Experience Brabender equipment live, perform tests, realize ideas
Get to know our laboratories for plastics and rubber applications in Duisburg (Germany) or South Hackensack (NJ, USA). We welcome you live or via remote session.
In a total of over 300 sqm of laboratory space
- We analyze your specific application related challenge
- We advise you on the Brabender product portfolio
- We test your sample material with the appropriate equipment
- We work out customer-specific solutions with you
- We conduct customer trainings and workshops, application projects and feasibility studies with you
- We develop your customer-specific test method with you
Torque rheometers
Brabender torque rheometers are the universal, modular drive units for measuring mixer and extruder attachments. They allow various process engineering solutions to be used and modified cost-effectively and flexibly.
Thus, different tasks can be solved in the field of
- Recipe development
- Material testing
- Incoming and outgoing goods inspection
- Quality assurance during production
- Process optimization
- Production of laboratory scale samples
The following torque rheometers are available for the analyses:
Measuring and internal mixers
Brabender measuring mixers simulate processes such as mixing, kneading and mastication on a laboratory scale and test the processability and material properties of thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, ceramic compounds, pigments and many other plastic and plasticizable substances.
With different mixing blade geometries, a wide variety of applications can be realized with these mixers. Among other properties, it is possible to analyze
- Plasticizing behavior
- Heat and shear stability
- Shear stability under the influence of oxygen
- Flow behavior as a function of temperature and shear
- Influence of added additives and fillers
- Flow-curing behavior
- Liquid absorption
Various mixers with different volumes and blade geometries are available for a wide range of mixing applications.
More about our mixers in the Plastics & Rubber application lab:
Laboratory-scale extrusion
Brabender extruders can realistically simulate production processes on a laboratory scale. They enable reliable statements to be made even with small amounts of sample material.
Different die and screw geometries can be used to produce a wide range of extrudates with different shapes, from round strands to blown films.
Single- and twin-screw extruders in compact design (with integrated drive unit) or modular construction (drive unit with attachment) are available for this purpose. Supplemented by volumetric or gravimetric dosing systems as well as downstream equipment for conveying, cooling, take-off, winding and pelletizing of the extrudates, complete lab-scale extrusion lines can thus be configured for the tests.
The following extruders are available for extrusion trials:
Film quality analysis
Brabender’s optical analyzers can be used to examine various film quality criteria, including
- Melt flow rate (MVR/MFR)
- Inhomogeneities
- Impurities
- Transparency and gray value
The following products are available for film quality analysis:
Absorption tests
The Brabender Absorptometer “C” can be used to measure the change in consistency of powdery substances during the absorption of oil.
This enables the structure of the following materials, among others, to be described:
- Carbon black
- Silica
- Limestone
- Talc
- Aluminum oxide
For the analysis of the absorption behavior of other liquids as well as plasticizers the Brabender measuring mixers are available.
Density and crosslink density
The Elatest is available for determining the density of rubber and non-vulcanized rubber compounds.
The TSSR-Meter is used to determine the crosslink density and the structure of elastomers via the relaxation behavior.
The following devices are available:
Moisture determination
Brabender offers various methods for determining the residual moisture of plastics and other materials:
- Chemical reaction with calcium hydride according to DIN EN ISO 15512:2019 (Aquatrac-V)
- Water-selective dew point measurement (Aquatrac Station)
- Heat drying in moving air according to the principle of the drying oven method (MT-CA)
The following devices are available for moisture determination:
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Our R&D partners
Brabender cooperates with universities, research institutions and industrial partners in the field of research and development of new products, formulations, methods and processes.
We support students with practice-oriented projects during their studies or as part of their final theses. PhD students in relevant disciplines and other representatives from science and industry are offered application-oriented support for their research project.
