Polymer Processing Institute

Characterization Equipment

Online Characterization Equipment

  • Special cells for online morphology observation and study with transmitted and reflected light




Other Characterization Equipment

  • Gas Permeability Cells


  • Kayeness Melt Indexer


  • Sieve Shaker


Primary Characterization Equipment

  • Gel Permeation Chromatograph (Dupont HTSEC-1)


  • Perkin Elmer FTIR Spectrophotometer (Model Spectrum One)- along with Spectral Libraries for Identification of Unknowns


  • Analytical Equipment for Carboxyl and Hydroxyl End-group Analysis of Polyesters




Rheological Characterization Equipment

  • Instron Capillary Rheometer (floor Model #4204)


  • Rheometrics Mechanical Spectrometer Model RMS-8OO with Steady State Shear, Oscillatory Shear, and Solid State Fixtures


  • Helical Barrel Rheometer (Model I Table Top, Horizontal)


  • Helical Barrel Rheometer (Model II Compact, Vertical)


  • Brookfield Viscometer EX-200


  • Brookfield Viscometer (Model LVT) Synchro-lectric


  • Tinius Olsen Extrusion Plastometer (Model UE4-78) – Melt Flow Indexer


  • CSI Extrusion Plastometer - Melt Flow Indexer


  • Atlas Electric Melt Elasticity Indexer (Model CS 245, MEI2)


  • Cannon Ubbelohde Type Viscometers for Solutions (Manual and Automatic)




Thermal Characterization Equipment

  • Perkin-Elmer Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC-7)


  • Perkin-Elmer Thermogravimetric Analysis System (Model TGS-2)


  • Custom Design Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity Apparatus


  • Tinius Olsen Heat Distortion Temperature / Vicat Tester


  • Lindberg Tube Furnace for Pyrolytic Decomposition






For more information, please contact

Dr. J. Herman Suwardie
(973) 242-6788
herman@polymers-ppi.org