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Testing Laboratory
Structural Testing
The PFS TECO laboratories are equipped to perform a variety of structural testing protocols including:
- Racking load
- Axial load
- Transverse (uniform) load
- Concentrated load and impact
- Large-scale panel bending
- Missile impact (2x4 launcher)
- 90 day tertiary creep (flatwise and edgewise)
- Small scale tensile and bending
- Large beam tensile (up to 100,000 lbs force) and bending
- Fastener testing (bending yield, withdrawal, head pull-through, and lateral load)
Our labs are accredited by IAS to perform physical testing in accordance with the following standards:
- UBC Standard 15-5
- ASTM Standard A90
- ASTM Standard C1396
- ASTM Standards D1761, D2718, D3043, D3500, D3501
- ASTM Standards E8, E72, E330, E455, E489, E529, E564, E695, E767, E1803
Our labs are accredited by IAS to perform wood and wood panel product testing in accordance with the following standards:
- ANSI Standards A208.1 and A208.2
- ANSI/AITC Standard A190.1
- ANSI/TPI-1
- ANSI/HPVA HP-1
- ASTM Standards C67, C208, C209, C271, C272, C273, C297, C365, C393, C473,
C481, C578
- ASTM Standards D143, D198, D1037, D2394, D2395, D2555, D2718, D2898, D3501, D4442, D5055,
D5266, D5456, D5582, D5764, D6464, D6815
- ASTM Standards E66, E73, E2322
- U.S. Department of Commerce Product Standards PS-1 and PS-2
- ICC-ES Acceptance Criteria AC130