Thanks to its long-time experience in the characterization of materials and finished products, SFC supports several industrial sectors in the qualification of their products through tests to determine their properties, their quality and to assess their performance at every step of their lifecycle.
The benefits
SFC’s technicians, engineers and experts are involved on a day-to-day basis in assisting industries in meeting the new needs for tests and analysis induced by the evolution of normative and regulatory standards.
The test platform offers a wide range of regularly renewed and verified equipment.
SFC offers a wide range of services to determine:
- Resistance to wear, bending, friction, shock, stains, slippage, burns, tearing, etc.
- Dimensional control.
- Deformation.
- Measurement of color and lightness.
- Water absorption.
- Thermal expansion.
- Transfer of lead and cadmium.
- MOHS hardness index.
Find all the services of SFC’s test platform for floor coverings in its full catalog (in French) .
The ways
Three point bending tests
FARO® three-dimensional analysis
Possible type of analysis: 3D specimen inspections, specimen certifications, CAD comparisons, dimensional analyzes, etc.
Level and torsion-free platformand pendulum SRT (Slip Resistance Test)
Verification of product conformity in accordance with XP CEN / TS 16165 and NF EN 13036-4 standards.
Normalized value of slip resistance.
Bench of frost resistance test
Capacity: 0.5 m3.
Temperature regulation: between -5 ° C and + 5 ° C.
Verification of product conformity in accordance with standard NF EN 10545-12.
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The quality approach
SFC has a number of labels, approvals and recognitions that testify its professionalism and its involvement in Research and Innovation. In particular, it has the agreement “Crédit impôt recherche” (CIR) Research Tax Credit, with a doubling of the tax base calculation.
SFC also possesses a quality management system that meets the requirements to the NF EN ISO 17025 standard.
SFC is thus Cofrac Essais, n°1-0062 accredited (scope available on www.cofrac.fr) according to the NF EN ISO 17025 standard. Its accreditation relates to:
- Floors and wall and floor coverings (ceramic tiles and slabs, etc.)
- Sanitarywares (WC bowls and tanks, glazed surfaces, etc.)
- The aptitude for food contact of different materials
Maintaining this recognition ensures SFC’s ability to carry out tests under accreditation.
