Testing

Young children have a habit of putting things and toys in their mouths. Components for this age group should therefore have a minimum size to prevent choking. Find out how this is measured!

The EN 71-1 soaking test is intended to assess the effect of saliva.

Pulling is awesome! A child up to 3 years old can exert a pulling force of 90 Newtons or 9 pounds. If the toy can sustain that for 10 seconds, it is safe.

This test is designed to address the dangers associated with thin flexible plastic sheeting.

With its new Solar Light’s Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) Analyzer, SPF-290AS, Centexbel determines the UPF values of sun protecting fabrics and clothing.

The universal tester is used to determine the tensile stress diagram, the bending modulus and compression force of plastic samples

Test method to determine the thickness of the pile above the substrate of a textile floor covering.

Test method to determine the total mass per unit area, total pile mass per unit area, and mass of pile per unit area above the substrate, and for the calculation of measured surface pile density and measured pile fibre volume ratio, of textile floor coverings.

As part of an ongoing pre-normative project, Centexbel is evaluating the possibility of testing surgical masks for their virus barrier. The aim of this project is to demonstrate the filtration efficiency of different types of masks in relation to very small biological structures, the viruses.

With XRF measurements, we determine the concentration of different chemical elements in a material. This provides us with a lot of insight, especially into the inorganic fraction in a textile or plastic material.