AGC Chemicals Europe Customer Support and Facilities
Telephone conference
Video conference
Customer visits
– to Hillhouse UK or Amsterdam Science Park NL
– at customer premises
Products Supported at our Technical Centres
Fluoropolymers
- Fluon® melt processable fluoropolymer resins and compounds
- Fluon® PTFE dispersions, PTFE resins and micropowders
- AFLAS® fluoroelastomers
Fluorochemicals
- LUMIFLON™ fluoropolymer resins
- AsahiGuard® water & oil repellents
Test Capabilities Hillhouse, UK
Physical Testing
Specific gravity
Tensile and elongation
Material Identification
FT-IR spectroscopy
SEM & EDX
Thermal Analysis
- Differential scanning calorimetry
- Thermal gravimetric analysis
Rheometry
- Melt indexing
Optical Microscopy
- Keyence optical microscope
Test Capabilities Science Park, Amsterdam
AsahiGuard® E-Series
Paper
- Paper treatment
- Tappi kit
- RP-2 pet food
- Real pet food
- Cobb test
- Practical oil test
- pH measurement
Rotary drum dryer
Mangle roller
Cobb test
pH measurement
Textile
- Padding, Dip-nip application
- Mini Stenter
- Washing (ISO6330:2012 )
- Drying
- Stain release
- Soil release (AATCC-130)
- Oil repellency (AATCC-118)
- Water repellency (AATCC-22)
- Bundesmann Shower
- Colour measurement
- Hydrostatic head
Spray test AATCC-22
Bundesmann shower
Stenter oven
Oil repellency AATCC-118
LUMIFLON™
Coatings
- Formulation
- Adhesion
- Gloss checks
- Colour measurement
- Hardness & flexibility
- Impact resistance
- Cupping test
- Viscosity
- UV/CON accelerated weathering
Cross hatch adhesion
Viscosity
Gloss measurement
Mandrell bend
BYK iMAC colour measurement