Norner provides advanced testing for ageing and durability of plastics as well as material and recipe development for demanding applications. 

Our experts and researchers in polymers and stabilisation has a unique industrial network to suppliers of materials, chemicals and processing machinery which makes us a preferred partner for development, testing and verification of polymeric material solutions. 

In our scientific laboratory we have a wide range of testing facilities where we can simulate relevant environments as well as chemical exposure: 

• The additive performance test centre carries out tests based on UV exposure, oven ageing and artificial weathering. 
• Tests in severe environment with aggressive chemicals and gasses in combination with high pressure and temperature.
• Autoclave testing for food packaging applications
• We can perform simulation of corrosion due to environmental effects of long term exposure to various conditions like UV, salt fog, humidity and temperature. 
• Ageing in ozone for rubbers and plastics
• Testing of fatigue, creep and environmental stress crack resistance 

The exposure testing is followed by

• Material testing after exposed samples according to international standards in order to evaluate change in mechanical properties, additive stabilisation or morphological changes.
• Life time estimation of materials and products based on results from accelerated tests
• Investigate how plastic degradation is influenced by sunlight, humidity and temperature.
• Durability and life time expectations of plastic materials by accelerated life cycle testing

  We can offer

• Material selection
• Product development
• Pre-qualification testing
• Quality evaluation
• Failure analysis
• Design development