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MERL
is an independent UK company founded in 1986 by a group of polymer scientists
and engineers, providing R&D, laboratory testing and consultancy services
on polymer materials for engineering systems and structures. We have a
client base of several hundred companies worldwide covering all
industry sectors.
We are now a leading international provider of complete
innovative polymer engineering solutions.
The company provides complete testing solutions from concept/feasibility and
materials selection to disposal and re-use. MERL is registered to ISO 9001 in
the UK by BSI.
Services
MERL
offers a range of independent services and consultancy with a multi-disciplinary
team of highly qualified and experienced staff.
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Specialist
knowledge of non-metallic and related materials
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Complete
or partial product development programmes
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Materials
testing: static, creep, stress relaxation, fatigue, friction and wear
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Mechanical
testing of components and structures with instrumented multi- loading
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Finite
element analysis, stress analysis
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Failure
and design analysis
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Chemical
fluid resistance tests and durability assessment in hostile environments
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Independent
inspection, consultancy and expert witnessing
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Materials
development and selection
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Rubber
compounding and recipe development
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Small
scale mixing and prototype rubber component manufacture
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Design
& manufacture of specialist bespoke test equipment
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Instrumentation
development for machine and data acquisition using Labview®
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Tailored
polymer training cours
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Materials
MERL
expertise is in engineering polymers (adhesives, rubber, thermoplastics,
thermoplastic elastomers and composites - polymer composites or reinforced
plastics). Related materials are metallics (metal forming and structural
bonding), concrete, reinforced ceramics, carbon carbon composites,
intermetallics, functionally gradient materials and MMCs. Various materials
research programmes are performed with the above material types. Work includes
materials testing and evaluation and design analysis.
Materials
knowledge combined with engineering know-how is used to solve problems through
the supply chain from materials selection to design and manufacture to
recycling/end-of-life considerations.
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http://www.merl-ltd.co.uk
