Facilities and Equipment
Our main laboratory occupies 5,000 square feet in Livingston, NJ. The lab is well equipped for formulation, fabrication, and testing of coatings, adhesives, plastics, and composite materials. Our current research staff consists of 7 technical experts, including one Ph.D in Polymer Chemistry, in the fields of plastics formulating and engineering. In addition we have many part time and ad hoc associates with expertise in fields such as analytical chemistry, stress analysis of advanced composites, vibration analysis, and injection molding.
Installed lab equipment includes:
- High-speed Cowles and homogenizing dispersers
- 3-roll mill
- 2-roll mill for rubber compounding
- Sigma mixer
- Planetary mixer with vacuum assist
- Mini-Max Mixer/Injection Molder
- Ball mills
- Coating apparatus(spray, dip, screen print, and roller)
- Furnaces capable of temperatures up to 1600 oF
- High temperature furnace with 1600° C capability in an inert atmosphere
- Ultraviolet curing lamps
- Hot melt applicator
- LIM molding setup
- Hydraulic presses of various sizes with heated platens
Utility Development Corporation’s testing equipment includes:
- Computerized Instron 50 kN Load Frame with flexural, tensile and compression test fixtures
- Salt Spray Chamber
- Color Analysis Software
- Spectrophotometer
- Coefficient of Thermal Expansion test unit
- Thermal Conductivity Meter
- LCR meter for dielectric impedence measurements
- Glossmeter
- Elcometer adhesion tester
- Taber Abrader
- Numerous test molds
- Machine shop equipment
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