Testing

Test method to determine the dimensional stability and curling of resilient floor coverings, in the form of sheets, tile or planks after exposure to heat.

DSC is a thermal analysis technique which couples temperature and heat shift to material transitions, in function of time and temperature in a controlled environment.

Analytical method to determine the thermo-mechanical properties, under a dynamic load, of a plastic during heating and cooling.

In rooms with electronic devices (e.g. computers), it is essential to ascertain the electrical resistance of floor coverings.

Testing materials intended to be used in the manufacturing of electrostatic dissipative protective clothing (or gloves) to avoid incendiary discharge.

Emergency relief items used by humanitarian organisations in catastrophe-stricken areas (war, hunger, natural disasters, such as draught, floods, earthquakes, landslides ...) should meet the strictest requirements to save lives.

This method defines a classification scheme for curtains and drapes using ignitability and flame spread properties of vertically oriented textile fabrics in response to flame contact under controlled conditions. The classification scheme is based on the assessment of ease of ignition and flame spread using two ignition sources with a different heat intensity.

As a medical device, textiles used in operating theatres have to be conform with the requirements of the European Medical Devices Regulation 2017/745.
They are tested according to EN 13795 -- Surgical drapes, gowns and clean air suits, used as medical devices for patients, clinical staff and equipment.

Centexbel is fully equipped to analyse these PPE and is a worldwide acknowledged expert in the evaluation of protective clothing against these infectious diseases.

Infective agents can be transmitted during surgical procedures in operating theatres and other medical settings in several ways. One of the important sources are the noses and mouths of the surgical team. When breathing, speaking, coughing or sneezing, a person releases smaller or larger amounts of droplets of secretions from the mucous membranes in the mouth and nose. Those droplets quickly evaporate and leave nuclei suspended in the air. Nuclei can subsequently spread through the air to a susceptible site such as an open operating wound or sterile equipment, or can be inhaled if dimensions