Plastics and Polymer Testing and Analysis Laboratory, Since 1999

We purchased our own building and moved to Hudson Falls, NY 12839 in 2020 after returning from Asia

Plastics & Polymer - Measuring, Testing, Analyzing

                             24 years in business, since 1999

      Associated Polymer Labs Inc

           10 Maple Street

           Hudson Falls, New York 12839

           (518) 290-6804 and (518)-638-8322

Associated Polymer Labs is an independent testing laboratory with expertise in plastics, polymers, additives, rheology modifiers, elastomers, rubbers, composites, syntactic foam, polyolefin foam, barrier and multilayer film,  and epoxies. 

We have focused on testing plastic providing fast turnaround for many critical tests including:

• Full Rheology testing laboratory - Started Rheology testing in 1985 

• Recycled Plastics Identification ID Testing and Analysis Service.  Recycled plastic contamination.  How to use recycled plastic to make products. Blending technology 

• Melt Flow Rate testing service ASTM D1238 and ASTM D3364

• Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy GCMS testing and analysis service.  Odor, off-gassing, butane measurements from amounts (wt%, LEL) to identification

• Testing and analyzing plastics and additives used in many industries

• Plastics Identification -- ID, Contamination, and Failure Analysis

• Polymer molecular weight

• RoHS III testing services:  

  • 1. Lead (Pb)

    2. Mercury (Hg)

    3. Cadmium (Cd)

    4. Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+)

    5. Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)

    6. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)

    7. Bis(2-ethyl-hexyl) phthalate (DEHP)

    8. Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)

    9. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)

    10. Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)

• Petrochemical analysis, Condensate analysis, Plastics to oil analysis, Gas & Hydrocarbon analysis

• Bulk Properties of Plastics and Polymers

• Causes of failure - Selection of Material, Processing, Environment, and Performance

• Design for Recycling Service, PCR evaluation, Post Consumer Recycled 

• Characterizing and Grading Recycled Plastics before you make the purchase. Know the quality of what you are buying !!

• Performance textiles, fabric, and laminates evaluation and testing service. Rain testing and waterproofness measurements. In-the-field evaluation & hydrostatic pressure testing

• Mechanical testing -  tensile strength, tear strength, compression, puncture, and coefficient of friction

• Thermal analysis and testing by differential scanning calorimetry ( DSC ), thermal gravimetric analysis ( TGA ), and dynamic mechanical analysis ( DMA )

• Rheological properties of Plastics and Polymers: melt rheology, capillary rheology, melt flow rate ( MFR and MFI ), Brookfield, viscosity number, dilute solution viscosity testing, IV of PET, melt rheology of PET intrinisic viscosity stability for recycled PET and co-polymers

• Analytical testing of plastics including fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ( FTIR ), additive analysis, leachable, extractable, and chromatography

• FTIR Standards compounded and sold as certified plastic films - Examples, Additives in Polyethylene, Antioxidants, Vinyl acetate content, Plastic Blends

• Pilot Plant Custom Compounding and New Product Development

• PVC formulations and bench scale compounding, plastisol formulation, and processing

• In-Plant Training Seminars; Melt Rheology, Foam Rheology, Melt Strength, Capillary Rheology, on-site testing; Specialize in Foam, Film, Protective Packaging, Composites

• Professional Witness - patent infringement studies - Viscosity - Solutions - Foam - Bubble wrap - inflatable cushion, sheet foam & plank, Plastics and Polymers   

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