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Physical Testing Services

The ability to analyze the physical properties of a material before using it in a product is crucial to the research and development stage of a product’s lifecycle. Understanding the characteristics like flammability or viscosity in addition to procedures like materials testing or odor testing can provide manufacturers or commercial operations with valuable information, allowing them to make the best possible product.

Physical testing procedures at Cross Company are performed in our ISO 17025 accredited testing laboratory and performed based on the needs of our customers. That means you can get the tests your product needs to ensure optimal development.

Whether it’s for raw materials, prototypes, solids, liquids, or even finished products, Cross Testing can provide the testing, validation, examination, or certification data you need to make sure your product functions the way it should. Our network of testing labs across the US and Mexico can provide a testing solution near you that works with your production or distribution schedule.

Cross Physical Testing Services

Physical testing can be performed during any stage of the production cycle. It can be used to evaluate raw material quality, check prototype durability, validate a final product, and even check behavior during shipping. What’s more, physical testing can also be used to differentiate your product from your competitors through discovering key points of difference.

The broad scope of physical testing makes it applicable to many different materials and product types. Whether it’s evaluating physical appearance (or other physical traits), evaluating product/material functionality, or evaluating product performance, physical testing can be a valuable tool for your production and distribution.

Cross Company Testing can provide the physical testing services your company needs. If you don’t see the exact testing procedure you need listed here, we want to hear about it. We often have the means to devise customized testing procedures for our customers.

Ash and odor testing is an analysis of fire residues for potential points of interest (this can include char, soot, black carbon, and others). It can also quantify an odorous air sample in terms of normal human perception, burning or non-burning.

Ash and Odor Testing →

Dyno tests (short for dynamometer) for engine and chassis are used to measure the force, power, or torque of a vehicle. The chassis dynamometer is able to measure the mechanical power of the vehicle itself at the drive-wheels.

Engine and Chassis Dyno Testing →

Flammability testing is performed to determine how easily a material or product will catch fire or burn in the presence of fire or heat. It is able to gather how easy it is for materials to ignite, how quickly they will burn, and how the materials react to flame.

Flammability Testing →

Materials testing procedures are performed to gather data about the physical and mechanical properties of a specific material. This can include raw materials, powders, individual components, prototypes, or finished products.

Materials Testing →

Car emissions testing checks emissions from a vehicle to ensure that the gases and other pollutants released during operation are within legal limits. This is an important testing procedure for automotive manufacturers and a critical step in research and development.

Vehicle Emissions →

Vibration testing is the application of motion to a product, subassembly, component, or internal structure to observe how it responds or how it degrades the test object over time. Essentially, vibration testing demonstrates a product’s ability to persist vibration/movement without losing functionality.

Vibration Testing and Analysis →

Viscosity is the measure of reluctance of a liquid to flow and porosity is the volume of voids to total volume of a sample. These testing methods are used to determine a material’s resistance to flow (generally from a fluid in viscosity testing).

Viscosity Testing →

Porosity testing methods are performed by measuring the volume of gas the is physically bound to solid surfaces at differing pressures. Many different gases can be used for micropore analysis to determine accurate porosity

Porosity Testing →

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What Is Physical Testing?

In essence, physical testing is a quantitative or qualitative testing procedure that is performed to determine one or more characteristics of a given product, material, or sample. There are a variety of physical testing procedures and many are often performed in conjunction with each other. This allows for a more full understanding of the physical composition of a product as well as how physical components will react to situational or environmental stressors.

If chemical testing is performed on the microscopic level of a product, physical testing is its counterpart, testing properties at the macroscopic level. It tests the way products or components behave when exposed to physical conditions like vibrations, open flame, or the presence of liquids.

Physical testing facilities like our testing laboratory can gather data through these testing procedures and provide actionable insights about products or materials. That data is frequently used in product development, regulatory compliance, or quality assurance contexts. It can also be extremely valuable in making sure your product is up to the standards of your end user, protecting your professional reputation and increasing customer loyalty and satisfaction.

There are many reasons to perform physical testing for products or materials. Whatever your reason, Cross Company has a procedure that can work for you and your product. Contact one of our experts to learn more or to schedule a test today.

Quality Physical Testing Equipment

When it comes to physical testing procedures, high-quality equipment is a necessity. Performing precise measurements with accurate logging and data capture methods is a necessary part of the physical testing process. And these are things that the Cross Testing facilities are proud to offer.

With our physical testing equipment, we’re able to provide valuable product data and feedback to our customers. Which allows them to make the right decisions in terms of product design, materials used, and shipping methods. In turn, this leads to a smoother research & development process, less problems down the road, greater competitor analysis, and higher end user trust.

Working with Cross is a reliable means of getting the physical results your need for your products.

Custom Test Design

If your production process needs customized testing procedures, we can help. We’ve designed unique tests for many of our customers. And we can do it for you, too.

Full Product Evaluations

Physical testing can be used to verify, test, or validate many parts of a product. From checking durability of prototypes to analyzing raw material components.

Physical Testing Lab Services

Our physical testing laboratory services can provide the chemical identification, quality control, material testing, and other services your operation needs.

Accredited Calibration Labs and Services

Our ISO 17025 accredited testing labs provide access to cutting-edge, high-accuracy testing equipment. When we combine this equipment with our own technical expertise, we’re able to meet the physical testing needs of your manufacturing process. No matter how complex that process may be.

End-to-end custom physical testing procedures from Cross Testing are designed to provide our customers with the information they need to make sound decisions about their products and production methods. Our experts will work directly with you to ensure your product attributes while reducing potential risk down the line. All with our comprehensive physical testing capabilities.

When you partner with Cross, you’re getting more than just precision testing equipment. You’re getting the expertise of all of our testing experts, the ability to customize the testing procedures you need, and the assurance that our results are reliable and repeatable. That’s not something you can get just anywhere.

Chemical testing

High-speed video capture

Prototype development testing

Finished product testing

Material property analysis

Alternating condition response

The Physical Testing Your Operation Needs

At Cross, something we specialize in is custom solutions. If you have an physical testing procedure you need, we want you to get it. However, there often isn’t a one-size-fits-all test that can be performed on every single item or product. That’s something we get. So if you have custom needs, we have a custom solution.

We’ve provided physical testing solutions to manufacturers across a variety of industries, including

Why Cross Physical Testing?

At Cross, we’ve provided quality physical testing services for many in the industrial and consumer product worlds. We’ve worked directly with our customers to devise the right series of tests under the right conditions to provide all the information they need to produce with confidence. Whether it’s to meet regulatory requirements, test product, ensure compliance, or guarantee safety, we have a test that can help.

We also believe that the only thing as important as accurate testing results is world-class customer service. That involves not only working directly with our customers throughout the process, but also providing comprehensive and actionable data (all with the quickest turnaround time possible).

When you work with Cross, you’re getting more than just test results.

Contact us today to learn more about what sets Cross Testing apart and work with us to develop a testing schedule that works for your operation.

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Did you know… Cross Company is an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). Our ESOP started in 1979 and as of 2006, we are 100% employee-owned! Learn more about our ESOP and how that benefits both team members and our customers.
Did you know... the precision measurement group at Cross was founded in 1939 by our current CEO's grandfather, Jim King. That's a whole lot of calibration!
Did you know... A fingerprint weighs about 50 micrograms. We know, we weighed it! The residue left from a finger can actually make a difference in weight results which is why we wear gloves when we calibrate weights. For reference, a sheet of paper is about 4.5 grams, that’s 4.5 million micrograms.
Did you know… Cross Company has grown significantly since our start in 1954. Over the years we've acquired 26 companies! Today, our five groups have expertise in everything from industrial automation to precision measurement, and industry knowledge going all the way back to 1939.