Kulkarni Laboratory and Quality Management Syste Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra

Paints, varnishes & coating materials has widespread applications in automobile industries, building, electrical & electronic components, infrastructural units, industrial equipments & military warfare’s as anticorrosion property & aesthetic requirements. Application of paints on metals, wood & cementious materials prolongs their service life to very high extend. In order to understand the protection properties & anti-corrosion properties, the paints are required to be tested critically. Accelerated testing to ensure prolonged shelf life has to be carried out on paints & surface coatings. In this direction protection against corrosion test, salts spray test & weather metric evaluation are very important. To understand application properties of the paints & evaluation of paint films adhesion test, drying time, gloss test, impact test, resistance to liquid has their own importance.

A wide array of adhesives is used as a bonding agent/coating agent for various metallic, paper and plastic components. They need to be tested for adhesion, viscosity etc. before a product is used for the intended requirement. Laminates, electronic devices, medical devices, packages, building materials use liquid adhesives, tapes, sealants etc. which requires quality checks i.e. adhesion, bond strength, peel strength etc. to confirm their end use suitability. Heavy industries especially automobile industries need to understand the static and fatigue behavior of critical parts where adhesion is applied. Hence measurement of stiffness and strength of adhesive joints between rigid to rigid parts and rigid to flexible parts becomes of prime importance. Cyclic environmental testing of such a parts is very important. Our laboratory is a pioneer in carrying out tests such as strength, stiffness, lap shear strength, peel strength, cyclic corrosion test & salts spray test. Defense ammunition requires specialized adhesives which are generally based on shellac, bitumen, nitro-cellulose & various polymers. Considering their criticality they have their own specific test requirements. Our laboratory is a pioneer in a testing i.e. evaluation of such as Ammunition Protective Compositions (APCs) critically to know their suitability as end-use applications. Adhesives also require chemical assessment test such as Acidity, Alkalinity, Drying time, volatile matter, Ash, iodine value, etc.

Testing plays a critical role in the life cycle of a polymer, from the raw material to the compound through to the semi-finished and finished product. Each stage has different test requirements, and each end user may require a different test solution depending on their role, whether it is in Product Development (R&D), Quality Control (QC), Testing Services (TS), or Research (R). At every stage of the manufacturing process, the materials are physically tested to various international standards. Chemical testing of polymers and plastics is required to ensure that a material is suitable for its intended application. Mechanical testing accurately measures the physical strengths of solid materials. Kulkarni Laboratory & Quality Management Services provides Chemical & Mechanical testing of polymer & Plastic material to national & international standards like ASTM, BIS, DIN etc. We also offer advice on the end-use suitability of materials based on test results.

Rubber Testing & analysis is one of the most important aspects for rubber and its components. Chemical and Mechanical Properties of rubber play important role in the selection of a type of rubber with respect to its application. Hence comprehensive rubber testing & analysis is required. Testing of rubber from its raw stage to finished product stage ensures the quality of rubber. Rubbers like Nitrile, Neoprene, Natural Rubber, Styrene Rubbers & their compositions are being used in industrial requirements for Sleeves, gaskets, Belts, Conveyors, Vehicle tyres etc. During their use, mechanical and chemical properties have to be checked with respect to its application. Hence testing of these components before use is a very important requirement. Particularly the vulcanized rubber has to be tested for their aging properties i.e. the number of years the component can be used without losing its properties. Kulkarni Laboratory & Quality Management Services is a pioneer in the testing of all types of rubber & their components for chemical and mechanical properties We test Mats, Gaskets O rings, Sponges, Rubber with ply adhesion, Sleeves to assess their quality & suitability to the end use requirement using national and international specifications such as BIS, ASTM, CS, GOST, DIN, BS

The Textile materials used in various industries like Geo textile, Agro textile, Protective textile, Construction textile etc. Textile materials though generally used for our day to day requirement which may not required high level of testing but when it goes to very important technical requirement such as Parachute, Threads & Tapes (e.g. Nylon), tyre cords, Pond liners, Jutes & Ropes, Filling of explosive charges in textile bags, Bandoliers for filling the cartridges for defence use which requires high mechanical strength. Their quality check for suitability considering the end use requirement is necessary. Kulkarni Laboratory & Quality Management Services provides Chemical & Mechanical testing all types of textile material to national & International Specifications like ASTM, BIS, IND/ME

Kulkarni Laboratory & Quality Management Services offering services to food and beverage manufacturers to maintain quality on their products which will help them keep a good reputation in the market. Our advanced technology will help you to keep your food safe and secure. Kulkarni Laboratory will help you to reduce the risk of government detainment of your products and food poisoning outbreaks. Kulkarni Laboratory is consistently providing best services to their clients like One-stop-Shop for food testing and analysis. All the food materials like sugars, bakery items, honey, beverages, oils, fats are tested in Kulkarni Laboratory. For Food Testing, we are conducting Physical and Chemical Testing, Microbiological Testing and analysis and Nutritional Labeling and Value Analysis.

We offer Water Testing Services for the following industry: -Packaged Drinking Water -Water used in machine -Bore-well Water -Construction Water -Cooling Tower / Industrial Process Water -Input Boiler Water -RO Water -Swimming Pool – Irrigation Water

New product design and development is more often a crucial factor in the survival of a company. In a global industrial landscape that is changing fast, firms must continually revise their design and range of products. This is necessary as well due to the fierce competition and the evolving preferences of consumers. Without an R&D program, a firm must rely on strategic alliances, acquisitions, and networks to tap into the innovations of others. Our laboratory provides services for new product development as per industrial requirements. Sometimes industry requires improvements in their products for enhanced effects. We also help them in product improvement activity by caring out required experimentation. Usually, there is an industrial requirement regarding the investigation of product failure. In this case, we carry out an in-depth analysis of the product as an investigation activity to understand the cause of failure. Major activities are summed up as below: Process Improvement: Assenso Tee Vivid Private Ltd Pune. Determination of changes occurring while preparation of various spices mixtures (masale) using conventional method & grinding. Defect investigation & Failure Analysis: HRS Process Systems Ltd Pune. Root cause analysis of corrosion/pin holes formation on SS316 L PHE plates. Studio Copper Pvt. Ltd Pune. Study of various copper plates & their corrosion behavior. Product Development: Surya Marketing Company Aundh road Pune. Ground resistance improvement powder. HEMRL Pune. The coating on PPP cartridges cases. Third Party Inspection: Cunningham Lindsey International Insurance Agency Pune Office. Paper roll, medicine tablets, oil packages. Process Trials: Remondis India Pvt. ltd. Peel citrus waste trials & identification of various ingredients & their composition.

We are providing laboratory set up consultancy services.