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ORLEN Unipetrol RPA s.r.o. – POLYMER INSTITUTE BRNO, odštěpný závod is a laboratory accredited by ČIA under number 1380 (602 00 Brno, Czech Republic). Its accreditation scope covers 33 test methods in the following areas: Materials & polymers, Automotive. Test objects include: Plastics, Plastics, elastomers, Plastics, elastomers, textiles, leather, vehicle interior parts, Components of vehicles. Most frequently used techniques: Gravimetric method, total immersion method, Gravimetry, Capillary viscometer.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: ČIA 1380
- Methods in scope: 33
- Types of test objects: 10
- Techniques used: 16
- City: 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Valid until: 13-02-2031
- Accreditation number
- 1380
- Accreditation body
- ČIA
- Address
- Tkalcovská 36/2, Zábrdovice, 602 00 Brno
- City
- 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Division
- Laboratorium Badań Właściwości Mechanicznych, Fizycznych i Chemicznych Tworzyw Sztucznych
- Valid until
- 13-02-2031
What this laboratory tests (10)
- Plastics — 13 methods
- Plastics, elastomers — 9 methods
- Plastics, elastomers, textiles, leather, vehicle interior parts — 3 methods
- Components of vehicles — 2 methods
- Plastics, elastomers, textiles, vehicle interior parts — 1 method
- Plastics, elastomers, vehicle parts — 1 method
- Plastics, vehicle interior parts — 1 method
- Polymers, polymer additives — 1 method
- Technological waters, process waters, plastic rinse waters, plastic leachates, sample digests, food simulants, plastics — 1 method
- Thermoplastic materials for piping systems — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (16)
- Gravimetric method, total immersion method — 2 methods
- Gravimetry — 2 methods
- Capillary viscometer — 1 method
- Charpy method — 1 method
- Coulometric Karl Fischer titration — 1 method
- Differential scanning calorimetry — 1 method
- Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) — 1 method
- FTIR method — 1 method
- Gas chromatography (GC/FID/MS) — 1 method
- ICP-OES method — 1 method
- Immersion method — 1 method
- Izod method — 1 method
- Microscopic evaluation of microtome sections — 1 method
- Microscopy — 1 method
- Spectrophotometry — 1 method
- and 1 more
Certificate information
- Certificate date
- 13.02.2026
Accreditation scope — test methods (33)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of tensile properties | ČSN EN ISO 527-1; ČSN EN ISO 527-2; ČSN EN ISO 527-3; ČSN EN ISO 6259-1 | ||
| 2 | Plastics | Determination of flexural properties | ČSN EN ISO 178 | ||
| 3 | Plastics | Determination of impact strength | Charpy method | ČSN EN ISO 179-1; ČSN EN ISO 179-2 | |
| 4 | Plastics | Determination of impact strength | Izod method | ČSN EN ISO 180 | |
| 5 | Plastics | Determination of properties at multiaxial impact loading | ČSN EN ISO 6603-1; ČSN EN ISO 6603-2 | ||
| 6 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of Shore hardness | ČSN EN ISO 868 | ||
| 7 | Plastics | Determination of hardness by ball indentation | ČSN EN ISO 2039-1 | ||
| 8 | Plastics | Determination of temperature of deflection under load | ČSN EN ISO 75-1; ČSN EN ISO 75-2 | ||
| 9 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of Vicat softening temperature (VST) | ČSN EN ISO 306 | ||
| 10 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of density | Immersion method | ČSN EN ISO 1183-1, čl. 5.1, metoda A | |
| 11 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of melting and crystallization temperature and enthalpy, glass transition temperature and kinetics of crystallization Melting temperature Melting enthalpy Crystallization temperature Crystallization enthalpy Glass transition temperature Kinetics of crystallization |
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) | ČSN EN ISO 11357-1; ČSN EN ISO 11357-2; ČSN EN ISO 11357-3; ČSN EN ISO 11357-7 | |
| 12 | Plastics | Determination of ash content (content of glass and mineral filler) | Gravimetry | ČSN EN ISO 3451-1; ČSN EN ISO 3451-4; ČSN EN ISO 1172 | |
| 13 | Plastics | Determination of water content (moisture) | Coulometric Karl Fischer titration | ČSN EN ISO 15512, metoda B2; ČSN ISO 760 | |
| 14 | Plastics, elastomers, textiles, leather, vehicle interior parts | Determination of organic carbon emissions | Gas chromatography (GC/FID/MS) | PV 3341; VDA 277:1995 | |
| 15 | Plastics | Determination of Rockwell hardness | ČSN EN ISO 2039-2 | ||
| 16 | Plastics, vehicle interior parts | Determination of burning behaviour | ČSN ISO 3795; DIN 75200 | ||
| 17 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of the melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and the melt volume-flow rate (MVR) Melt mass-flow rate (MFR) Melt volume-flow rate (MVR) |
ČSN EN ISO 1133-1; ČSN EN ISO 1133-2 | ||
| 18 | Plastics, elastomers, textiles, vehicle interior parts | Determination of formaldehyde emissions | Spectrophotometry | PV 3925, metoda B; VDA 275 | |
| 19 | Plastics | Determination of viscosity number | Capillary viscometer | ČSN EN ISO 1628-1; ISO 1628-4; ČSN EN ISO 1628-5; ČSN EN ISO 307 | |
| 20 | Plastics | Determination of overall migration into evaporable food simulants | Gravimetric method, total immersion method | ČSN EN 1186-1; ČSN EN 1186-3, čl. 4.1.2 | |
| 21 | Plastics | Determination of overall migration in vegetable oils | Gravimetric method, total immersion method | ČSN EN 1186-1; ČSN EN 1186-2, čl. 4.4.2.2 | |
| 22 | Plastics | Determination of oxidation induction time (OIT) | Differential scanning calorimetry | ČSN EN ISO 11357-1; ČSN EN ISO 11357-6 | |
| 23 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of the content of glass fibres, carbon black and inorganic fillers Glass fibres Carbon black Inorganic fillers |
Thermogravimetry | ČSN EN ISO 11358-1 | |
| 24 | Plastics, elastomers, textiles, leather, vehicle interior parts | Odour test | PV 3900; VDA 270 | ||
| 25 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of component damage at elevated or reduced temperatures without load | PP 38 (DIN 53497, čl. 4.2, metoda B) | ||
| 26 | Plastics, elastomers, vehicle parts | Detection of defects | Microscopic evaluation of microtome sections | PP 39 | |
| 27 | Plastics, elastomers, textiles, leather, vehicle interior parts | Determination of total fogging value (Fogging test) | PV 3015; DIN 75201 | ||
| 28 | Plastics, elastomers | Determination of strain hardening modulus (SHT) | ČSN ISO 18488 | ||
| 29 | Polymers, polymer additives | Identification of polymer types and polymer additive types | FTIR method | PP 43 (ASTM E1252-98; ASTM E334-01; ASTM E573-01) | |
| 30 | Components of vehicles | Determination of technical cleanliness | Gravimetry | ISO 16232, mimo čl. 7.5, 9.3, 9.4; VDA 19.1, mimo čl. 6.5, 8.3, 8.4 | |
| 31 | Components of vehicles | Determination of technical cleanliness | Microscopy | ISO 16232, mimo čl. 7.5, 9.3, 9.4; VDA 19.1, mimo čl. 6.5, 8.3, 8.4 | |
| 32 | Technological waters, process waters, plastic rinse waters, plastic leachates, sample digests, food simulants, plastics | Determination of elements (Ba, Co, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Zn) Barium (Ba) Cobalt (Co) Copper (Cu) Iron (Fe) Lithium (Li) Manganese (Mn) Zinc (Zn) |
ICP-OES method | PP 46 (ČSN EN ISO 11885) | |
| 33 | Thermoplastic materials for piping systems | Determination of resistance to slow crack growth under cyclic loading | ČSN ISO 18489 | ||
Reference standards (60)
ASTM E1252-98
ASTM E334-01
ASTM E573-01
DIN 53497, čl. 4.2, metoda B
DIN 75200
DIN 75201
ISO 16232, mimo čl. 7.5, 9.3, 9.4
ISO 1628-4
PP 38
PP 39
PP 43
PP 46
PV 3015
PV 3341
PV 3900
PV 3925, metoda B
VDA 19.1, mimo čl. 6.5, 8.3, 8.4
VDA 270
VDA 275
VDA 277:1995
ČSN EN 1186-1
ČSN EN 1186-2, čl. 4.4.2.2
ČSN EN 1186-3, čl. 4.1.2
ČSN EN ISO 1133-1
ČSN EN ISO 1133-2
ČSN EN ISO 11357-1
ČSN EN ISO 11357-2
ČSN EN ISO 11357-3
ČSN EN ISO 11357-6
ČSN EN ISO 11357-7
ČSN EN ISO 11358-1
ČSN EN ISO 1172
ČSN EN ISO 1183-1, čl. 5.1, metoda A
ČSN EN ISO 11885
ČSN EN ISO 15512, metoda B2
ČSN EN ISO 1628-1
ČSN EN ISO 1628-5
ČSN EN ISO 178
ČSN EN ISO 179-1
ČSN EN ISO 179-2
ČSN EN ISO 180
ČSN EN ISO 2039-1
ČSN EN ISO 2039-2
ČSN EN ISO 306
ČSN EN ISO 307
ČSN EN ISO 3451-1
ČSN EN ISO 3451-4
ČSN EN ISO 527-1
ČSN EN ISO 527-2
ČSN EN ISO 527-3
ČSN EN ISO 6259-1
ČSN EN ISO 6603-1
ČSN EN ISO 6603-2
ČSN EN ISO 75-1
ČSN EN ISO 75-2
ČSN EN ISO 868
ČSN ISO 18488
ČSN ISO 18489
ČSN ISO 3795
ČSN ISO 760