Autoclave exposure testing
Norner offers testing of non-metallic materials for harsh environments.
- We offer a range of capabilities, from small 500 ml autoclaves up to 5 litre autoclaves.
- The autoclaves are qualified for temperatures up to 325°C and pressures up to 325 bar.
- Media can be various oil compositions and liquid mixtures. Typically, CH4, H2S, CO2 and scCO2 according to customer requirement are defined. Also salt water is a typical liquid used in exposure testing.
The most relevant test standards at Norner are:
- Norsok M-710 incl. RGD
- ISO 23936 part 1 (Thermoplastic) and 2 (Elastomer)
- ISO 12736, Wet thermal insulation coatings for pipelines, flow lines, equipment and subsea structures
- ISO 10423, Annex F, Drilling and production equipment -- Wellhead and Christmas tree equipment
- API, CSA and NACE standards
Our laboratory is equipped with advanced test facilities and assist clients in selecting the optimal material for your needs. We are performing market studies for clients, as well as finding cost optimal material solutions that meet even the stringent requirements.
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Norner is a global market leader in performing accelerated ageing testing at high pressure and high temperature for exposure in hydrogen gas and in super critical CO2.
We can offer the following mechanical testing before and after exposure testing:
- Tensile properties
- Flexural properties
- Charpy impact
- Compression/top load
- CSR (Compression Stress relaxation)
- Fatigue
- Hardness; Shore A/D, Ball indentation, Rockwell
Most tests can be done at a wide range of temperatures.
Norner offers a wide range of long-term performance tests.
Durability services
- Immersion in different fluids
- Fatigue
- Creep
- Heat deflection temperature (HDT)
- Vicat softening temperature
- Environmental stress cracking resistance (ESCR)
- Full notch creep test (FNCT)
- Water absorption
- Swell
- Change in mechanical properties
Durability testing methods
- Ageing mechanism and material behavior
- Additive performance
- Life time prediction by Arrhenius
- Effect of processing
- Autoclave ageing
- Weatherometer (WOM)
- Oven ageing
Norner offers environmental durability testing of materials by accelerated ageing.
Environmental exposure services
- Life estimation based on Arrhenius method
- Weather-O-meters
- Climate chambers
- Sun chamber
- Ozone testing
- UV testing
- Salt fog
- Cyclic testing
- Heat ageing
- Change in optical properties (gloss, color, haze, transmittance, clarity)
- Change in mechanical properties
- Bespoke testing
Environmental durability testing of materials by accelerated ageing. We can simulate climates where UV, heat and humidity are importance factors.
Norner provides advanced testing for ageing and durability of plastics as well as material and recipe development for demanding applications.
Our experts and researchers in polymers and stabilisation has a unique industrial network to suppliers of materials, chemicals and processing machinery which makes us a preferred partner for development, testing and verification of polymeric material solutions.
In our scientific laboratory we have a wide range of testing facilities where we can simulate relevant environments as well as chemical exposure:
- The additive performance test centre carries out tests based on UV exposure, oven ageing and artificial weathering
- Tests in severe environment with aggressive chemicals and gasses in combination with high pressure and temperature
- Autoclave testing for food packaging applications
- We can perform simulation of corrosion due to environmental effects of long term exposure to various conditions like UV, salt fog, humidity and temperature
- Ageing in ozone for rubbers and plastics
- Testing of fatigue, creep and environmental stress crack resistance
Exposure testing
We perform exposure tests in server environment with aggressive chemicals and gasses in combination with high pressure and temperature.
The exposure testing is followed by:
- Material testing after exposed samples according to international standards in order to evaluate change in mechanical properties, additive stabilisation or morphological changes
- Life time estimation of materials and products based on results from accelerated tests
- Investigate how plastic degradation is influenced by sunlight, humidity and temperature
- Durability and life time expectations of plastic materials by accelerated life cycle testing
We offer:
- Material selection
- Product development
- Pre-qualification testing
- Quality evaluation
- Failure analysis
- Design development
Mechanical testing
- Fatigue
- Hardness; shore A/D, ball indentation, rockwell
- Tensile properties
- Flexural properties
- Charpy impact
- Izod impact
- Falling weight impact testing
- Creep - deformation under stress
- Heat deflection temperature (HDT)
- Vicat softening temperature
- Compression/top load
- COF coefficient of friction
Chromatography testing service
- SEC- Size Exclusion Chromatography
- GPC PL 50 with RI detector
- GPC IR with IR and Viscometer detector
- HPLC - High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- UV-Vis and RI detector
- GC - Gas Chromatography
- FID, TCD and MS detector
- Headspace
- Thermal desorption
Microscopy services
- FTIR microscopy
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
- Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS)
- Light Microscope (LM)
- Optical Microscope (OM)
- Structure and failure analysis by microscopy
- Claim investigation and documentation
Thermal analysis
- Thermal conductivity
- DSC - Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- DMTA - Dynamic Thermo Mechanical Analysis
- TGA - Termo Gravimetric Analysis
- TMA - Linear Thermal Expansion
Optical analysis
- Haze/ Transmittance/ clarity
- Gloss
- Colour
- Yellownes index
Rheology services
- Capillary Rheometer
- Dynamic Rheology
- Melt Flow Rate
- Melt volume index
Norner is a global market leader in performing accelerated ageing testing at high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) in harsh conditions.
Autoclave testing services
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Large autoclave capacity
- Accelerated ageing in subsea conditions
- Medias as artificial seawater, Norsok fluids, Sweet/Sour service, well stimulation chemicals
- High pressure high temperature testing
- Sour gas testing up to 50% H2S
- Protective coating testing at extreme conditions
- Rapid gas decompression (RGD)
- Life estimation using Arrhenius method
- Change in mechanical properties
- Swell
- Bespoke testing
- Online monitoring of test parameters
Typical standards: Norsok M-710, ISO 23936, ISO 12736.
Certificates/Membership:
Norner is a global market leader in performing accelerated ageing testing at high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) in harsh conditions.
Autoclave testing services
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Large autoclave capacity
- Accelerated ageing in subsea conditions
- Medias as artificial seawater, Norsok fluids, Sweet/Sour service, well stimulation chemicals
- High pressure high temperature testing
- Sour gas testing up to 50% H2S
- Protective coating testing at extreme conditions
- Rapid gas decompression (RGD)
- Life estimation using Arrhenius method
- Change in mechanical properties
- Swell
- Bespoke testing
- Online monitoring of test parameters
Typical standards: Norsok M-710, ISO 23936, ISO 12736.
Certificates/Membership: