Instron® acquired CEAST in 2008. CEAST complements Instron’s product portfolio with its well-known line of Plastics Testing Instruments.
CEAST’s origins trace back to 1953, when Dr. Mario P. Grosso founded the Compagnia Europea Apparecchi Scientifici Torino (CEAST). Initially, CEAST was involved with the refurbishment of technical instruments supplied to Italy by the USA under the Marshall Plan following World War II. These instruments were key in restarting the Italian Petrochemical Industry that had been destroyed by the war. CEAST began working with big companies, including Montecatini, Edison, Snia-BPD, Rumianca, and Rhodiatoce. These close contacts allowed CEAST to identify the customers' needs and, based on this experience, CEAST started the development of a new generation of testing instruments for polymer characterization, research and quality control.
Today, CEAST is an Instron’s product line. Located in Pianezza (near Torino) Italy, CEAST manufactures the CEAST Series, likewise the Impact testers, the Capillary Rhemoeter systems, the Melt Flow Testers, the Thermo-Mechanical HDT Vicat testers, Specimen Preparation and more!
Investigate the rheological properties of polymers and composite thermoplastic materials.
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Ideal for plastic materials Melt Mass-Flow Rate (MFR) and Melt Volume-Flow Rate (MVR) measurements.
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Determine the behavior of plastic materials at high temperature, measuring the Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) and Vicat Softening Temperature (VST).
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Perform impact testing by swinging pendulum method or falling dart.
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Machines for manual and fully-automatic specimen notching, milling, and punching cut methods.
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The CeastVIEW software suite brings together CEAST and Instron’s
experience of impact, rheology and thermomechanical testing, providing a
complete interface between the instruments and the end-user.
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