Harsh Environment Label Technical Capabilities

Harsh Environment Label New Product Development and Technical Capabilities

“Difficult applications for harsh environment identification are our business. The seemingly impossible ones just take a little longer…”

Jim Williams

Dr. Jim Williams, Polyonics' founder, has spearheaded a development team and technical capability which has been called by many “the best in the business”. Through his efforts, label materials such as polyimide label stock and kapton label stock have become more widely available to users, globally.

Polyonics’ fully equipped, instrumental analysis and development laboratories empower quick response to the most challenging product identification technical issues facing the AutoID business in the 21st century.

Capabilities include:

Property	Technique/Method
Print Testing, and Print Quality	Barcode Scanning & Verification
	Printing Tests: Thermal Transfer
	Ink Jet, Laser print
	Dot Matrix Impact
	Color LAB evaluations
	Optical Densitometry
	Surface Profilometry
	Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy
Chemical Resistance	Wet chemical tests according to appropriate standards, i.e. ASTM, BMS, AIAG, Bellcore, Customer Proprietary
Adhesive Properties	Peel adhesion, Shear (inc. High temperature), Tack
	Thickness
Thermal Analysis	DSC, TGA, TMA, DMA
	Thermal Profiling, Oven
	Thermal Profiling, Furnace
	Process Simulation (Hardware, Software)
Chemical Analysis	FTIR
	GC-MS
	Ion Chromatography
	HPLC, GPC
Aesthetics	Colorimetry
	Gloss
	Opacity
Flame/Burn Characteristics	Smoke, Toxicity per International Standards
	Flame Tests per International Standards
Electrical Properties	Surface Resistivity,Volume Resistivity, Static Discharge and Charge Decay
Weathering	QUV
Abrasion Testing	Atlas Crockmeter
	Tabor Abrasion Tester
Process Control	Computerized Viscometry
	Lab scale coating
	Pilot Scale Coating

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