R&D services

Polymer application centre

When developing new polymer additives meticulous testing is absolutely vital to a successful outcome. At Palsgaard, our polymer development team is able to simulate both test scenarios and production processes. We develop and test under conditions similar to those found in a real polymer or masterbatch production environment – making both development and pre-production test runs faster and more precise.

Application centre facilities

Attention to detail is key

Through our flexible setup, we are able to do highly precise and diverse testing to develop new solutions or assist customers in the study of their own additive solutions to help make the transition to Einar® products as flawless as possible.

Application centre facilities

Injection moulding equipment

Our injection moulder allows us to test the performance of our Einar® mould release and anti-static additives in primarily PP and PE as well as certain engineering polymers.

APPLICATION CENTRE FACILITIES

Anti-stat testing

One of the main properties of the Einar® products is anti-static performance which we evaluate as static decay time and surface resistivity at both ambient and low humidity conditions.

Application centre facilities

Blown film equipment

Our extruder allows us to test the quality of our Einar® anti-stat and anti-fog additives and compare their performance to current customer solutions mainly in PE films.

Application centre facilities

Anti-fog testing

Anti-fog performance of the Einar® products are evaluated in hot- and coldfog conditions in a 60 °C water bath and a 5 °C cooling cabinet, respectively.

Application centre facilities

Cast film production

For further performance evaluation, we produce cast film through calendering of primarily PE, PP and PET materials.

Application centre facilities

Material characterisation

Through methods such as rheology and extraction, we are able to characterise the melt behaviour and chemical nature of our own and customer solutions.

Application centre facilites

Colour masterbatch testing

Using a combination of filter pressure measurements, particle count and colour strength measurements, we developed and continue to test solutions for optimised pigment dispersion.

application centre facilites

Mechanical testing

To ensure there is no adverse effect on polymers when formulating solution with Einar® products, we study the mechanical and surface properties of our developments.

Polymer application centre

Attention to detail is key

Injection moulding equipment

Anti-stat testing

Blown film equipment

Anti-fog testing

Cast film production

Material characterisation

Colour masterbatch testing

Mechanical testing

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