Engineering Lab: Testing Services

The NSF Engineering Lab evaluates products and materials for material properties, performance and safety of the finished product. Specific testing services include:

Evaluation Services

• Testing to highly-credible standards
• Test method development
• Protocol development
• Witness testing at client facility
• Failure analysis
• Quality control procedures
• Consulting

Material and Product Testing

• Low and high temperature performance
• Compostability
• Performance and failure analysis
• Structural integrity (packaging, etc.)
• Tensile/compressive/flexural properties
• Abrasion, corrosion and wear
• UV and chlorine resistance
• Hydraulic pressure, i.e. cyclic, burst, long-term sustained
• Failure analysis
• Material comparisons by type/supplier
• Fatigue
• Creep
• Izod and charpy impact
• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
• Chemical extraction
• Surface and interfacial tension
• Surface roughness
• Corrosion resistance
• Coatings abrasion and wear resistance
• Viscosity
• High heat distortion
• Low temperature brittleness
• Cleanability
• Composition
• Extensive polymer capabilities
• Electrical and electrical safety
• Recycled PET (rPET)

Flammability Tests

• Testing to ASTM E84 and ULc S102.2 for material burning characteristics

Electrical Tests

• Testing to UL and CSA standards for food equipment, swimming pools and spas
• Conduit testing

Hydraulic Pressure Tests

• Sustained long-term high pressure control (pipes and fittings)
• Flows up to 1500 gpm
• Plumbing up to 36" in diameter
• Pressure testing up to 3,000 psi
• Temperatures from 20°C–120°C
• Cyclic pressure
• Thermal cycling
• Burst testing

For more information about the NSF Engineering lab, email physlab@nsf.org.