Is your component broken, showing surface defects or stress cracks, or does it have elevated emission values? Would you like to know whether this is due to the material, design, processing or application, or do you need more details about a material? Then you’ve come to the right place. Finding solutions to problems in a plastics processing process often requires extensive knowledge of the available analysis methods, their significance, and their limitations. Expertise in a wide range of fields is required, including materials science, process engineering, physics, organic and analytical chemistry, to name but a few.

The point at which a component failure becomes apparent has a significant impact on the associated economic damage. A considerable proportion of damage cases could have been identified and prevented at an early stage of a project. Around two-thirds of reported damage cases are attributable to incorrect material selection, incorrectly assessed requirements, and design errors.