1. Grand Rapids Capabilities
Materials Testing
Intertek is an established, accredited, independent Materials Testing Laboratory. Possessing a wide
range of laboratory equipment, chambers and set-ups, we test and evaluate products comprised
of metals, polymers, elastomers, wood, fabric, coatings and more. Our diverse staff has serviced the
automotive, aerospace, furniture, consumer product and nuclear industries for more than 30 years.
In combination with our Engineering and Performance Testing groups, the Materials Testing Laboratory
helps make Intertek a single resource for comprehensive engineering and testing services, from project
conception through completion.
Metallurgical
Hardness Testing Forming Evaluation Microstructure Evaluation
• Rockwell, Knoop • Bend Test • Case Depth
• Case Depth • Coil Test • Decarburization
• Microhardness (Case or • Flare Test • Grain Size
Core) • Wrap Test • Inclusion Content
Coating Evaluation Mechanical Testing • Weld Evaluations
• Coating/Plating Thickness • Max. Load Determination General Metallurgical
• Chrome Spot Test • Proof Load • Chemical Analysis
• Coulometric Thickness • Shear, Bearing & • Failure Analysis
Method Compression • General Consultation
• Pore Count • Tensile, Yield, Elongation • Legal Consultation
• Saw Grind • Fatigue • Training
• Step Test
Plastics/Textiles/Rubbers
• Aging • Flex Fold • Scuff & Mar
• Chemical Exposure • Glossmeter • Specific Gravity
• Cleanability • Grab Tensile • Stain & Solvent Resistance
• Cleaners (Effect of) • Hardness-Rockwell, Shore • Sulfur Dioxide Exposure
• Cold Flex • Heat Deflection Temperature • Taber Abrasion
• Color Crock (HDT) • Tear Strength
• Compression Deflection • Heat Sag • Temperature Deflection
• Compressive Set • Izod Impact • Tensile/Elongation
• Compression Strength • Low Temperature Resistance • Textiles/Adhesive Testing
(Brittleness)
• Dart Impact • Thermal Cycling
• Melt Index
• Density • Thermal Expansion
• Migration Staining
• Dimensional Stability • Training
• Mold/Mildew
• Failure Analysis • Trapezoidal/Tongue Tear
• Odor
• Falling Weight Impact • Volume Change
• Ozone Resistance
• Flammability • Water Absorption
• Peel Test
• Flexural Modulus/Strength • Weatherometer Exposure
• Pilling
• Fogging Evaluations • Xenon Arc Exposure
Simulated Environmental Testing
• Acoustic • Humidity • Taber Abrasion
• Adhesion Condensing • Temperature/Altitude Testing
• Brittleness (Dime Scrape) Non-Condensing • Thermal Aging
• CASS Test • Knife Peel Test • Thermal Cycling
• Cleanliness/Sediment Test • Mandrel Bend Test • Thumbnail Test
• Cyclic Corrosion • Oil Immersion • Training
• DMC (Twin Enclosed • Pencil Hardness • Vibration
Carbon Arc) • Programmable Chambers • Walk-In Chambers
• Dust Test Exposures (-70ºC to 177ºC,
10% to 98%RH, 2ºC/min up • Water Immersion
• Electronics Stress Testing to 30ºC/min, up to 20'x9'x9') • Weatherometer
• Explosion Test • QUV Xenon
• Fadeometer • Safety Glass / Glazing XW (Sunshine, Single
• Filiform Open Flame)
• Salt Spray Carbon Arc
• Gasoline Immersion, • Sediment Test
Puddle, Resistance • Cleanliness/Sediment Test
• Solar Radiation (Surface • Coating Weight, Verification
• Gravelometer (Chip Resistance) Temperature)
Chemistry
• Cleanliness/Sediment Test Non-Metals Testing • Melt Point
• Coating Weight Verification • Carbon Black • Moisture Content
• Density (Powdered Metals, • Differential Scanning • Relative Viscosity
Ceramics) Calorimetry (DSC) • Specific Gravity
Metals Chemistry Testing • Infrared, Spectrograph, • Thermogravimetric
• Optical Emission Spectrometer Identification, Micro-FTIR Analysis (TGA)
• Filler Content • Training
• Melt Index
Glass Testing
Specifications: • Haze/Transmittance/Scatter • Boil Test
ATPD 2352P • Optical Deviation and • Impact
Distortion • Penetration
ANSI Z26
• Low/High Temperature • Abrasion Resistance
Tests • Humidity
• Luminous Stability • Sun Exposure/Weathering
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• Temperature Shock • Chemical Exposure
• Flammability

2. Electronic Testing Accelerated Stress Testing Commercial, Residential and
• Leakage Current • Accelerated Reliability Office Furniture Testing
• Insulation Resistance • AST (Accelerated Stress Testing)
• ANSI/BIFMA Testing
• Electrical Durability Cycling • FMVT® (Failure Mode Verification Testing)
ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 (Chairs)
• Strain Gauging • HALT/HASS/Step Stress (Up to 60G’s RMS Random) ANSI/BIFMA X5.2 (Lateral Files)
• Battery Custom Charge/Discharge Cycling • Key Life Testing ANSI/BIFMA X5.3 (Vertical Files)
• Dielectric Strength • MEOST (Multi Environment Overstress Testing) ANSI/BIFMA X5.4 (Lounge Seating)
ANSI/BIFMA X5.5 (Desk Products)
• Failure Analysis • Test Design ANSI/BIFMA X5.6 (Panel Systems)
• HALT/HASS (Up to 60G’s RMS random) ANSI/BIFMA X5.9 (Storage Units)
• Milli and micro voltage Drop Test • SEFA 8 - Laboratory Furnishings
• Milli and micro ohm measurements • ANSI/SOHO Testing (Small Office/Home Office)
• Performance Testing ANSI/SOHO S6.5 (Modular Units)
• Data Acquisition • ANSI/KCMA A161.1 (Hardware)
• Safety Testing • ANSI/BHMA A156.9 (Hardware)
• Submergence • European & British Standards Testing
• Thermal Shock EN 1335 & BS 5459
EN 1021 & BS 5852– Flammability Tests
• Vibration:
EN 1022
Shock
EN 1728
Random EN 1957
Sine EN 13761
• Electronic Resistive and Inductive Loading EN 12520
• GSA FNEW 83-269E (Task Chairs)
Product Endurance & Lighting/Photometrics • TB 133: Flammability Testing of Upholstered Seating
• TB 129: Flammability Testing of Mattresses
Performance Testing Testing • TB 117: Flammability of Components
• Brake Hose Testing AMECA (Automotive Manufacturer Equipment • 16CFR 1632
• Electro/Mechanical Cycling Compliance Agency) Scope of Accreditation: • 16CFR 1633
• Fatigue • Backup Lamps • ASTM F1566 (U.S. Mattresses)
• Fixturing • Center High Mounted Stop Lamp
• EN 1725 (European Mattresses)
• Clearance Lamps
• Design, Set-Up • Fatigue Testing
• Cornering Lamps
• Pressure Testing • Headlamps - Sealed Beam • Access Floor Panel Durability
• Product Evaluation • Headlamp Aiming Equipment CISCA Standard
• Design, Durability, Performance • Identification Lamps • Auditorium and Stadium Seating
• License Plate Lamps
• Thermal Shock Testing Swinging Impact
• Parking Lamps
• Vibration Testing (Sine, Random, Shock) • Reflex Reflectors Vertical Drop Impact
(up to 6000 pound force, 1" p to p) Static Load
(for autos, motorcycles, bicycles, pedals and tires)
Fatigue
• Multi-Axis Testing (6DOF) (to 10,000 Hz) • Side Marker Lamps
Self-Lifting Seat Oscillations ASTM F851
• Durability Testing • Stop Signal Lamps Vertical Arm Strength
• Auxiliary Low Beam Lamps Horizontal Arm Strength
• Static and Electro-Mechanical Cycling
• Driving Lamps
• Shock 1/2 Sine, Sawtooth, Triangular • Fog Lamps • Testing for all furniture components including; Textiles,
(to 40G’s, 11mS, to 100 G’s, 6mS) • Spot Lamps Plastics, Metals, Hardware and Wood Products
• Custom Designed Test Fixturing • High Mounted Stop & Turn Signal Lamps • Custom and Non-standard Test Programs
and Machinery • Warning Lamps • Fixtures
• Custom Designed Testing Programs • School Bus Alternating Warning Lamps, • Controls
Stop Arm & Roof Mounted Warning Lamps
• Fire Testing
• Motorcycle Headlamp Assembly, Turn Signal Lamps
• Prototype Designed Testing Programs and Auxiliary Front Lamps Product Safety Testing
• Training • Tail Lamps
• Turn Signal Lamps
& Certification
• Safety Glass, Safety Glazing Testing (ANSI Z26)
• Headlamp - Replaceable Bulb • Industrial Truck & Forklift Certification
Design Engineering A2LA Scope of Accreditation:
• Household Appliances
• Commercial Appliances
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) • Forward Lighting Device
• Luminaires
• Optimization • Spectophotometry
• Photometry of Retroreflective Materials
• Agricultural Machinery
• All-Terrain Vehicles
• Snowmobiles
• Signaling, Marking and Rear Lighting Devices,
Reflex Testing
• Warning Lamps and Devices
• Construction and Industrial Machinery
• Motorcycles
For more information, please feel free to visit our website at www.intertek.com, contact us via email at icenter@intertek.com or call our Customer
Service Department at 1-800-WORLDLAB.
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