Guarantee the integrity and strength of your materials with Element's comprehensive suite of compression testing services tailored to a diverse range of applications and product types, including components, equipment, timber, and rubber. Our expansive capabilities ensure your product meets international standards and our adaptable labs accommodate custom setups without compromise, enabling testing for any end use.

 

What is Compression testing, and why is it important?

Compression testing helps evaluate a material's ability to withstand compressive forces, making it essential for ensuring structural integrity, quality control, and regulatory compliance across industries. 

Tests can assess strength, durability, and specific performance characteristics by subjecting materials to controlled compression forces. This helps you make informed decisions during product development, manufacturing, and construction and ultimately contributes to the reliability and longevity of your products and infrastructure.

 

Benefits of Compression testing with Element

  • Custom solutions: We offer customized compression testing programs to address the unique requirements of your materials and components; our experts can accommodate a wide range of requests, including temperature variance (down to -70 degrees and up to 320 degrees Celsius) 
  • Uphold standards: Ensure your product meets international and local standards with globally positioned labs, which help you avoid regulatory issues, potential fines, and legal challenges with compression testing services.
  • Gain a competitive edge: Our Compression testing programs help ensure your product meets customer expectations for performance and reliability, positioning your business for success. 
  • Elevate Quality Assurance: We help enhance your quality assurance process, ensuring your products meet industry standards and operate efficiently in real-world applications, reducing the risk of defects and recalls. 
  • Support Innovative Development: With extensive industry experience, our team can provide you with the valuable context needed to further develop your materials and processes, helping you continuously improve through thorough assessments. 
  • Top-class Technical Expertise, Equipment and Technology: Our adaptable labs can accommodate custom setups without compromise, enabling precise and reliable testing for any end use, supported by our industry experts. 
 

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Element in Compression Testing, our capabilities

We offer a variety of Compression testing services, providing essential assessments for your materials and components with the convenience and cost-effectiveness of a single provider.  Explore our Compression testing services according to material or end application: 
 
  • Performance testing of shipping containers and systems - compression
  • Compressive resistance (packaging/ containers)
  • Compression testing of structures (tests possible down to - 180 degrees Celsius)
 
  • Compression Set - strength, durability, and performance testing
  • Compression testing - Including Compressive, flattening, crushing, compressive strength, uniaxial, lateral, Youngs modulus, Hooke's law, buckling
  • Compression testing of metallic metals
  • Compressive properties testing
  • Compression testing of nuts 
 
  • Compression testing
  • Compression after impact testing (CAI) 
  • Compression testing - covering flattening, crushing, compressive strength, stress-strain, uniaxial, lateral, youngs modulus, Hooke's law, and buckling methods 
  • Compression after impact properties of oriented fibre resin composites 
  • Compression set
  • Compression set (at low and ambient temperatures) 
  • Compression Set Testing (method B)
  • Compression strength testing
  • Core/ sandwich compression 
  • Stress-strain characteristics in compression 
  • Compression testing of adhesives 
  • Compression testing of composites 
  • Compressive force testing
  • Compression stress relaxation (CSR) 
  • Compression after impact (CAI) 
  • Compressive properties (PMCs)
  • Edgewise compression testing 
  • Flatwise compression testing
  • Compression of glare materials 
  • Combined loading compression 
  • Compression strength
  • Sandwich beam compression 
  • Open hole compression + compression fatigue 
  • Filled hole compression
 
  • Compression Set 
  • Compression set (at low and ambient temperatures) 
  • Compression Set Testing (method B) 
  • Compression strength testing
  • Compressive force testing
 
  • Compression test parallel to the grain 
  • Compression test perpendicular to the grain
 

 

Our Compression testing Accreditations

In our network of 27 laboratories offering comprehensive compression testing services worldwide, we pride ourselves on holding a diverse array of accreditations tailored to meet the demands of a global market. These accreditations help you adhere to the highest standards of quality, precision, and compliance.
 
  • Aerojet
  • Airbus
  • Boeing
  • Bombardier
  • Cessna
  • Embraer
  • GE
  • Gulfstream
  • Robinson
  • ULA (United Launch Alliance)
 
  • Premium Aerotec
  • FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
  • Health Canada
  • GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)
 
  • Lockheed
  • Northrop
 
  • ISO 17025
  • ISO 9001
  • Nadcap (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program)
  • PJLA (Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation)
  • SCC (Standards Council of Canada)
 

Why choose Element?

We provide customized, wide-scope compression testing solutions regardless of your industry, from Aerospace and defense to medical device manufacturing. With expertise in diverse test types, we can ensure the reliability of your components, equipment, foams, metals, paint/coatings, polymers, rubber, and timber. Our advanced equipment and diverse, extensive industry experience guarantee comprehensive testing solutions, helping you meet global standards across 27 laboratories worldwide. 

Explore our services and contact our experts today to discuss your testing requirements or learn more about Element.

 

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Your Global Partner Of Choice  

Element is one of the leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) suppliers, with laboratories and experts across the globe, we’re the partner of choice for OEMs and manufacturers to maximize performance and minimize risk with their automotive products. 

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