Services in Materials and durability

To ensure that children's toys are safe to use, a wide range of rules and regulations are in place. Among the most comprehensive frameworks is the Toy Safety Directive (2009/48/EC), supplemented by harmonized standards. The directive sets requirements for toy safety, including chemicals, flammabili…

RISE offers a method to estimate moment of inertia experimentally using a tri-filar pendulum. The moment of inertia can be measured with respect to selected axes of rotation. In addition, the complete inertia tensor of the body can be estimated through a series of measurements around multiple axes …

ASTM F1980 is commonly referred to, not only for sterile barriers but for many accelerated ageing studies.

There are strong economic and environmental reasons to continue to use the existing DH networks in Europe in a reliable and cost-effective way as long as possible. At RISE we have now developed a novel fast, reliable and cost-effective field test method called “PipeOpsy™” – a biopsy for pipes.

The review identifies, for example, weaknesses and deficiencies that may make it difficult to achieve good moisture safety and the requirements of building regulations. The review may also result in a favorable assessment or in initial guidance for improvement and development. In complex cases, su…

The structural design and stability of the structure shall not be affected by the system or the design of the structure itself, such as the frame, foundation, roof or walls. RISE may make any or all of the following interpretations that may be necessary to prevent damage or to ensure that no damage…

Moisture experts at RISE are involved in all or part of the construction process as a support to the developer or contractor to ensure the quality of moisture safety work (ByggaF). RISE conducts research and develops tools for ByggaF to better verify and analyse the moisture safety of structures an…

Remanufacturing contributes to both sustainability and profitability. We help you identify your opportunities and turn knowledge and experience into practical roadmaps.

We assist you in identifying and utilizing building materials with high reuse potential. By focusing on reuse and reducing waste management, we can collaboratively create a more sustainable and circular building process.

The EU’s new sustainability regulations, including the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), place greater demands on product durability, transparency and traceability throughout the value chain. We help companies interpret these requirements and implement practical solutions – …

Our services for binder chemistry are consulting meetings, identification of new materials, reactivity tests, validation of SCM, regulation & standardization, the potential of new SCM, and characterization of alternative binders.

With the help of TEM, materials can be analysed on the nanometer- to micrometer-scale, which can be useful either as a complementary technique or as preparation and sample screening before experiments at large scale research infrastructure facilities. 

RISE can assist in fatigue assessment of materials and components. Our expertise ranges from load analysis through execution of fatigue testing to evaluation of testing. RISE Fatigue Design Tool is a set of free web apps for statistical evaluating fatigue tests and loads to be used in fatigue desig…

Wood rotting fungi are efficient degraders of wood-based materials in access to moisture. This service assesses the occurrence and distribution of microbial rot in various materials.

The in-situ SEM is a unique and cutting-edge advanced analytical technique to investigate microstructrutal properties. The technique can be used to explore new sustainable processes that will lead to a lower carbon footprint. 

Certified to LAST is a certification concept for companies that produce and market consumer products. The concept of LAST establishes basic requirements for content, trust and information in order to be able to verify promises and claims about the circularity, robustness and sustainability of in…

Packaging intended for contact with food (FCM) must be safe for use (according to Framework Regulation EG no 1935/2004). At the same time, there are many demands for the use of recycled material in packaging. A solution can be to use functional barriers.

Do you want to characterize a material regarding its thermal conductivity or thermal transport parameters at high temperatures? We can measure effective thermal conductivity up to 1 100 °C

Different fluids and pastes have different thermal conductivities at different temperatures. We perform thermal conductivity measurement on different fluids as well as oils, coolants, colloidal suspensions, aerogels, etc

At the RISE research lab for fuel cells and electrolysers experts evaluate subcomponents such as membrane, electrodes, catalysts, bipolar plates. We also offer performance characterisation and accelerated stress tests and long term testning of single cells and short stacks.

The lifespan of fuel cells today is often determined by the lifespan of the membranes. We can help evaluate and compare the lifetime of different membrane materials in fuel cells.

The laboratory at RISE Packaging Excellence Centre is certified by ISTA and is one of the most well equipped and advanced laboratories in all of Scandinavia for testing packaging and packaging materials. We conduct tests in a controlled environment according to international standards.

The VFE test determines how well a given material filters virus-containing droplets of about 3 microns in size.

The laboratory at RISE Packaging Excellence Centre is certified by ISTA and is one of the most well equipped and advanced laboratories in all of Scandinavia for testing packaging and packaging materials. We conduct tests in a controlled environment according to international standards.

In healthcare, there is an increased risk of spreading infection. Infection can be transmitted through touch surfaces such shared between patients. This imposes special requirements when cleaning and disinfecting. RISE has the competence to evaluate the suitability of the choice of materials and c…

It is important that building materials and other products that we have in an indoor environment do not emit harmful substances into the air. With an emission measurement, we analyze which volatile substances (VOC) a material emits in to the air. We can determine the total content of VOC (TVOC) and…

Opening Li-ion batteries for detailed studies of aging or breakdown is very useful for increased understanding. Likewise, other types of batteries can be opened after discussion. Visual assessment as well as chemical and physical analyzes are linked to the materials that are exposed. For example, …

RISE offers a comprehensive expertise for the evaluation of wires, cables and harnesses. We have broad experience in life-cycle testing, as well as chemical, thermal, mechanical, electrical and fire engineering properties.

RISE offer in vitro-analyses to study interactions between material/subtances and cell lines.

Take advantage of experience of failures in your pipe system. Gain knowledge so that you do not repeat old mistakes and use bad design solutions. In addition, you need to know the status of your pipe system, so you can assess when different parts need to be replaced.

Standard and non-standard measurement on paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard. The lab has a standardized climate of 23 degrees Celsius and 50% rh.

Combined torsional and axial (tensile & compression) loading capabilities with customized grips and clamps. Ideal machine for advanced packaging testing with complex load cases.

It is important that the materials on the market are free of hazardous and regulated substances. Chemical analysis is a way to gain control over the products' chemical content.

Colophony, also referred to as rosin, is a term used to describe a collection of resin acids that are naturally present in the extractives of pine, spruce, and larch trees. Given that pine oil is a common byproduct of the wood distillation process, colophony is often found in significant quantities…

Metals exposed to hydrogen can after some time suffer from hydrogen embrittlement, which will result in a significant reduction of strength in the material. The step loading technique in ASTM F1624 allows that a test for evaluating a material´s susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement can be perfor…

Calibration blocks, or moisture content blocks, are used to check moisture content meters.

Within Pipe Centre a number of services are offered from testing, evaluation, support for certification and problem solving to research- and development related to material, products and their use in pipe systems.

Would you like to know more about the 3D-structure of your material on the micro- to centimeter scale? Would you like to peek into the inside of your product without destroying it or taking it apart? We offer non-destructive imaging through our lab-based X-ray microscope in 2D, 3D (tomography) and …

Metal powders intended for powder-bed based additive manufacturing (AM) have properties critical for ensuring robust processes with high product quality. The water content/moisture of the powders is one of these properties. RISE offers analysis of the water content in metal powder with great accura…

Fatigue testing is carried out with a cyclic load, until breakage occurs. The purpose is to determine the fatigue life and strength of a material or component. We perform both standardized and specialized fatigue testing on materials and components, for both machinery and products for construction …

By simultaneous assessment of calorimetric (energy flows) and gravimetric (mass changes) measurements we can characterize the response of a material when heated or exposed to different gases.  With our 'Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer' (STA F3 Jupiter) we conduct simultaneous differential scanni…

To ensure that a choice of material is correct throughout the temperature range of the product, it can be important to know the thermal expansion. With our equipment we can measure the thermal expansion and calculate the coefficient of thermal expansion on materials or entire systems.

RISE has extensive experience of sound insulation measurements in buildings in order to ensure the indoor environment. We work widely in all areas with examples such as research, verification and certification. . Our customers are in Industry and within public sector and we are accredited for the …

We provide accredited calibration of laboratory sieves according to ISO 3310-1 (metal wire cloth sieves) and ISO 3310-2 (perforated metal plate sieves). The calibration is carried out in our accredited laboratory in Borås, Sweden.

We measure thermal conductivity (i.e. heat conduction) using the Transient Plane Source (TPS) method according to ISO 22997-2 for which we are an accredited laboratory. The TPS method can be used to measure the thermal conductivity, diffusivity  and the specific heat capacity on solids, liquid…

Paper surface roughness plays a crucial role for printability and visual appearance. Several types of instruments are available topography measurements of paper surfaces in different degrees of detail. The FRT MicroProf instrument has the advantage of combining high resolution with a large scanning…

ARAMIS is a non-contact optical 3D measuring system. The system analyses, computes and documents object deformations, rigid body movements and the dynamic behavior of measuring objects. This type of measurement provides deformation data over entire surfaces unlike conventional strain gauges.

In our top modern test bed we conduct testing of ballistic resistance. Our shooting range is flexibel and can easily be adapted towards applicable ballistical demands and standards with high security and secrecy. RISE are accredited by SWEDAC and used to work with safety protected procurements.