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Contract Research & Development - New Material Development
- New
Application Development
- Formulation, Analysis, and Costing
- Laboratory Sample Preparation
- Small
scale compounding (twin screw, single screw, batch mixing)
- Processability Studies
- Product Failure Analysis
- Feasibility Studies
- Concept Building and Concept Screening
- New Test Method and equipment Development
Pre-commercialization - Performance/cost optimization
- Preliminary
market Research
- Marketing Support (Technical studies and presentations)
- Product attribute to application
mapping
- Field trial management
- Technical service (Answering technical service calls)
- Raw material
sourcing and selection
- Testing for lot to lot variation and quality Competitive Analysis
- Competitive Strength,
weakness, opportunity and threat Analysis
- Comparative analysis (position on inter material performance attribute
mapping) and value comparisons
- Patent Support (reviewing prior art, patent search, and developing examples)
Testing - Physical (Density, melt density, shrinkage, color, gloss, hardness,
moisture, ash)
- Mechanical (Tensile, flex, impact strength)
- Thermal (Tm, Tg, Decomposition)
- Analytical
(TGA, FTIR, DSC)
- Flow Properties (MFR and Capillary Rheology)
- Aging (chemicals, heat)
- Surface durability
(Abrasion, scratch, mar test)
- Flammability (Vertical burn test, Limited Oxygen index)
- Processability (extrusion,
thermoforming, compression molding, injection molding)
- Part failure analysis
- Non-standard test method and
device – design and development
- Molding ISO and ASTM test specimens, flammability test bars
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