Technical Services
offered by Poeton

Poeton are at the forefront of research and development in Surface Engineering, with comprehensive testing facilities, an innovative outlook to new developments and unparalleled project management skills.

We have developed a wide range of new products, licensed them worldwide, undertaken ground-breaking research into all aspects of the surface coating task, including quality, environmental, industrial performance and processing, as well as underpinned our work with unique coating selection principles.

With such a background, Poeton can offer an unrivalled technical service to our customers.

What do you get for your money?

Poeton R&D Services undertake to provide you with a professional, well-managed and reported package of work.

It will be unbiased, accurate and thorough, aimed at solving YOUR problems, and NOT providing business for our coating services.

Sophisticated facilities; optical and scanning electron microscopy, metallography, image analysis, Atomic Absorption (AA), chemical analysis, profilometry, hardness, stereo microscopy, wear and corrosion test equipment.

 

Our Services to Industry

Testing Facilities & Capabilities

Tribology

• Taber Abrasion, to ASTM F1978-00e1 and D4060-01
• Pin-on-Disc Sliding Wear and Friction, to ASTM G99-95a
• Reciprocating Wear and Friction Tester
• Corrosive Wear Tester (reciprocating)

Corrosion

• Neutral Salt Mist Cabinet, to ASTM B117-97, BS 7479:1991 and ISO 9227:1990
• Cyclic Corrosion Tester, to BS EN ISO 16151:2008
• Outdoor Exposure Rig. Panels and samples can be ranked to customer’s own specification or to ASTM D1654-92 (Outdoor Exposure)
• Dry Sulphur Dioxide testing of coatings exposed to atmospheres containing sulphur dioxide, e.g. high sulphur fuels or industrial atmospheres.
• Electrochemical testing, to ASTM G71-81, Potentiostatic determination of corrosion rate of single metals/coatings in varying electrolytes. Also, galvanic corrosion testing.
• Corrosive Wear Testing, evaluating the combinations of a corrosive atmosphere and adhesive wear, measuring the measure overall performance (often much more severe than either corrosion or wear acting alone)

Metallography and Surface Studies

• Micro-hardness - QC hardness testing of coatings, testing worn or damaged parts for failure analysis. (Standard BS EN ISO 4516:2002)
• Metallurgical Microscope - QC inspection of composite coatings, image analysis to determine composition, testing worn or damaged parts for failure analysis, and determination of failure modes
• Stereo Microscope - Examination of components and surfaces, examination of wear scars, and worn or damaged parts
• Scanning Electron Microscopy - Surface characterisation, compositional analysis (including light elements) and failure analysis

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