Tableware and Tiles Performance Testing
Through Lucideon’s UKAS ISO 17025:2017-accredited UK and approved overseas laboratories, we offer manufacturers, retailers, and importers full materials and product testing of all tabletop and giftware items to international standards, including the full suite of standardised toxic metal release testing for ceramic ware, glassware, and cookware, to cover most countries and their associated regulations.
We have supported the global ceramics industry for over 100 years and with experience in the testing of finished ceramic tiles and ancillary products, Lucideon’s experts provide:
- finished product testing
- benchmarking products against competitors’ products or the client’s newly developed products
- floor and wall tile testing of all categories to ISO 10545
- testing of slip resistance to BS 7976 (pendulum) and DIN 51130 / 51097 (ramp)
- adhesives and grout testing to EN12004 and EN13888
Sanitaryware performance testing
We provide full materials development and product testing for manufacturers, importers and retailers of:
- vitreous china
- fireclay
- shower trays
- basin / lavatory styles
- commercial / laboratory
We are also able to offer a full suite of BS & EN product test facilities to cover all EN997 & BS3402 standards, including:
- water absorption
- crazing resistance
- chemical attack resistance
- abrasion resistance
- colour
- shape dimensional checks
- customized and customer-specific tests
- benchmarking and product comparisons
White Papers
This white paper discusses milling options, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as focusing on how the milling process can help to control key characteristics to optimize the properties of end products in manufacturing processes
Drying is an important process in almost all industry sectors, including ceramics, pharmaceutical, food, chemical, construction and semiconductors
Drying is an important and often necessary unit operation for many processes, determining the quality of the final product and its shelf life
Case Studies
IKEA wished to appoint a preferred consultant for ceramic product sourcing around the globe
Benchmarking study carried out by Lucideon
Scanning electron microscopy was used to identify the cause of a glaze pinhole fault in sanitaryware manufacture