Equipment
Alphabetical List by Equipment
APM Testing provides A2LA accredited laboratory services. Our results are independent, confidential, and of the highest quality. Our lab can handle a wide range of materials so that you don’t need a different lab for every material you use.
A partial list of our major equipment is located below. Click on the test methods for a more complete description. Please contact us so we can help you select the test that best meets your needs.
Brinell Hardness Tester
Dielectric Strength Tester
DSC – Differential Scanning Calorimeter
EDS – Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer
Flexural Tester
FTIR - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
GDS – Glow Discharge Spectrometer
Knoop Microhardness Tester
Optical Microscope – High Magnification
Rockwell Hardness Tester
SEM - Scanning Electron Microscope
Tensile Tester - Plastic
Tensile Tester - Metal
TGA – Thermogravimetric Analyzer
XRF – X-Ray Fluorescence for Plating Thickness
Brinell Hardness Tester
Method(s):
ASTM E10
Purpose:Measure the Brinell hardness of a metal sample.
Make/Model:
Newage Testing Instruments
NB3010 Brinell Hardness Tester
Dielectric Strength Tester
Purpose:Measures the amount of AC voltage that an insulator can withstand before it burns through.
Make/Model:
Hipotronics Dielectric Strength Tester, Model 7100-5/D149, 100,000 VAC
DSC – Differential Scanning Calorimeter
Method(s):
ASTM D3418 |
ASTM D4591 |
ISO 11357
Purpose:
Measures the temperature and energy of thermal transitions such as melting point, glass transition, and curing reactions.
Make/Model:
TA Instruments, Q2000, Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
Has auto-sampler and modulated DSC capability.
Refrigerated Cooling System 90 (RCS 90)
EDS – Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer
Purpose:
Identify the major inorganic elements in a material.
Make/Model:
Thermo Electron / Noran, System Six
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) detector.
JEOL, Model JSM 6360LV, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Flexural Tester
Purpose:
Measure the flexural strength and flexural modulus of a rigid plastic.
Make/Model:
MTS Systems, Insight 50, Flexural Tester
10,000 lbf, 1000 lbf, 100 lbf, and 5 lbf load cells.
FTIR - Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
Method(s):
ASTM E1252
Purpose:
Identify the primary component of a plastic, rubber, or organic material.
Make/Model:
Perkin Elmer, Spectrum 100, Infrared Spectrometer
Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR)
Perkin Elmer, Multiscope, Infrared Microscope
GDS – Glow Discharge Spectrometer
Method(s):
GDS
Purpose:
Quantitative chemical analysis of the elements in a metal sample.
Make/Model:
Leco, GDS 400A, Glow Discharge Spectrometer (GDS)
Knoop Microhardness Tester
Purpose:
Measure the microhardness of a metal sample.
Make/Model:
Mitutoyo MVK-H1 Microhardness Tester
Optical Microscope – High Magnification
Purpose:
Reveal the shape and size of microscopic structures in metals, circuit boards, and contaminants.
Make/Model:
Reichert Polyvar, Optical Microscope with Digital Camera, 20 to 2,000X
Rockwell Hardness Tester
Purpose:
Measure the Rockwell hardness of a plastic or metal sample.
Make/Model:
United Testing Systems
Tru-Blue II Rockwell Hardness Tester
SEM - Scanning Electron Microscope
Purpose:
Generates images of samples at magnifications up to 100,000X.
Make/Model:
JEOL, 6360LV, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Secondary Electron Imaging (SEI) detector.
Backscatter Electron Imaging (BEI) detector.
High and low vacuum imaging modes.
Thermo Electron, System Six, EDS Detector
Tensile Tester - Plastic
Method(s):
ASTM D638 |
ASTM D412 |
ASTM D882
ASTM D897 |
ASTM D1708 |
ASTM D1414
ISO 527
Purpose:
Measure the strength of a plastic material in tension.
Make/Model:
MTS Systems, QTest 50LP, Tensile Tester
10,000 lbf, 1000 lbf, 100 lbf, and 10 lbf load cells.
MTS Extensometers
Tensile Tester - Metal
Purpose:
Measure the strength of a metal material in tension.
Make/Model:
Tinius Olsen, Hydraulic Tensile Tester
50,000 lbf load cell
Instron, Electromechanical Tenster
20,000 lbf load cell
United Testing Systems Extensometers
TGA – Thermogravimetric Analyzer
Method(s):
ASTM E1131
Purpose:
Measure the weight percentage of volatile components, combustible matter, and ash in a sample by continuously weighing the sample as it is heated through temperatures of up to 1000°C.
Make/Model:
TA Instruments, Q500 Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA)
Sixteen position auto-sampler.
XRF – X-Ray Fluorescence for Plating Thickness
Method(s):
ASTM B568
Purpose:
Non-destructively measure the thickness of a metallic plating.
Make/Model:
Fischer XAN Series XRF
Fischer XDVM Series XRF
