- Physical-Mechanical Testing
- Physical-Mechanical Testing of Products
- Physical-Mechanical Testing of Materials
- Custom Mixing, milling, & molding
- Unvulcanized Rubber
- Properties in Tension & Compression at Various Temperatures
- Flex & Fatigue
- Abrasion Resistance
- Cold Temperature Properties
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
- Environmental conditioning & exposure
- Adhesion
- Hardness & Density
- Coefficient of Friction
- Cut & Chip Resistance
- Additional Plastics Testing
- Reference Materials
- Chemical-Analytical
- Technology Consulting
- Processing & Development
- Information Services
Contaminant Identification
Understanding the nature of a contaminate can often aid a manufacturer in quickly identifying a processing issue. Smithers utilizes state-of-the art analytical tools coupled with optical and electron microscopes are used to study and characterize foreign matter occlusions in polymer-based products.