Laboratory Capabilities

Sylvin has extensive research and development capabilities comprised of highly skilled personnel and a well-equipped laboratory tailored to meet your needs. Our R&D is focused on formulating and testing custom compounds to meet unique customer requirements.

With a fully equipped, on-site laboratory and a technical staff with over 55 years of combined experience, Sylvin Technologies has the tools and knowledge to focus on customers’ individual needs – their specific applications and processing parameters..

Select any of the following capabilities for more information.

Compounding Equipment

* One pound stainless steel beaker batches
* Four pound Hobart Mixer batches
* 60 to 100 pound high intensity Henschel mixer batches

Processing Equipment

* (2) Two roll mills capable of 500°F
* 0.75 In. Laboratory Extruder with tape die
* 2.5 In. Extruder
* (2) Compression molding machines capable of making plaques from 0.020 to 0.250 Inches thick

Physical Property Testing

* Hardness Shore's A,C,D
* Specific Gravity
* 100% Modulus
* Tensile Strength
* Ultimate Elongation
* Tear Strength
* Brittleness Temperature
* Compression Set
* Moisture Content

Thermal Property Testing

* Volatility
* Air oven aging
* Immersion testing at elevated temperatures

Electrical Property Testing

* Pad Volume Resistivity at elevated temperatures

Flammability Testing

* Oxygen Index
* FMVSS 302
* UL 94, HB, V0, V1, V2

Rheological Testing

* Melt Flow Analysis
* Brabender Equilibrium Torque
* Brabender Degradation

Color Testing

* Macbeth Color Eye 7000A Spectrophotometer with Propalette software

Accelerated Weathering Testing

* Q Panel Model QUV with 340 Bulbs