Bitumen testing laboratory

The bitumen testing laboratory is a part of the Accredited testing laboratory No. 1007.1. Its main activity is to test bituminous binders applied both hot and cold. The laboratory acts as a reference workplace and disposes of about 50 accredited testing procedures.  Thanks to continuous improvement of the equipment and technical level of personnel, the laboratory shares many tasks of the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic and is considered to be a respected workplace in the highway construction department.

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SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES OF THE LABORATORY

• bituminous binders
• road petroleum bitumens
• modified bitumen
• cut-back asphalt
• bitumen emulsions
• bituminous sealing compounds for pouring cement-concrete joints
• bituminous binders for construction of elastic bridge blocks
• cold applied one-component and multicomponent sealing components

TESTING OF BITUMENS AND SEALING COMPOUNDS

• Road petroleum bitumens
  • Needle penetration
  • Softening point (ring and ball)
  • Ageing resistance
  • Flash point
  • Fraass breaking point
  • Solubility in toluene or xylene
  • Paraffin content 
• Modified bitumens
  • Needle penetration
  • Softening point (ring and ball)
  • Ductility
  • Reversible ductility
  • Force ductility
  • Pendulum cohesion test
  • Fraass breaking point 
  • Density
  • Cleveland flash point
  • Storage stability at 180 °C
  • Ageing resistance
• Diluted bitumens
  • Determination of distillation characteristics of petroleum diluted bitumens
  • Determination of flow time of petroleum diluted bitumens
  • Pensky-Martens flash point
• Bitumen emulsions
  • Apparent characteristics
  • Polarity of particles
  • Cleavage ability by mineral filler ŽKS.CZ
  • Miscibility with cement
  • Miscibility with filler
  • 0.5 mm sieve residue
  • 0.5 mm sieve residue (7-day storage)
  • Penetrating capacity
  • Binder content 
  • Oil distillate content
  • Flow time at 40 °C, hole 2 mm, 4 mm
  • Recovery of bituminous binder from emulsion by means of evaporation
  • Stabilization of recovered binder
  • Softening point (ring and ball) of recovered or stabilized binder
  • Needle penetration of recovered or stabilized binder
  • Reversible ductility of recovered or stabilized binder from bitumen emulsion modified by elastomer
  • Pendulum cohesion of recovered or stabilized binder from bitumen emulsion modified by elastomer or plastomer
  • Determination of pH value of bitumen emulsions
  • Adhesion determination of bitumen emulsions in water immersion test – Aggregate method
• Bituminous sealing compounds for pouring cement-concrete joints
  • Softening point (ring and ball)
  • Cone penetration
  • Apparent density
  • Penetration and flexible regeneration – resilience
  • Heating stability
  • Creep resistance
  • Immersion resistance in hydrocarbon fuel
  • Compatibility with bitumen cover
  • Adhesion and cohesion due to discontinuous elongation
  • Adhesion and cohesion after continuous elongation and compression
• Cold applied one-component and multicomponent sealing components
  • Extrudability
  • Degree of maturing
  • Drying time 
  • Self-levelling properties
  • Creep resistance
  • Volume loss 
  • Weight and volume change after immersion in testing fuel
  • Hydrolysis resistance
  • Flame resistance
  • Cohesion
  • Adhesion and cohesion due to discontinuous elongation
  • Elastic recovery
  • Adhesion and cohesion properties at continuous elongation after immersion in solutions of chemical compounds
• Oxidized bitumens
  • Softening point (ring and ball)
  • Needle penetration at 25 °C
  • Solubility in xylene
  • Loss due to heating
  • Flash point
  • Oil separation ability
  • Density
  • Dynamic viscosity

OTHER RELATED SERVICES

• Services of Accredited Testing Laboratory No. 1004 and No.1004.3
• Conformity assessment by the Authorised Body 224 and Notified Body 1023 in accordance with the requirements of Government orders and European Directives.
• Granting licenses for voluntary certification marks "Safe Toys" and "ITC Certified Quality"
• Standardisation services and technical information of the Technical Standardisation Centre specialised in products for children are provided within the ITC
• Certification of Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001)
• Technical inspection
• Technological consultancy
• Calibration service and metrological consultancy
• Legal and expert's services according to Act No. 36/1967 on experts and interpreters

CONTACTS

Post address:
Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc.
Areál Svit, budova 113, Malotova 5264
760 01 Zlín,  Czech Republic

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Ing. Jiri Ruzicka