Expert Witness

If you need an expert witness in the area of polymer science / technology, FaraPack Polymers Ltd is sure to be able to meet your requirements. FaraPack Polymers has the experience and expertise to provide clear and concise representation and technical reports based on our polymer science and engineering knowledge. With direct access to over 40 academics (from Chemistry, Physics, Materials and Engineering disciplines), and close ties with a further 100, finding the relevant expert witness to meet your needs is not a problem.

Technical problem-solving

No matter what problem, big or small, if it is to do with polymers FaraPack Polymers Ltd can help! We have dealt with many different types of polymer problems increasing the efficiency of processes both short-term, such as in service product failures and customer developments and longer term such as creating more environmentally friendly alternatives to pre-existing polymer products.

Polymer testing and analysis

With access to a vast array of equipment and on-hand experienced polymer scientists, FaraPack Polymers Ltd can deal with almost every type of polymer testing and analysis.

List of polymer testing and analysis techniques available

Speciality polymer synthesis

Access to the expertise and facilities of the Polymer IRC means that our experienced staff can design and synthesise polymers to your specification. Where novel polymers are required, expert academic guidance is available to assist FaraPack Polymers Ltd.

FaraPack Polymers has access to expertise in the synthesis of a wide range of polymers and macromolecules. Some examples of techniques to which we have access and classes of polymer available for sale are included in the following documents:

Speciality polymers

Feasibility studies

FaraPack Polymers is in a unique position for short-term feasibility studies, as it can draw upon the facilities and academic expertise from the four Polymer IRC Universities to carry out the required research and to establish working links with experts in the technologies of interest for future collaboration.

Studies can last from a few days to a few months depending on the complexity of the investigation and the amount of detail that you require in order to make a decision on committing to further research.

For example, FaraPack Polymers has a short-list of possible collaborative projects that give you a low risk opportunity to evaluate the impact of the latest research breakthroughs to your business:

Example collaborative projects

Literature searches

FaraPack Polymers Ltd's links with the University of Sheffield enable access to excellent library facilities and on-line access to most leading databases and journals. Our expert staff are experienced in surveying the scientific literature for technical information on a range of topics, so if you require help in selecting new materials for a particular application or want to know what alternative processing methods you might bring to your products, you can commission them to search the literature on your behalf.

Literature search examples

Design, evaluation and development of new materials

FaraPack Polymers Ltd can help you in all aspects of material design and selection, prototyping and performance testing for a huge range of applications, from plastic bags to aerospace components.

Examples of materials design

Formulation

FaraPack Polymers Ltd can draw on expertise in the preparation and testing of all sorts of polymer-containing formulations. Examples of areas in which we can help include the latest research in high-throughput analysis of gas absorption by polymer films and novel foam stabilisation formulations.

Process optimisation

FaraPack Polymers Ltd can advise on and test polymer chemistry processes by virtue of its location at the University of Sheffield. Moreover, in collaboration with Polymer IRC partners at Bradford, we can see through optimisation of injection moulding, film blowing and many other common processes from bench top to industrial scale.

FaraPack Polymers Network

Alongside the huge resource of people directly available to us at the Polymer Centre, we also have many other contacts within other universities and also industry. This adds to the versatility of our service, and gives us more flexibility in fully solving your problem or query.

Examples of recent jobs full filled by consulting with our contacts