gravity (ASTM D 792, DIN ISO 1183-1)
- Two instron 5566 tensile testers with extensometer and temperature cabinet Load cells from 200 N to 10 kN. (ASTM D4894, DIN 53455, ASTM D412, DIN 53504-S2)
- Ball Indentation Hardness (DIN 53456, ISO 2039)
- Shore D and Micro hardness tester (ASTM 2240 and DIN ISO 48)
- Deformation Under load ASTM D 621
- Creep according to ASTM D 621
- Moisture Analyser, Moisture content of PTFE and fillers
- Laser diffraction Determination of particle size distribution
- Microscopes with digital processing facility
