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THE TENAX TESTING LABORATORY
The modern testing instrumentation and the highly specialized
personnel which together form the TENAX Laboratory, make it one
of the most advanced facilities of its kind in the world. TENAX
LAB is renowned not only for its excellence in product development,
but also in design support testing, the development of new testing
methods, and in basic and applied research. Laboratory tests are
performed with the most advanced equipment, some of which having
been specifically developed by TENAX.
The TENAX laboratory is capable of performing tests to measure
mechanical and hydraulic properties as well as the durability
of geosynthetic products in accordance with standard international
methods. The TENAX Laboratory constantly works together with Universities,
research centers, and other specialized laboratories to consistently
guarantee the highest levels of professionalism. TENAX Testing
Laboratory pays considerable attention to research, since it is
the key to development. Both basic research (like U.V. resistance
of geogrids and geotextiles or large scale triaxial tests on geogrids)
and applied research (like rain simulation testing of geosynthetics
for erosion control) are performed through dedicated testing programs.
Many of these programs are carried on in cooperation with some
leading Universities. Students often make their Master or Phd
thesis at the TENAX Testing Laboratory. Many of them have already
obtained their degree by presenting the results of these innovative
testing programs. Field testing campaigns are sponsored all over
the world by TENAX Testing Laboratory, in close cooperation with
Universities and Research Centres, to validate the findings of
laboratory tests.
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list of available methods for Geosynthetics, including geogrids,
geonets, geotextiles, geomembranes and erosion control products,
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| Bearing capacity tests |
| Compression test |
| Compressive creep test |
| Direct shear test |
| Hardness test |
| Laboratory construction damage test |
| Oven aging test (thermo-oxidation) |
| Peel and shear tensile junction strength |
| Polymer melt flow index test |
| Polymer specific gravity test |
| Pull-out test |
| Puncture resistance (CBR) test |
| Single rib tensile test |
| Tensile creep test |
| Tensile junction test |
| Thickness test |
| Transmissivity test |
| U.V. exposure |
| Wide width tensile test |
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Creep test |
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TENAX Testing Laboratory is one more example of the commitment of
TENAX to excellence. The highest quality in Geosynthetics through
testing, research and development. To provide the Customers with
the highest level of confidence in TENAX Geosynthetics for years
and years of safe working conditions.
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Wide Width Tensile Test |
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Wide Width Tensile Test |
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Single Rib Tensile Strength |
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Transmissivity test |
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Microscopic analysis |
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Every year TENAX
invests an average of more than 5 percent of its sales turnover
in research and development.
These resources provide continually increasing knowledge of the
possible applications for materials, even in completely innovative
areas.
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A DATA BANK THAT IS UNIQUE
IN THE WORLD
All laboratory test results are stored in a computerised data bank
which makes them constantly available on-line for the necessary
quality assurance as well as for the development of new products
and innovative solutions. Thus, these knowledge resources constitute
a valuable source of information and data for the Group, and also
a very useful tool for the universities for which TENAX is an important
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TENAX International B.V.
Via Ferruccio Pelli, 14, CH-6900
Lugano, Switzerland • Tel. +41+91.9233412 • Fax +41+91.9237517
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