塑料测试中的三个主要挑战

Instron全球塑料测试市场市场经理Richard Goshgarian与Azom谈论与塑料测试有关的三个主要挑战。

请您简要介绍与塑料测试有关的三个主要挑战？

挑战1：遵守测试标准 - 变化和误解

We are finding that more and more customers are not following standards correctly, and our research showed that much of the time this is as a result of the customer simply not being aware of changes made to standards, or to misinterpretation of the standard itself. Some of the implications that result from this can be failed audits, lost time investigating why results from different labs do not agree, and production delays. We want to raise awareness of the misconceptions in compliance to testing standards, and help our customers to avoid these common pitfalls.

挑战2：影响结果的因素

In addition to standards-related issues, not everyone who operates test systems necessarily has an extensive understanding of materials testing; particularly the factors that influence results (negatively or positively). Even expert level employees are often not aware of some of the less obvious factors that can result in testing issues, for example, even the heat generated from an operator’s fingers can significantly influence results for some plastics materials. This can mean that factors such as whether or not the operator wears gloves, or the length of time that they handle specimens for, could be increasing the variability of results.

挑战3：效率/吞吐量

最后，第三个挑战与系统效率和吞吐量有关。市场上有各种各样的不同测试系统和配件，以帮助客户确保与ISO 527-2这样的关键标准提高。但是，所使用的系统和配件的类型可能会对效率产生重大影响。例如，使用自动延伸计与延长计剪辑的使用，或在握把上使用对齐辅助工具（更多！）可以显着改善实验室的吞吐量。我们希望通过向他们建议对流程的更改提供建议，以帮助我们的客户实现最佳效率并降低与测试相关的成本。从本质上讲，很小的变化可以产生很大的变化，而不必是一个昂贵或困难的过程。下面的视频完美地说明了这一点：

Instron最近对这些领域进行了广泛的研究。这涉及什么，如何塑造您的方法？

进行的大部分研究仪器是验证和量化2和＃3挑战中提出的点；这涉及几个月的受控实验和盲目的实验，然后在全球范围内进行实验室访问以分享我们的发现。客户对我们发现的介绍的反应令人难以置信。在许多情况下，我们发现我们正在访问的实验室经历了我们在研究中发现的完全相同的挑战，但无法确定他们所经历的问题的原因。由于我们的研究，我们能够在短短几天内帮助这些客户解决数月的测试问题。

为什么遵守最新标准很重要？工具如何帮助客户实现这一目标？

任何标准的目标是在测试周围提供指令和准则，以便不同的公司，实验室或运营商能够以相同的方式进行测试，从而可以比较结果。如果所有测试的进行不同，则关键信息（例如材料数据表和零件规格）几乎没有价值。

为了帮助我们的客户遵守最新的标准，我们一直为喜欢它的任何人提供免费的教育帮助。最近，这使我们在全球范围内举办了一系列的研讨会，网络研讨会和大师班，所有这些都集中在对ISO 527-2进行测试。这些标准更改影响的客户已经大大收到了这些信息，我们将继续为前进的各种不同测试标准提供此帮助。

我们的全新网站（今年年初启动）还拥有最大的测试解决方案数据库，所有这些数据库都可以由客户自由访问。

为什么了解会影响结果的许多因素很重要？

没有这些知识使得获得准确和/或可重复的结果非常困难。反过来，这通常会导致对实验室人员和实验室客户的内部和外部客户的成果的信心降低。当没有此知识的某人试图解决与数据有关的问题时，由于解决问题或重新运行实验的时间有效地被视为停机时间或实验室失去机会时，也可能会浪费无数的时间。的确，某些问题可以轻松解决，但是通常没有明显的线索表明问题可能是什么。结合存在许多不同可能的因素，这一事实是使测试实验室和人员及时解决问题的挑战。

How do you help your customers understand these factors and what changes can be made to ensure a lower risk during testing?

与我们如何教育客户有关标准和合规性问题的方式，我们正在提供有关最佳实践，影响结果的因素以及找到解决方案的许多方法的教育。这包括上面提到的研讨会，网络研讨会，培训课程和测试解决方案协助，但还包括专门的Web内容，提供有关该信息的信息塑料测试中的3个主要挑战that we have identified.

一旦客户了解导致可变性或高结果的原因，解决方案就非常简单。我们经常发现它将涉及简单的程序或技术相关的更改。重要的是要注意，并非所有的握把，固定装置和伸展计均相等。有许多解决方案，例如气动握把，标本对准辅助器和自动扩展计，它们消除了操作员必须忍受的许多手动过程，这通常是与数据相关问题的原因。

这些解决方案对于依靠多个运营商，经历了高营业额或几乎没有时间培训新运营商的实验室无疑是有益的。我将指出，即使使用这些解决方案，正确的技术对于取得可重复和准确的结果至关重要。当然，除了全自动测试系统外，除了测试样品本身内的可变性外，它有效地消除了所有外部可变性。

许多行业的时间很差。Instron如何确保其客户增加吞吐量并节省宝贵的时间？

In my opinion, improving efficiency, increasing throughput, lowering cycle time and reducing testing related costs all fall under the same bucket. Luckily for most labs, it is often possible to make significant improvements without even having to purchase any further equipment.

可以通过多种不同的方式以及在测试的不同组成部分中实现效率提高。我的意思是，不仅是消耗时间的实际测试，因为设置系统，更改固定装置，创建方法，分析结果并创建报告所需的时间全部加起来。

如上所述，实验室可以从各种不同的系统和配件中进行选择，这些系统和配件可能符合特定标准，但并非所有配件和设备都相等。app亚博体育一些配件，例如自动握把或自动扩展计可以显着减少测试时间并消除步骤，并且可以简化或自动化测试软件的平均和输入标本尺寸。后者的功能实际上是我们软件产品中的标准配置，但通常不使用。尺寸测量通常是测试的最长组成部分，自动化时可以减少50％！

通过您提供的系统的开发，Instron在该领域的专业知识如何引起共鸣？

Instron is a very customer centric company and our goal has always been to provide customers with the best ownership experience possible. In order to ensure that the Instron experience is the best, we need to understand what our customers value the most; appreciating both their pain points and their goals. We use this feedback to ensure that our product and service offerings are aligned with what our customers feel is most important. For this reason, the majority of our products, accessories, and services reflect the 3 challenges research, as well as other customer-centric priorities. One thing that we feel differentiates us from most other manufacturers is that many of our solutions are features not options, meaning that they are not “extra”. This is especially true when it comes to our software, where we include things like test method briefs in with our test methods. These explain in detail what is required by the standard to ensure that customers do not accidently overlook critical requirements.

Are there any recent case studies where a customer has benefited from Instron’s knowledge in these areas that you are particularly proud of?

We have received a lot of positive feedback and expressions of gratitude from those we visited but also from those that attended our webinars and seminars, some of which were not Instron customers. It is always a great feeling when we are able to help customers overcome challenges or problems that many have been assumed as inevitable or “just the way it was”. There are many specific cases I could share, but I would have to say that I am most proud of the sheer volume of people we have helped. We have presented to hundreds of people and only a handful at best could claim they went away without learning something.

Where can our readers learn more about the challenges in plastic testing?

了解更多有关挑战的最佳场所是通过研讨会或现场网络研讨会，因为这使我们可以解决客户的特定问题。但是，对于那些无法参加的人，我们还将录制网络研讨会并在我们的专用网络研讨会库中使用。此外，我们还有一个网页dedicated to the 3 challenges information specifically, but anyone reading this that recognises these types of challenges within their own lab should feel free to contact us directly. We’re here to help!

关于理查德·goshgarian

Richard Goshgarian目前是Global Plastics测试市场的Instron市场经理。他在Instron工作了11多年，从事应用程序工程，产品管理和市场管理。理查德（Richard）拥有马萨诸塞大学（University of Massachusetts）的塑料工程和MBA学士学位。理查德（Richard）还是ASTM和ISO组织的积极成员，并继续努力确保Instron在整个塑料市场中符合关键标准。在使用Instron之前，Richard曾在本田研发工作，担任材料工程师，他专注于塑料材料和室内汽车零亚博网站下载件的开发。