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Materials science, applied to your process
We work on real industrial problems: a coating that fails, a cure cycle nobody has ever validated, a supplier whose batches are no longer the same. Laboratory and engineering under one roof, so the answer arrives with a decision attached.
Tell us your case See the service linesFive service lines
Most projects start in one of them and end up touching two. The laboratory sits underneath all five.
1 · Materials characterisation
Chemical composition, thermal behaviour, mechanical properties and ageing of polymers, adhesives, coatings and metals. The full picture of a material before you commit a production run to it.
DSC · TGA · DMA · metallography2 · Cure process optimisation
Ovens that cure more than they need to, or less than they should. We measure the real degree of cure and the residual enthalpy, and give you back a cycle with the time and the temperature the material actually requires.
Usually pays for itself in energy alone3 · Coatings development
New coatings for thermal stability, adhesion and corrosion resistance, from the laboratory formulation to the industrial trial. Our own R&D line, run as a project with your targets.
Contract R&D, deliverables agreed up front4 · Quality control
Incoming batch control, specification setting, and the evidence you need when a customer questions a delivery. This is where most recurring problems turn out to be a supplier who changed something quietly.
One-off or as a standing programme5 · Process optimisation for the paper industry
Where SUEN comes from. Energy consumption, coating and drying performance, consumable behaviour on the machine. Applied materials science on a production line that cannot stop.
On-site work plus laboratory support6 · Adhesive bonding and certification
The newest line and the one growing fastest: EN 17460 and EN ISO 21368. Joint classification, bonding instructions, process qualification and an external Bonding Coordinator.
See the full service →How we work
A decision, not a data sheet
A number without interpretation is worthless. Every report we issue states the method, the conditions and what the result means for your process.
- Method and conditions stated, so the result is defensible
- Interpretation included, not charged as an extra
- A committed date, in writing, before we start
- Direct contact with the engineer who ran the test
Two hours, no cost
A technical visit or a video call, depending on where you are. We look at the problem before anyone talks about a quote, and we say so if we are not the right people for it.
- Technical visit or call · no cost, no commitment
- Diagnosis: what it takes, and what you do not need
- Fixed-scope proposal, no open-ended hours
- Execution, starting with whatever is most urgent
What are you trying to find out?
Tell us the problem rather than the technique. Choosing the method is our job, and often the answer is simpler and cheaper than expected.
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