The Prescott Rheoline Moving Die Rheometer (MDR)
Our Prescott Rheoline Moving Die Rheometer (MDR) uses advanced testing technology to ensure every gasket and seal performs with absolute reliability.
The MDR provides precise, real-time insight into how elastomeric compounds cure, strengthen, and maintain elasticity under stress and temperature extremes.
The MDR measures dynamic behaviour and cure characteristics by applying controlled oscillation and heat. It provides detailed information on cure rate, stiffness, elasticity, and long-term stability. With temperature control up to 250°C and full compliance with international rubber testing standards, the MDR delivers unmatched accuracy and consistency. We use the MDR across our research, formulation, and quality control processes, verifying every compound batch, optimising new formulations, simulating aging, and benchmarking performance. This ensures that all materials meet or exceed customer and industry expectations. By integrating rheological data directly into our production, we reduce risk, shorten development cycles, and guarantee full traceability from batch to finished product. Contact us to learn how our MDR testing can help validate or improve your sealing materials.
Wallace Dead Load Hardness Tester (H14 Macro IRHD)
The Wallace Dead Load Hardness Tester (H14 Macro IRHD) is a crucial component of our quality control process, ensuring every elastomeric product we create meets the most stringent specifications. This fully automatic benchtop instrument operates against the International Rubber Hardness Degree (IRHD) scale, and is compliant with ISO and ASTM standards. The machine’s advanced sensor technology accurately measures minute indentations, eliminating operator variation and ensuring accuracy within 0.1 IRHD units.
Its rigid C-frame design guarantees stability, while the digital display and data output enable easy integration with PCs or LIMS systems for full traceability. The Wallace H14 is trusted across industries for testing gaskets, seals, O-rings, and other precision rubber components.
Combining robust construction with modern automation, it ensures that every product meets performance and durability specifications, supporting consistent sealing quality and long-term reliability.
Testometric M350-10CT
The Testometric M350-10CT is a state-of-the-art machine that helps to prove the strength and durability of our products. An advanced dual-column tester, it pushes, pulls, and bends our materials with incredible precision, checking how they hold up under extreme force.
This powerful testing gives us hard proof of quality, demonstrating that every seal and gasket is engineered for reliable, long-term performance. The M350-10CT runs on WinTest software, which allows our engineers to control tests, record results, and create repeatable testing programs. It meets international standards like ISO and ASTM, ensuring every result is consistent and trusted worldwide. Whether you need a seal for a high-pressure engine or a resilient gasket for demanding industrial use, our rigorous testing ensures you get a product you can trust to work perfectly, every time.
Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
The Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) machine is a critical part of our quality assurance process. This advanced testing instrument helps us understand how a material’s weight changes as it is heated under controlled conditions, providing vital insights into the properties of our seals and gaskets. TGA testing also allows us to evaluate a material’s thermal stability and predict its performance at high temperatures. This is crucial for seals and gaskets used in demanding applications, where integrity under heat is paramount.
This rigorous testing ensures our products deliver superior, long-lasting performance, and meet our stringent material specifications and performance standards.
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
We use the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) to ensure every gasket and seal meets the highest material standards.
FTIR works by shining infrared light onto a sample and measuring how it’s absorbed.
And because every substance has a unique infrared absorption pattern, FTIR reveals what a material is made of and if it matches the correct formulation.
We use FTIR in a number of critical ways:
- Quality control on incoming raw materials, such as polymers and elastomers, to confirm they match specifications before production begins.
- Detecting and identifying contaminants that might compromise a seal’s integrity, even in microscopic quantities, preventing costly failures.
- Failure analysis. FTIR allows engineers to examine a worn or damaged gasket to determine the cause.
By providing fast, accurate, and non-destructive material analysis, FTIR is an essential part of our quality assurance process, and helps guarantee every product performs reliably in the toughest environments.
