SPACE PRODUCTS | Testing

Materials Testing

 

AASC has an on-site lab dedicated to materials testing as listed below.

Physical Materials Testing

• Fiber volume
• Void content
• Resin content testing via acid digestion and furnace burn off of the resin matrix
• Thermal property analysis via DSC or DMA techniques
•  Glass transition temperature testing via DSC or DMA techniques.

Mechanical Analysis

• Performed by Instron Testing Machines, with a load capacity of up to 56,200 lbs.
•  Wide variety of Wyoming test fixtures utilized for ASTM testing.
•  Wide variety of testing techniques per ASTM and ISO test specifications listed below:

                  - Tensile testing (strength and modulus)
                  - Compression Testing (strength and modulus)
                  - Interlaminar Shear
                  - In-Plane Shear
                  - Laminate Interlaminar Flatwise Strength
                  - Flexure (strength and modulus)

Mechanical Analysis of Adhesives

• Peel testing  - Honeycomb peels, or metal-to-metal bonded sandwich structures
• Lap Shear Testing - Tests the shear strength of adhesives and verifies the integrity of chemically cleaned and primed metal surfaces.
• Wedge Durability Testing - Tests the durability of adhesive bonded structures Routinely performed when parts undergo
• Phosphoric Acid Anodization

Chemical Testing

• Solution and metal analysis via acid/base titrations and metal analysis via atomic absorption spectroscopy.