Nortest Materials Testing Instruments provide a comprehensive range of materials testing instruments and related services and possess over 30 years experience in the area. Industry sectors covered include:
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Paper
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Paperboards
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Textiles
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Insulations
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Rubbers
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Plastics
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Ceramics
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Composites
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Metals
Nortest also represent several of the world’s leading materials testing instrument manufacturers and can source testing equipment from all over the globe to suit the exacting needs of their customers. The range of testing equipment that Nortest can supply includes, but is not restricted to:
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Presses, mills, bale cutters, stockblenders and other machinery for the polymer industry
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Dilatometers and thermal properties instruments for measuring thermal expansion, diffusivity, conductivity and specific heat including guarded hot plates, comparative, guarded heat flow meters, transient probes, hot wires and laser flash diffusivity to suit a wide range of materials and temperatures
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DSC, DTA, TGA, TMA and calorimeters to measure thermal properties and behaviour
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Temperature chambers for most applications from simple drying ovens to climate chambers
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The Goodrich Flexometer for fatigue testing of rubbers
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OEM control systems for universal testing machines
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Software for recipe control, data acquisition and management for the rubber industry
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Fogging testers for the automotive industry.
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Instruments and accessories for continuous stress relaxation and the precision ageing of polymers
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Hardness testers for polymers, portable and laboratory instruments for all IRHD and shore ranges
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Universal testing machines including electro-mechanical machines up to 300KN
Nortest provide a thermal properties contract testing services for the materials industry, supplying independent third party test data for quality control, product development and other applications.
In addition to new equipment, Nortest can also source second hand machines as well as providing reconditioning services. They can also help your to bring your old testing machine up to date with modern electronics and state of the art software.