- 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
- Composites Testing
- Chemical-Analytical
- Technology Consulting
- Processing & Development
- Information Services
- Product design optimization
Tires, wheels, hoses, belts and other polymer or metallic products typically tested and analyzed to provide product improvement or design review for our clients. - Product performance evaluations
Utilizing established laboratory and field testing techniques, our technical consultants continually provide product evaluations for clients. Failure analysis as well as product performance improvement projects are typically undertaken.
Product Consulting
Smithers’ engineers, chemists and other scientists have very diverse and extensive industry experience in polymer and metallic materials and products. Our experience has been utilized to solve a broad array of technical issues. The team has assisted with technical and business problems in the areas of product design, testing, performance analysis, material selection, molding, specifications and patent review.