Impact Testing
ARDL is a trusted source for a variety of ISO, ASTM and other impact test specifications for plastic materials. Customers choose ARDL to perform impact testing on rigid materials using methods such as IZOD Impact, Charpy Impact, Gardner Impact and more. Our test lab provides the equipment and environmental conditions needed to ensure that your material will meet the spec and impact situations in the field.
Instrumented Impact Testing is designed to provide load versus deformation response of plastics under essentially multiaxial deformation conditions at impact velocities. It further provides a measure of the rate sensitivity of the material to impact. ARDL provides load and displacement sensor measurements to aid in material selection and design.
Available Methods
IZOD Impact - Notched
IZOD Impact - Notched - Amendment 2 Precision Data
ISO 180Charpy Impact
Determination of Charpy Impact Properties Part 1 - Noninstrumented Impact Test
ISO 179 - 1 - PlasticsGardner Impact
Standard Test Method for Impact Resistance of Flat, Rigid Plastic Specimen by Means of a Striker Impacted by a Falling Weight (Gardner Impact)
ASTM D 5420Impact Resistance for PVC Building Products
Impact Resistance of Rigid Poly Chloride} {PVC} Building Products
ASTM D 4226Impact Resistance of Plastics - Unnotched Cantilever Beam
Unnotched Cantilever Beam Impact Resistance of Plastics
ASTM D 4812Impact Testing of Playground Equipment
Impact Attentuation of Surfacing Materials Within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment
ASTM F 1292Izod Impact
Standard Test Methods for Determining the Izod Pendulum Impact Resistance of Plastics Part 1 - Noninstrumented Impact Test Part 2 - Instrumented Impact Test
ASTM D 256
