Businesses must attach importance to physical and mechanical testing of their products in order to prove the quality, durability and safety of their products to their customers and to minimize the risk of product returns or product recalls. Physical and mechanical tests are carried out on the safety, stability and durability of products in a wide range of areas including consumer products, retail products and automotive.
In general, physical and mechanical product tests include stability tests, strength tests and endurance tests. These tests can be performed separately, as well as possible mechanical tests of products such as deformation, adhesion, tensile, impact and bending. It may be possible to perform all tests at any stage of the production process, from the quality tests of the raw materials used to the quality of the finished products.
Essentially, the physical tests of materials include density, magnetic property, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, specific heat and thermal expansion tests. Mechanical tests include hardness, tensile, compression, fatigue, impact and abrasion tests.
For example, the tensile and compression tests performed between mechanical tests are carried out to determine the mechanical properties of materials under static load. Tensile, compression and bending tests of materials are performed using special test devices.
A few standards considered in mechanical testing of materials are:
- TS EN ISO 527-1 Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 1: General principles
- TS EN ISO 527-2 Plastics - Determination of tensile properties - Part 2: Test conditions for molding and extrusion plastics
- TS EN ISO 1798 Polymeric materials - Flexible - Porous - Determination of tensile strength and elongation at break
- TS EN ISO 868 Plastics and ebonite - Determination of penetration hardness by durometer (shore hardness)
- TS EN ISO 179-2 Plastics - Determination of Charpy impact properties - Part 2: Instrument impact test
- TS EN ISO 180 Plastics - Determination of Izod impact strength
One of the fields of activity of the organizations providing control and inspection services is mechanical and physical tests. Our company also performs mechanical and physical tests within the scope of surveillance services. In these studies, the relevant legal regulations and standards published by domestic and foreign organizations are complied with.
