COMPOSITES MATERIALS TESTING...

• Mechanical and Physical Testing - Elevated Temp and Cryo
• Composites Testing to ASTM, MIL, FED, SACMA and Customer Requirements
• Comprehensive Facility for Internal and External Testing

Matrix Composites offers comprehensive testing capabilities for advanced composite laminates, sandwich panels, structures, adhesives, and preimpregnated materials. Our primary objective is to provide rapid turnaround on routine material acceptance and process verification testing, as well as qualified management of more extensive qualification testing programs. Our staff consists of well-qualified test technicians and composites engineers with extensive experience in the design, fabrication and testing of aerospace, marine and automotive composites.

Mechanical Testing

• Tensile, Compressive, Shear, and Flexural Testing
• Stress/Strain Instrumentation, Data Collection and Analysis
• Elevated and Cryogenic Testing
• Fluid Soak and Environmental Conditioning
• Functional Component Fixturing and Test System Design
• Testing to ASTM, Federal, MIL-STD, and Aerospace Specifications

• Microwave Digestion Capability for Fiber/Resin/Void Volume
  
• Comprehensive Physical Property Characterization
  
• Water/Fluid Absorption Determination

• Glass Transition Temperature and Heat Flow using DSC, TMA
• Infrared, HPLC, and GC Analysis