Are your films difficult to characterize?

You can learn more about your films with our unique film testing methods. BTW, you can also use our system to conduct standard film methods.

Film manufacturers use SMS' TA.XTPlus to learn more about their films than they can determine with traditional methods. Our instruments are precise, highly repeatable, simple to calibrate and easy to validate. When the TA.XTPlus is used for ASTM D882 tensile testing the generated plots are automatically analyzed for the the attributes called out by the standard.

However, ASTM D882 tests are extremely time consuming to conduct and the results are overly sensitive to sample preparation and how operators mount samples. We have developed much better film-testing methods that are unique to our instruments. The TA-108S-5i indexing film testing fixture maintains sample integrity and operators can very quickly test up to five replicates with ease. This fixture also quantifies multiple film attributes such as resiliency, extensibility and burst strength. Very small samples of films are suspended over an elevated hole and are held firmly in place. This presentation allows even brittle films to be handled delicately and in a manner that preserves the film’s integrity. The result is an operator-independent test method that provides much more repeatable and differentiating results than a standard D882 test. Mounted films can be submerged in liquid for in-vivo style tests that quantify film disintegration, swelling, and adhesive behaviors.

See and quantify film behaviors and characteristics with a degree of clarity you did not think possible.

See film behaviors that you did not know were quantifiable. Our film testing methods are highly repeatable, differentiating and only require small samples. Our instruments can evaluate many types of film behaviors and our software can parse meaningful attributes from the resulting test curves. Use that information to learn more about your films.

Traditional methods of film testing are very sensitive to operators who introduce a great deal of variability as they cut, mount and clamp samples for testing. Many test samples also fail at the grips, wasting both product and operator time. Our film test methods are operator independent and are designed so that the results are not affected by operators' sample mounting techniques. .

Mounted films can be submerged in liquid for in-vivo style tests that quantify film burst, fatigue, disintegration, swelling, and adhesive behaviors.

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Are your films difficult to characterize?

See and quantify film behaviors and characteristics with a degree of clarity you did not think possible.

Interested in learning more about your specific needs?