Test Equipment

Our primary electromechanical frame for tension and compression on rubber. It pulls dumbbell specimens to failure, often past 800% elongation, while recording force against displacement, which yields tensile strength, elongation, and modulus. Swapping grips and fixtures lets the same frame run compression, tear, and adhesion tests on finished parts.

A 1,500 lbf (6.7 kN) motorized test stand for smaller specimens and lighter parts. It measures tensile strength, elongation, and modulus, and runs stress-relaxation studies that hold a specimen at a fixed strain and track how the force decays over time, a direct read on how a seal will relax in service.

A sled-and-plane attachment that drags a weighted specimen across a test surface. The frame records the force needed to start it moving (static) and to keep it sliding (kinetic), then reports both coefficients of friction, useful for grips, seals, and anti-slip surfaces.

A 2,000 lb dual-column frame for static load/deflection testing of stiffer materials, plastics, urethanes, composites, and hard elastomers. It applies a controlled load and measures the resulting deflection to characterize stiffness and strength.

A 10,000 lb frame for higher-force static testing of metals, plastics, and rigid assemblies. It captures load versus deflection all the way to failure, giving strength and stiffness data on heavier parts than the 2K can handle.

A 100,000 lb hydraulic frame for ultimate-strength work. It crushes parts to failure and measures the load/deflection stiffness of high-capacity laminated elastomeric mounts and bearings that lighter frames simply can't load.

An automated dual-column tensile tester with an Instron load cell that pulls dumbbell specimens to failure for tensile strength, elongation, and modulus, with software data capture for traceable, repeatable material records.

A moving-die rheometer that cures a small sample between oscillating dies to measure scorch time, cure rate, and state of cure, so we know exactly how a compound will behave in the mold before we run it.

Characterizes both uncured and cured compound, including dynamic moduli and processability, across ranges of strain, frequency, and temperature, giving a full rheological fingerprint of a batch.

An automated hardness stand that indents a rack of molded specimens and logs Shore/IRHD hardness with pneumatic repeatability, removing operator variation from durometer readings.

A forced-air oven that heat-ages specimens at elevated temperature so we can measure how properties change with time and predict service life.

Holds strained specimens in a controlled ozone atmosphere with adjustable generators to rate surface cracking and weather resistance over time.

Dead-weight stations hang a constant load on a specimen for days or weeks while dial indicators record how far it slowly deforms. This creep data predicts the long-term sag and set a mount or bearing will show under sustained load.

The specimen rotates on a turntable beneath a pair of weighted abrasive wheels for a set number of cycles. Weighing the part before and after gives the material's abrasion and wear resistance, how well it survives rubbing and scuffing.

A motorized rail pulls a sample beneath a force gauge to capture both the breakaway (static) and sliding (kinetic) friction of rubber sheet and molded surfaces. It's how we verify the feel and grip of a compound.

A specimen is compressed a fixed amount inside a calibrated fixture and left under load. Periodic force readings show how the sealing force decays over time, the single best lab predictor of long-term gasket and seal life.

A portable 6-channel analyzer that records and processes vibration and acoustic signals. Fed by accelerometers, force sensors, microphones, and dynamic-strain gauges, plus an instrumented impact hammer, it captures resonances, mode shapes, and transmissibility to diagnose noise and vibration problems in equipment and isolation mounts.

A point-and-read meter that gauges overall vibration and bearing condition on rotating machinery. We use it for quick field screening to flag equipment or mounts that warrant a fuller CoCo-80X analysis.

A Type 2 sound-level meter reading 30–130 dB with A/C weighting and SD-card logging. It quantifies airborne noise so we can measure how much an isolation mount or damper actually reduces sound.

A handheld 30–130 dB meter for quick spot checks of noise levels during testing and out on the floor, backing up the logging meter with a fast second reading.

A servo-hydraulic frame that measures the static and dynamic spring rates of rubber products and runs load/deflection tests, which is how we characterize mount and bearing stiffness under real cyclic loading.

The higher-capacity servo-hydraulic frame, same static and dynamic spring-rate and load/deflection work as the 3.3 kip, sized for larger, stiffer isolators and bearings.

A 20-ton hydraulic press used to test rubber-to-metal bond strength, it loads a bonded part until the bond fails, confirming the adhesion holds under real force.

A shop-built drop tower that delivers impact energy up to 1,000 lb from 6 ft, about 6,000 ft-lb. A guided mass strikes the part while instrumentation records the event, letting us evaluate energy-absorbing parts such as storage-rack column protectors.

An optical comparator that captures dozens of dimensions in one shot, set a part on the stage and it measures diameters, distances, and angles against tolerance in seconds, with pass/fail logging.

A high-magnification digital microscope for inspecting surface finish, cracks, bond lines, and fine molded features, with on-screen measurement and depth-composed 3D imaging.

A non-contact 3D scanner that captures a part's full geometry as a point cloud and compares it against the CAD model, mapping dimensional deviation across the whole surface, not just individual points.

Numerous 3D printers including a Markforged carbon fiber 3D printer for aluminum-strength functional prototypes, tools, and MRO parts.