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Independent Polymer Technology Ltd (iPolytech) is a specialist plastics and rubber consultancy service that carries out material testing and analysis. We employ an expert team of material engineers who work from our extensive UK laboratories, providing an international client base with advice on all aspects of polymer technology, including material formulation, polymer processing and durability design.
Our services include design, development, failure analysis, troubleshooting, chemical analysis, durability testing, and polymer technology training courses. You'll find further information below, but full details can be found by visiting the iPolytech website. Alternatively, give us a call. We have a team ready to discuss your requirements.
When you need an expert consultancy service for all polymer related problems, think iPolytech. We can provide the solutions!
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iPolytech has considerable experience in polymer failure analysis of all major thermoplastic components used in a range of end-user sectors. Even tough, ductile materials can fail, and there are various reasons why this can happen.
Often, the initial material selection can be the source of problems. The chemical and environmental interactions must be carefully considered, as well as the kind of load the component will be dealing with. iPolytech is able to quickly asses the cause of the failure and recommend remedial action. Our chemical analysts have a detailed knowledge of the long-term performance capabilities of polymers and an understanding of their interaction with specific environments.
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iPolytech can help with the design and development of all of your polymers to ensure the long-term durability of the component. Drawing upon a wealth of experience and utilising the considerable resources at their disposal, iPolytech's analysts can undertake feasibility studies, mechanical design assessments, materials selection, prototyping, and component testing in accordance with the requirements laid down by your design engineers. We're happy to provide proposals for the complete design project, or phased programmes of work if this is more suitable. Please follow the link to the iPolytech website for more information on each phase. If you would like to discuss specific development projects, please get in touch.
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iPolytech's analytical capabilities for defining polymeric materials and their additive systems are diverse. We use a number of techniques for chemical analysis, including:
- FT-IR - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, a popular tool for identifying
polymer materials .
- DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimetry, the measurement of heat flow to a
polymer - allows identification of temperature phase transitions .
- TGA - Thermogravimetric Analysis, which measures the change
in weight of the sample as a function of temperature and time. Determines
degradation temperatures, residual solvent levels, absorbed moisture content.
- TMA - determines thermal expansion coefficients and the glass transition
temperature of the polymer.
- AFM - Atomic Fore Microscopy, a surface imaging technique using a fine probe to
characterise topography of the sample
For more information regarding chemical analysis of polymers, please follow the link to the iPolytech website.
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Polymer materials are viscoelastic in nature, and their properties are temperature, time and stress dependant. A thorough understanding of the long term properties is necessary to guarantee the durability of any engineering component subjected to long term static or dynamic loads and elevated temperatures. We can provide the design data which helps polymer engineers develop the appropriate structural component. Tests include fatigue, tensile creep, compressive creep, torsional creep, hydrostatic creep, thermally accelerated aging, and oven aging. The long term durability of a component may also be compromised by moulding conditions, which is why we also run accelerated tests on pre-production components.
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iPolytech expert Guy Howe has over ten years experience composing technical reports for legal, industrial and insurance companies that need to determine the root cause of product failure. Particular expertise includes failure analysis, defect assessment, processing faults and failure, and analysis and testing of materials and components. Guy's CV can be downloaded from the iPolytech website.
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iPolytech offers several training courses for engineers, technicians and management staff looking to improve their knowledge of polymer technology. They include:
- Introduction to Polymer Technology
- Failure Reliability and Durability of Polymers (delivered in partnership with
MIRCE)
- Polymer Basics (aimed at non-technical staff)
- Understanding Additives
If you would like details for any of these courses, please head to the iPolytech website. Tailored courses are available if required, covering material properties and selection, polymeric component design, failures, processing, and analysis and testing. Live webcast training sessions can be provided for overseas clients.
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http://www.ipolytech.com
