Name of institution: RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE „STOMIL”

Department: Testing Laboratory „LABGUM”

Address: Harcerska 30, 05-820 Piastow, POLAND

Web site:

Contact person:

                                    Teresa KLEPS

                                    Ph.D.

                                    phone: +48 22 723 60 21

                                    fax: +48 22 723 71 96

e-mail: t.kleps@ipgum-stomil.fp.pl

Keywords: Testing laboratory, chemical analysis, identification, rubber, rubber products, physical properties, testing service.


Research profile
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Testing Laboratory „Labgum” is one of departments of Rubber Research Institute „Stomil”. Laboratory is the leading centre of testing of elastomers, rubber compounds and raw materials for rubber industry, as well the evaluation of rubber compound processing and rubber goods properties. The Laboratory has necessary equipment, it is perfectly organised and consist of two research groups: Chemical Testing Group and Physical testing Group. In the Laboratory works 15 high qualified and experienced in testing research workers. Laboratory is using methods of testing according to ISO, EN,DIN, ASTM and Polish standards .

Equipment: gas chromatographs(GC) with pyroliser for pyrolitic gas chromatography, gas chromatographs(GC) with thermal energy detector (TEA) for determination of N-nitrosamines, high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC), spectrophotometers in the infrared (IR,FTIR) and ultraviolet (UV) range, thermal analysis - differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), thermogravimetery (TGA), and speciality equipment for evaluation of processing and curing behaviour of rubber compounds and testing physical properties of rubber and rubber products.

Laboratory has introduced Quality System according the EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard and ISO/IEC Guide 25:1990. Laboratory is accredited by Polish Centre for Accreditation and has got Certificate of Accreditation No AB 147 valid until 19.07.2005 r. in the following fields:

· Chemical testing of raw materials for rubber industry and analysis of composition of rubber compounds and rubber goods

· Testing of physical properties of rubbers, rubber compounds and rubber products.


Domains of applications:

· the measurement and testing of the chemical, physicochemical and physical properties of raw materials, elastomer compositions, rubber compounds, and rubber goods.

· the specific investigation of processing and curing behavior of rubber compounds.

· analysis of composition of elastomer compositions, rubber compounds, rubber and rubber products.

· study the thermal properties of differential materials, analyse the chemical composition of rubber products and identificate.

· sudy the rubber articles intentend for direct contact with foodstuff, soothers and others; study the global migration and specific migration.

· determination a very small quantities of N-nitrosamines according the UE Directives.