Testing

• Type testing
• Chemical compatibility
• Tensile
• Compression
• Gas purity
• Melt flow
• Colour
• Physical and chemical
• Polymers, rubbers and composites
• SF6 gas (purity and decomposition products)
• Hydrocarbon characterization and testing (oil, lubricants, greases, fuels, insulators)
• Characterization and testing of alternative/non-traditional insulating gases and liquids
• Transportation of dangerous goods/hazardous materials testing
• Independent testing on conformance/validation of sensors, materials, etc.
• Coatings inspection, testing, and specification
• Mechanical testing of plastics materials

Studies and Investigations

• Thermogravimetric analysis
• Dynamic mechanical analysis
• Brine analysis
• Failure investigations, litigation, root cause analysis
• Identification of unknown materials, mixtures, chemicals
• Health assessment/risk mitigation of transformer equipment
• Kinetics and rate studies of chemical processes
• Online oil purification and processing
• Environmental consulting on utility-based systems
• Accelerated aging/weathering lab (UV, moisture, heat, cold, salt spray, full solar spectrum)
• High pressure differential scanning calorimetry 
• Material selection and specification consulting 
• Providing a method accredited for testing a product
• Insulation resistance
• Electrical permittivity
• Fault-type analysis of electrical equipment
• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
• Differential scanning calorimetry
• Oxidation induction time/temperature
• Indenter modulus
• X-ray diffraction (powders, surfaces and unknown materials)
• Thermal degradation characteristics of materials