Testing

Accurate testing you can depend on

Understanding how materials perform under real-world conditions is critical to ensuring safety, reliability and long-term performance.

Our UKAS-accredited laboratories provide comprehensive testing across metals, polymers, composites and finished products, including:

  • Adhesives
  • Rubbers
  • Ceramics
  • Polymers
  • Composites
  • Welds
  • Metallic materials

Testing tailored to your application

Whether you’re validating a material, meeting certification requirements or investigating an issue, we deliver precise, reliable results aligned to recognised standards.

We work closely with you to ensure testing is relevant, efficient and tailored to your application, giving you the data you need without unnecessary complexity.

Our process

01

Understand

We begin by understanding your material, application and the standards or specifications you need to meet.

02

Define

We define the appropriate testing programme, selecting the right methods, conditions and standards to ensure meaningful results.

03

Prepare

Samples are prepared and, where required, bespoke fixtures or test setups are developed to meet your exact requirements.

04

Test

Testing is carried out in our UKAS-accredited laboratories using calibrated equipment and controlled procedures.

05

Report

You receive clear, accurate results and supporting insight, enabling confident decisions on performance, compliance or development.

From validation to investigation and development

Our testing services support every stage of the materials lifecycle, from product development and certification through to routine testing and failure investigation.

We regularly deliver testing to international, national, industry and in-house specifications. Our team can design cost-effective testing programmes, adapt equipment where needed, and manufacture bespoke jigs and fixtures to ensure accurate and repeatable results.

We also carry out routine and batch testing for ongoing quality assurance in safety-critical applications. In many cases, certification bodies select R-TECH Group as their testing partner for certification and approval programmes.

Whether you’re bringing a new product to market, maintaining quality in safety-critical applications, or resolving performance issues, we provide testing that supports confident, informed decision-making.

Key testing capabilities

We assess a wide range of material properties, including:

  • Static properties (destructive and non-destructive)
  • Fatigue properties
  • Thermal properties
  • Chemical properties
  • Environmental performance
  • Creep behaviour
  • Seismic performance

Case Studies

Accreditations