Environmental simulation

Plastics are subject to a variety of environmental influences, such as temperatures, chemicals or sunlight, throughout their entire service life. These influence their performance, their service life and their functionality.

In order to prevent premature failure, we examine the various environmental influences in advance.

Our accredited environmental simulation laboratory offers a variety of standardized and individual tests.

In our accredited laboratory we carry out solar simulation, weathering test, climate test and temperature test. We support our customers in series monitoring, initial sample testing, testing and in the event of damage.

Several xenon chambers, climatic chambers, temperature shock chambers and salt spray chambers are available in our plastics laboratory for processing customer orders.

Range of services: Temperature shock tests for the rapid transfer of test specimens from a lower test temperature to an upper test temperature
Climate tests to simulate changing climatic conditions
Xenon tests for time-accelerated laboratory weathering to simulate damage caused by moisture, full-spectrum sunlight, and high temperatures.
Color measurement to determine the color and gloss effect before and after exposure
Emission measurement as well as the determination of odor behavior
outdoor exposure

Umweltsimulation Kunststoff

Temperature and climate test

Your product is exposed to changing climatic conditions that can occur during its product life? We simulate the influences that can change service life, functionality and properties.

Bewitterung

weathering

Weather resistance and durability are in most cases a basic requirement for products and materials that are used outdoors. We offer Florida/Arizona outdoor exposure, UV exposure testing, or cyclic exposure testing.

Xenontest-Xenonkammer

Solar simulation

Yellowing, fading, clouding or cracking can cause damage both outdoors and indoors. With our xenon test chamber, we can perform time-accelerated laboratory weathering to simulate damage caused by moisture, full-spectrum sunlight, and high temperatures.

SAMSUNG CSC

emission measurement

In addition to determining the odor behavior, we offer different analysis systems (e.g.: LC-MS, HS-GC-MS & thermal desorption GC-MS) to identify individual substances and to determine their emission behavior under changing environmental conditions, such as different temperatures in a climate chamber.

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Kerbschlagprüfung Izod

Determination of Izod impact strength according to DIN EN ISO 180

Method for determining the Izod impact strength of various plastics.


Further Informations

Norm

DIN EN ISO 180:2013-08

Contact

Kristina Trenz

kristina.trenz@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 54

Fingernageltest Kratzfestigkeit nach BMW GS 97034-2

Scratch resistance (fingernail test) according to BMW GS 97034-2

Test method for determining resistance to damage caused by fingernails.


Further Informations

Norm

GS 97034-2:2015-09

Contact

Dr. Ulrike Rantzsch

ulrike.rantzsch@gwp.eu
+49 341 392981 68

Testing the tensile strength of plastics according to ASTM D 638

Standard method for testing the tensile strength of plastics.


Further Informations

Norm

ASTM D 638:2014

Contact

Kristina Trenz

kristina.trenz@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 54

dsc Glasübergang DIN EN ISO 11357-2

DSC determination of the glass transition temperature according to DIN EN ISO 11357-2

Testing of amorphous and semi-crystalline plastics by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).


Further Informations

Norm

DIN EN ISO 11357-2:2020-08

Contact

Dr. Stefan Loibl

stefan.loibl@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 65

DSC DIN EN ISO 11357-3

DSC determination of melting and crystallisation temperature according to DIN EN ISO 11357-3

Melting and crystallisation temperatures as well as melting and crystallisation enthalpies of crystalline or semi-crystalline plastics with DSC.


Further Informations

Norm

Contact

Dr. Stefan Loibl

stefan.loibl@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 65

ASTM D3418 - 15

DSC on polymers according to ASTM D3418-15

This test method includes the determination of transition temperatures and enthalpies of melting and crystallisation by means of DSC


Further Informations

Norm

Contact

Dr. Stefan Loibl

stefan.loibl@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 65

Determination of glass fibres and fillers according to DIN EN ISO 1172

Textile glass reinforced plastics – prepregs, moulding compounds and laminates.


Further Informations

Norm

DIN EN ISO 1172:2023-12

Contact

Dr. Stefan Loibl

stefan.loibl@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 65

IR Spektrum

FTIR spectroscopy of plastics

Analytical methods for the identification and structure elucidation of plastics.


Further Informations

Norm

Contact

Dr. Stefan Loibl

stefan.loibl@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 65

Determination of the vinyl acetate content according to DIN 53742

Infrared spectrographic method for the determination of the vinyl acetate content of copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate.


Further Informations

Norm

Contact

Dr. Stefan Loibl

stefan.loibl@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 65

DIN ISO 2285 Zugverformungsrest

Rubber – (pyrolysis GC-MS) according to ISO 17257

Pyrolysis gas chromatography coupled with mass spectroscopy (pyrolysis GC-MS) on rubber.


Further Informations

Norm

Contact

Dr. Stefan Loibl

stefan.loibl@gwp.eu
+49 8106 9941 65

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