Plastic
Smither' global team of plastics experts have decades of experience working with and optimising plastic materials, components and products. Our materials testing experts and plastics consultants support clients with industry standard plastics testing, as well as designing custom test programs tailored to your team's unique requirements.
Smither supports with plastic material development programs across a wide range of different applications, including:
- Aerospace
- Automotive – such as electric vehicle (EV) cables
- Appliances and components
- Consumer goods
- Energy
- Electronics
- Marine
Our expert team offers a range of physical testing and chemical analysis services for plastic materials and products such as polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and nylon — supporting the entire product lifecycle. Smither provides trusted third-party testing and consulting support during initial product development and material selection exercises, all the way through to failure analysis.
Smither has ISO 17025 accredited plastic testing labs in Akron, Ohio, USA and Shawbury, UK.
Plastic Chemical Characterization
The plastics experts at Smither utilize a wide variety of analytical techniques to help your team understand the raw materials, impurities, and performance characteristics of your plastic materials. Our plastic test labs are equipped with a complete portfolio of chemical analyses, so our plastics experts can design a custom chemical analysis program to match your unique requirements.
Plastic Physical Properties Testing
Smither offers environmental resistance and artificial weathering testing, plastic properties testing, thermal analysis and more at our plastic testing labs. We test to most common industry standards, including ASTM, ISO, SAE, and others, as well as OEM specifications.
Thermoplastics Processing
Our mixing and compounding team can assist with the development of plastic films and support with injection and compression molding of test samples on-site.
Plastics Consulting
Smither polymer testing labs are supported by expert plastics consultants with years of industry experience, who truly understand the challenges of working with polymer materials and products. Our plastics consultants can help with material selection, troubleshooting, performance evaluations, failure analysis, process audits and much more. Speak to the team to find out more about our plastics consultancy support.
Find out how Smither can support
If you would like to find out more about how Smither can support your plastics testing and consulting needs, please get in touch with an expert.
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