The preparation of the test pieces is an extremely important part of the rubber and plastic testing itself and it must not be the case that the test results reflect the effects of the preparation rather than the properties of the materials being tested. Temperature conditioning of the test material is also an important part of the preparation.

Elastocon offers a complete range of precision instruments for sample preparation of rubber and plastic materials:

• Cutting presses
• Cutting dies
• Nick cutters
• Conditioning cabinets, for conditioning of the samples in a stable environment
• Additional equipment, such as silver pens and slicers