Silflex Ltd are committed to continual development, enabling us to design and manufacture product for ever demanding applications. We have established a test facility within the new facility to simulate the operating conditions experienced by the hoses during service. Reproducing the operating conditions within the controlled environment of the laboratory enables us to monitor, test and record the effect of operation has on the hose. The collated data then enables us to ensure appropriate design steps are made when developing a part with highly dynamic operation limits. The test facilities also offer potential for new material development and comparative testing. The material developments allow us to test and evaluate new materials and make comparisons with existing materials performance. This is essential to ensure new parts being released into the market place have enhanced operating windows and have the required endurance to complete appropriate operation intervals. Due to the specialist nature of the business the majority of the test equipment is purpose built to exacting specifications identified by Silflex Ltd. The test equipment are required to model operation at an accelerated rate to identify fatigue failures as well as define catastrophic part limitations. Test routines include:-  Pulsing with:  Cold Air  Hot Air simulation  Hot Water  Dynamometer Testing  High Speed Vibration  Wear Analysis  Burst Testing  Pressure Profiling  Vacuum Testing  Tensile Testing  Leak Testing  Pressure Pulse Dilation analysis. Many of these applications can be integrated to offer a more dynamic test routine to mimic operation and identify possible areas for further enhancement. Due to the range of our test equipment we believe we have one of the most comprehensive research facilities orientated specifically to testing, evaluating and the development of silicone hose in Britain, if not Europe. As laboratory simulations can not always produce the exact operating environment we also carry out field testing if operation parameters are unknown we have the facilities to test parts in operation.