Norner compounding experts can determine the effect of processing and degradation of polymers on their final performance.

• Degradation of plastic material is an important issue when it comes to the practical use of plastic materials.
• By multiple extrusions we are able to determine how well plastic materials, recipes or blends are stabilised with regards to process conditions and further use.
• Small scale laboratory extruders allow us to carry out tests with minimum quantity of material to simulate processing degradation.

Polymer degradation can be studied by different methods

• Melt flow rate and colour deviations
• Molecular weight distribution
• Spectroscopy
• Chromatography
• Differential Scanning Calorimeter
• Morphology by light microscopy

The project plan and specifications will be designed together with our customer in order to ensure appropriate results.