Product and Material Testing Reference Materials

Description: We've all experienced the disappointing (and kinda embarrassing) moment when we're at a register trying to buy armfuls of tortilla chips and salsa and the point of sale card reader screams out that an ...

Description: Semiconductors are one of the most fascinating areas of electronics manufacturing. The ability to "grow" almost irreducibly small integrated circuit components on silicon wafers has made an incredible ...

Description: Microsoft recently removed the IrDA feature from Windows 10. It is easy to re-add this feature if you need to use an IrDA dongle. The following steps will add the feature and allow the IrDA device to ...

Description: One of the most frustrating aspects of experiencing a problem in manufacturing isn't necessarily the issue itself, but rather, it's the difficulty of accurately determining and communicating what the ...

Description: We've mentioned many times, in various articles, that bonded material systems are becoming the norm for manufacturers in nearly every industry. In order to make finished products more efficient in ...

Description: Cleanliness is next to production standardization requirements for medical device manufacturers (as the old saying goes). Devices built to be inserted within the human body understandably need to meet ...

Description: Measurement of wetting and adhesion when bonding or coating ...

Description: The first point is that resistance testing and impedance testing are carried out by similar but importantly different methods; resistance is measured by using a DC current to perturb (excite) the ...

Description: In the midst of the battle to curb the spread of the coronavirus, a Santa Rosa company is playing a small role to tackle the pandemic that has upended life in Sonoma County and across the country. ...

Description: GIANT Evo Brake Testing, STARS Brake Test Automation, and Brake Dust Testing solutions for applications from motorcycles to trains. ...

Description: Viscosity testing is a tool used in the production process of just about every type of food and beverage. It is a very important test that offers repeatable and reliable results, ensuring that the ...

Description: The factors that have a high impact on the success of adhesion processes are not always what they seem. Over the years we've discovered that contamination of surfaces that leads to adhesion failure ...

Description: Electronic components consist of many exposed and delicate pieces that leave them vulnerable. A lot is relying on these fragile parts to function without fail. From implantable medical devices to ...

Description: One of the most pressing questions on the minds of manufacturing engineers is how to take a load off. Lightweighting, or shedding pounds on assembled vehicles and machinery, is a critical puzzle in ...

Description: A lot goes into painting an aircraft. This massive, multi-stage process begins long before that final, shiny topcoat you see on the wings and tail is applied. The components are molded, then ...

Description: Cleanliness and adhesion go hand-in-hand. If you're looking for an adhesion process to be successful then you are also absolutely interested in cleaning the materials involved in the application. ...

Description: When the subject of material surfaces comes up among manufacturing engineers the discussion usually centers on the physical attributes of that surface; the surface topography or morphology, or more ...

Description: When adhesion issues become apparent in a manufacturing process, they can seem to come out of nowhere. When coatings on circuit boards delaminate and cause shorts; when automotive glass ...

Description: Excellent adhesion relies on manufacturer's ability to understand and control three distinct yet interrelated elements. In manufacturing, adhesive bonding takes many forms but the fundamental ...

Description: Adhesion is a powerful phenomenon that can hold massive structures together and fuse microscopic compounds. It is also extremely dependent upon delicate and fragile processes to succeed. In ...

Description: Townsend Engineering Services, Inc. is a consulting company with extensive experience in the design of hardware and software for data acquisition and analysis used in the testing of complex mechanical ...

Description: Adhesion problems have a tendency to show up in a manufacturing process and then overstay their welcome. The chronic nature of so many adhesion issues is due to factors that many manufacturing ...

Description: In manufacturing it is extremely difficult to eliminate all inefficiencies and production deficits. Setbacks that come in the form of scrap rates and rework resulting from product failures before ...

Description: Resistance Spot Welding (RSW) is a dominant joining method in automotive and aerospace manufacturing...The quality of these welds is inherently important to the durability and safety of the final ...

Description: CAS DataLoggers provides the solution for an automotive gearbox test stand to automate data recording and increase productivity. ...

Description: Gas chromatography is a chromatographic separation analysis method using a gas as a mobile phase. The vaporized sample is carried by the carrier gas (mobile phase) into the column. ...

Description: The most typical and the most commonly used is fragile packaging corrugated carton. Part of the big and heavy fragile using honeycomb cardboard boxes, part of the lighter or itself high compressive ...

Description: There was an interesting article by Anil Khitolia on EDN a few weeks ago on LTE Stress Testing. He started out with a fast fact that I found pretty shocking - a claim that 15-20% of smartphones are ...

Description: Sponge/foam is widely used in various industries, and the detection of sponges involves some international standards. ...

Description: The bursting strength testing machine is an internationally-used testing instrument widely used in packaging materials. It is mainly used to measure various paperboard and single-layer and multi-layer ...

Description: Drink a can of your favorite beverage, spray a little touch up paint to your outdoor furniture, or open a can of food for yourself or your pet. Chances are a metal container was in your hand 50% or ...

Description: Universal testing machine, a material testing machine integrating tensile, bending, compression, shearing, ring stiffness and other functions. It is mainly used for the mechanical properties test of ...

Description: Rubber is widely used in daily life have a lot of rubber for our services, through wearing by urban and rural residents, it is must be a kind of consumption is very big, with a rubber are in play its ...

Description: The Magna-Mike® portable Hall effect thickness gage is used to measure the thickness of plastic containers and other nonferrous materials. Unlike our other thickness gages, the Magna-Mike gage ...

Description: The salt spray test is an environmental test that mainly uses the simulated salt spray environmental conditions created by salt spray test equipment to assess the corrosion resistance of a product or ...

Description: Evaluation of the hardness of lipsticks by penetration with a 2 mm needle probe. ...

Description: Accelerated Aging Test,Aging Test Chamber ...

Description: Dough is the staple of the bakery world. Producing "good" dough consistently in manufacturing is the challenge. Test methods have arisen that standardize how dough is evaluated for acceptability using ...

Description: The process required custom robotics and mixturing in an extremely compressed timeframe ...

Description: In a hotly pursued, global marketplace, the availability of superior automobile components unquestionably can determine a car's adoption viability. Proven, certified, and highly customized product ...

Description: Density measurement is used a an indication of what is happening in a process. Density analysis multiple applications in wide range of industries. How Come? ...

Description: One of the most significant contributors to uncertainty in gas pycnometry measurements comes from the ratio between the volumes of the empty space within the sample chamber and the reference chamber. ...

Description: Some of the most frequently asked questions we receive from our customers have to do with IP ratings. What is an IP rating? What does it mean? How does the rating system work? That is why we wrote ...

Description: Fluorescence depolarization or fluorescence anisotropy can be observed when a fluorophore emits light of different intensities depending on the axes of polarization. When a molecule is excited by the ...

Description: Specialty chemicals, or chemical additives, are rapidly becoming a trillion dollar industry and are used in a wide range of industrial sectors, including energy, cosmetics, detergents, food, ...

Description: Provides a nutritional supplement for babies up to 12 months old. ...

Description: Evaluation of the firmness and stickiness of two different brands of cheese spread triangles by penetration using a 1-inch spherical probe. ...

Description: Evaluation of inhaler performance using an inhaler support accessory and a hemispherical probe. ...

Description: The only reliable method for determining if the lubricant is correct... is to compare the lubricant viscosity against its original viscosity specification. ...

Description: Viscosity is a significant concern in the Food & Beverage industry, because it affects product processing and packaging and may affect customer acceptance of a product. Viscosity is the resistance to ...

Description: Consider these points as you seek out a hardness test system. ...

Description: The Washburn Equation is used in capillary flow porometry to define the relationship between the pressure at which expulsion of a wetted fluid occurs from a pore to the size of that pore. This ...

Description: An in-service lubricant encounters air, heat, pressure, corrosive agents, and other factors that cause chemical changes in the oil. A change in oil chemistry can affect the ability of the lubricant to ...

Description: A high concentration of acidic compounds in a lubricant can lead to corrosion of machine parts and clogged oil filters due to the formation of varnish and sludge. When a lubricant breaks down, acidic ...

Description: Life on earth would not be possible without the Sun's energy. Sunlight is in fact the ultimate source of renewable energy. It has been estimated that solar radiation delivers more energy to earth in ...

Description: Texture profile analysis is the measurement and description of the textural properties of food. Texture can be measured by a trained sensory panel (organoleptic) or using specialized equipment ...

Description: HALT and HASS technology uses a combination of accelerated stresses to expose product flaws early in the design and manufacturing stages. ...

Description: Filling consumer containers is one of the major operations in most food plants that process liquid and semisolid food products. Experience oftentimes is the guiding force in deciding what will work ...

Description: The time is now for clean, renewable energy technologies. Favorable government tax credits, a decreased dependency upon oil, and the need to stimulate the economy are just three of the planets that ...

Description: Powder at rest can be deceiving. Spread out on a horizontal surface, the particles may look perfectly flowable because they move easily to the touch. Put the powder into a container and its behavior ...

Description: In our post, Why Customer Returns are the Worst for Can Makers, we noted that: "A single rejected lot of cans can cost a manufacturer 30 to 50 times the profit made on that sale, or more!" That's a ...

Description: In our post, Why Your Liner Quality Changes from Shift-to-Shift and Season-to- Season, we noted: "Modern temperature control technologies now make it possible to control the temperature of your ...

Description: In our post, Temperature Variations Cause Inconsistent Liner Placement, we "proved" that compound temperature and placement are related - by using the transitive property from our old high-school ...

Description: In our post, Why Customer Returns are the Worst for Can Makers, we compared various industry return issues - including the automotive industry with its recent spate of recalls - and noted that can ...

Description: In our recent blog, Can Liner Weight Variations Impact Quality, Delivery, and Cost Structure, we noted that the two most important criteria in evaluating liner performance are: Throughout this series, ...

Description: It seems intuitively obvious that HFI's (Holds for Inspection) are the result of variation(s) in the process that drive critical specifications out of tolerance. ...

Description: If you've been experiencing problems with placement and your stationary liners are older, you may be thinking that replacing them is the only solution. You also likely dread the capital investment, ...

Description: With Positive Material Identification (PMI) the alloy composition, and thus, the identity of materials can be determined. If a material certificate is missing or/and you need to be certain about the ...

Description: Perform accurate viscosity conversions with this set of comprehensive Norcross Viscosity Conversion Tables and Viscosity Monitoring & Control Application Notes. ...

Description: The basic measurement unit of viscosity is centipoise. Most methods of measuring viscosity depend on a direct relationship to centipoise units for their validity. In the case of most processes ...

Description: Labs are sometimes under the mistaken impression that modern, automated viscometers that use shorter capillary tubes are out of compliance with ASTM D445/ASTM D446. ...

Description: A popular worldwide sport is the love for fishing. It is also provides a necessary source of food and nutrition for many. The use of live bait on the fish hook - worms, eels, small pieces of fish - is ...

Description: Contemporary digital ultrasonic flaw detectors calculate commonly used parameters for reflector position in angle beam testing, typically including sound path length, flaw depth, surface distance, and ...

Description: The Penetrometer PNR 12 is suitable for consistency measurements required in the food industry. Various accessories and test kits according to the AOCS and the Unilever method are available for edible ...

Description: Particle suspensions often contain more than one size of particle. However, many particle analyzers cannot resolve particle mixtures, instead they detect an average of all sizes. The Litesizer™ ...

Description: n nanoparticle suspensions that will be used in ceramics, particle size and stability are of vital importance. Suspension stability is essential to ensure that the particles to stay in suspension, and ...

Description: ASTM D92 Appendix X1 describes a technique to prevent the surface skin formation when testing the flash point of asphalts with an open cup flash point tester like CLA 5. ...

Description: Polarimeters are essential in drug quality control to ensure the enantiomeric purity and therefore efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs. ...

Description: Ground beef in a round disc-like shape called "patty" is a popular dinner choice in many countries. Known as "hamburger" in the USA and "wimpy" in the UK where it comes in a bread bun or as ...

Description: The quality of meat is determined by a number of factors that affect palatability (tenderness, juiciness and flavour). Such factors include the degree of maturity, colour of lean, texture, and finally ...

Description: What class are mass standards? There are 3 primary classification standards: NIST, ASTM and OIML. ...

Description: Carbon molecular sieves (CMS) are widely used for the refinement of biogas to biomethane [1]. This application is based on kinetic separation due to size selective adsorption in Pressure Swing ...

Description: The investigation of separation performance of porous materials is very important for evaluation of such materials for separation processes. The separation of methane and carbon dioxide was studied on ...

Description: Manufacturers of health bars want their customer to feel that the eating experience can be as exciting as a scrumptious chocolate candy bar. Therefore the ingredients that they use for flavorings and ...

Description: From outerspace to innerspace, ceramics are perhaps the most fascinating group of materials. And they are used to repair broken bodies. ...

Description: Porosity is one of those properties with "kill or cure" effectiveness. In the right hands, in the right product, it confers exquisite performance. In the wrong hands or inappropriate application it ...

Description: A simple bulk density test is important for predicting a bulk solid material's flow characteristics, but it doesn't provide all of the material's relevant flow information. This article discusses the ...

Description: The low pressure range of a mercury porosimeter is used to characterize the larger end of the pore size range. Most manufacturers also use the low pressure module to initially fill the penetrometer ...

Description: The carbon black industry has been using a term known as "structure" since the 1940s to describe one of the most important properties of carbon black. Structure, a term that describes the fusion of ...

Description: This article is a condensed version of a more comprehensive article titled "Chemical Adsorption," as an Analytical Technique, available on Micromeritics' web site, www.micromeritics.com. ...

Description: This application note describes the evolution of free radicals in engine oil due to normal usage in a conventional gasoline engine. It also discusses briefly the process for sampling and determining ...

Description: For professionals with jobs that center around a work station, desk or computer, investing in quality furniture promoting health and productivity is important. Choose furniture that is comfortable for ...

Description: For a long time the measuring of the particle size distribution has been an utilized technology, based on the for a 100 years well understood scattering of light on small particles. The commercial use ...

Description: The sieve analysis is due to good reason no ICC- standard method, because it can not be standardized. Two steps are processed in trying to improve the reproducibility of a sieve analysis of flour. A ...

Description: For those of you who work with any analytical/lab or process instruments, you know that staying in compliance with global regulations has become burdensome in the past decade. Everyone is fixated on ...

Description: Three recent fiery derailments of trains transporting crude oil from the Bakken Shale formation in North Dakota have attracted the attention of the federal government as well as the petroleum ...

Description: This article examines the flow behavior of nutraceutical powders, the proper test method for defining their flow parameters, and the implementation of fast and accurate QC checks that ensure a smooth ...

Description: Maintaining capsule integrity is an important requirement for established pharmaceutical manufacturers who want happy customers. Ensuring delivery of capsules and tablets to the recipient in tact and ...

Description: Procaine is a local anaesthetic - an ester type - which is used very seldom today as a local anaesthetic, since much more effective and more deeply penetrating substances like for example lidocaine ...

Description: The development of below sea level deposits offshore the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula was influenced by the variation of the continental ice shield and the amount of ice in the ocean, which ...