Research & Development Services

JJI’s experienced staff and superior equipment can help your company shorten your costly development stage. With flexible lab-scale processing and full testing capabilities, JJI is the single source for all of your product development needs.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT

40mm W&P Super, L/D = 46/1 with an 11 section barrel

• Vacuum port at sections 9 and side feed at 7
• 100 to 200lbs per hr output
• 2 twin screw feeders
• 2 single screw feeders
• Liquid injection system
• Pelletizer and classifier

 

50mm W&P Mega, L/D = 44/1 with an 11 section
barrel

• Vacuum port at 10 and side feed at 4 and 7
• 400 to 800lbs per hr output
• 2 twin screw feeders
• 3 single screw feeders
• Liquid injection system
• Pelletizer and classifier

Arburg Injection Molding Press

• 50 Ton Press with Tensile Die C, round button, 1/8” and 1/16” flame bars

 

Novatec 100CFM Dryer with 400 lb. Hopper

• 100 lbs. per hr drying capability Plow Blender
• 400 lb. capacity

 

Rapid Mold Side Grinder

• Barrel Tumbler (2 drum capacity)
• Henschel Mixer (1 gallon capacity)
• 10 gal. Reactor w/oil heated temperature control

 

Prism Twin Screw

• 1 to 2 lbs/hr, single feeder (ideal for compounded pre-blended formulations)

 

Carver Press

• 5” x 5” plaques (1/8” & 1/16” thick)
• Heated platens

 

Brabender

• Haake EU-5V
• 43g mixer attachment
• Single Screw extruder attachment with strip die

 

Killion Extruder

• 1.5” 24/1 L/D Single screw
• General Purpose 3.125 Compression Ratio screw
• Sheathing head with up to ¾” O.D. Die capacity
• 6” wide film die
• Extrusion line (wire capable)
• 3” x 20” belt puller
• 4ft. long water bath
• Clinton Spark Tester 500v to 15KV rms

 

Lab Scale Micronizer System

• 4.5 micron and up
• Microtec Particle Size Analyzer

 

QC Lab Equipment

• Tensometer – Tensile, Elongation, Flex Modulus
• Viscometer- Viscosity of liquids
• Capillary Rheometer – Polymer Viscosity
• Impact Tester – Notched Izod
• Balance – Specific Gravity
• Moisture Analyzer – Moisture content
• Shore Durometer – Shore A or D hardness
• Flame Chamber – UL 94 and other flammability testing
• Ash Oven – Mineral/Filler content
• Melt Indexer – Melt Flow Rate
• QUV – Accelerated weathering tester

 

ANALYTICAL LAB EQUIPMENT

• FTIR – compositional analysis via infrared spectroscopy
• HPLC – material homogeneity, reaction progress and residual
  products, molecular weight
• GCMS – materials classification and identification, impurity
  measurement, residual products
• Particle Size Analyzer – Particle size and distribution (included
  with Micronizer services)
• XRF – elemental composition of materials
• DSC – Melt Point
• TGA – Composition/Degradation