Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML)

With its Advanced Materials Laboratory, GKN can optimize cure parameters and process controls and assure product quality. In addition to wet chemical methods such as acid digestion of resin, AML capabilities include:

• Thermal analysis (thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, thermomechanical analysis)
• Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis for both liquid and solid modes
• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy with a variety of sampling attachments including microscopy and thermal gravimetric analysis
• High performance liquid chromatography, gel permeation chromatography, photomicroscopy
• Environmental conditioning, and
• Room temperature ambient mechanical testing. GKN dedicates over 7000 square feet to the QA Lab and the Advanced Materials Laboratory