Composites

Expert composites testing services are vital to advance composite technology, helping you to maintain a competitive edge in a quickly evolving industry.
Expert composites testing services are vital to advance composite technology, helping you to maintain a competitive edge in a quickly evolving industry.

Composites Quality Testing and Certification
Primes, OEMs and material manufactures require composite material analysis and testing to meet stringent quality standards for applications in aerospace, automotive, medical and more. SQC holds many industry and customer-specific quality certifications including ISO and CE.

Test methods for reinforcing fibres

 ISO 1887: Glass fibre – size content

ISO 1888: Glass fibre – density

ISO 2078: Glass fibre - designation yarns

ISO 3341: Glass fibre – breaking force – yarn

 ISO 10119: Carbon fibre – density

ISO 10548: Carbon fibre – size content

ISO 10618: Carbon fibre – breaking force – yarn

ISO 11566: Carbon fibre – breaking force – single filament

ISO 11567: Carbon fibre – diameter

ISO 13002: Carbon fibre – Designation system for filament yarns.

 ISO 1889: all fibres – linear density

ISO 1890 all fibres – twist

 BS 4045:1966. Specification for epoxide resin pre-impregnated glass fibre fabrics.

 ISO 9291.  Textile glass reinforced plastics – rovings – preparation of unidirectional plats by winding.

 BS ISO 10371:1993. Fibre reinforced plastics.  Braided tapes for composite materials reinforcement.  Basis for a specification.

BS EN 13003:1999. Para-aramid fibre filament yarns.

 ISO/DIS 15039. Textile glass rovings – determination of solubility of sizing.

 ISO/DIS 15100. Plastics – reinforcement fibres – chopped strands – determination of bulk density.