Contract Testing

Less legwork for you – improved accuracy & more usable results for your business

Do you have a study that needs conducting? It’s not always necessary to invest in your own testing equipment. For an easy and stress-free way to get results, trust Dia-Stron to conduct your studies with our contract testing laboratory.

Our dedicated hair testing laboratory is located at our Head Office in Andover, UK, and allows for entire studies – testing and analysis – to be performed in-house. We take pride in our ability to deal with studies of all sizes, on a short turnaround time, to get the best results from your samples. Simply send us your materials and we will deliver a full report, including any relevant statistical analysis, and detail any specific feedback you need to evaluate your products performance.

Our facility offers a wide array of testing methods and can subsequently cater for a variety of contract testing needs, on both natural and man-made fibres, to the highest globally-accepted standards. Whatever your business, we will do our best to meet your unique requirements.

Our testing laboratory is able to undertake the following study types:

• Single Hair Fibres
• Dimensional Analysis
• Tensile Analysis
• Swelling Analysis
• Stress Relaxation Analysis
• Cyclic Fatigue Analysis
• Torsional Analysis
• Fibre Bending Analysis

Hair Tress Testing / Claim Substantiation

• Combing Analysis
• Friction Analysis
• Curl Compression Analysis
• Three Point Bend Analysis
• Volume Analysis
• Tack Testing

Technical Fibres

• Dimensional Analysis
• Tensile Analysis
• Other analysis depending on fibre properties*

*See single hair fibres

For more information on how we can help, contact us.