Laboratory Services

Expert Lab Service relies on the long standing experience of its team as laboratory technicians but also as instruments and software developers and manufactures.

We provide testing services as a contract laboratory. In addition to ELS-MDF®, we are equipped with a wide range of analytical instruments and we developed testing protocols for the ceramic industry.

Available services

  • Sample preparation

    • Raw material and ceramic body grinding
    • Pressing small tiles
    • Specimen preparation and cutting

  • Ceramic body formulation

  • Thermal properties studies

    • Optimization of firing cycles
    • Characterization of ceramic bodies through sintering and pyroplasticity tests
    • Thermal expansion analyses and CTE determination ( Coefficient of thermal expansion)
    • TGA-DTA-MS
      • Thermogravimetric Analysis
      • Differential Thermal Analysis
      • Mass Spectrometer

  • Chemical analysis

  • Mineralogical analysis

  • Modulus of ropture

  • Specific surface using MBI method

  • pH measurement

  • Water absorption

  • L*a*b* colour measurement

  • Fusibility tests

  • Residual streeses tests

  • Industrial case studies, report and consultancy

Other application fields

The ELS-MDF® suite represents a valuable tool to characterize thermal properties of a wide range of materials, such as ashes, glasses, metals and additive manufacturing filaments.

Training

Forget the prehistoric development by trial and error, we provide ceramists and materials scientists the knowledge and the tools to overcome that.

“Running too many tests and never solving the problems?”

  • Join our courses
  • Gain knowledge about the whole ceramic process
  • Choose the most suitable laboratory tests
  • Process your data
  • Integrate them with other analytical techniques

 
 
 
 
 
Bachelor: Studying ceramics thanks to thermal analysis avoiding any contact
Theoretical training, team problem solving and final test.
Ceramic technology principles and their connection to the ELS-MDF® instrument (Heating Microscope, Optical Dilatometer, Optical Fleximeter). How to prepare samples. Advanced configurations comprehension to run tests using the ELS-MDF®.
 
 
 
 
 
Master: From measure to knowledge
Theoretical and practical training about data processing and their interpretation using software supplied by ELS Srls. Integration with other analytical techniques.
Analysis of case studies provided by ELS Srls combined with a detailed reconstruction of the chemical and physical processes that happen during the thermal cycle. How to make a case study by their own step by step. Exercises taking advantage of both the MDF software and the Ceramics Genome® platform.
 
 
 
 
 
Academy: In-depth study about themes suggested by the customer
Training about two or three case studies provided by the customer based on its needs. (i.e. Coupling temperature, state of tensions, optimization of the firing cycle, chemical and mineralogical analysis, quartz transition etc.)

Preparatory work: Choosing together the main themes for the training, and share all relevant laboratory data

Step-by-step exercises of all phases of interpretation and graphical reworking, data entry and calculation. Causal hypotheses between technological production parameters and observed phenomena. Proposed metrics for evaluation of experimental changes.