Our testing method

How every batch is tested before it leaves the plant — the steps, the instruments, and the results exactly as they are recorded.

Testing stages

A batch's path through the lab

Six ordered stages; a batch is not released until it has passed all of them.

  1. 01

    Sample intake and numbering

    A sample is drawn from every batch as soon as it is produced and numbered with the batch number and date, so what is tested is never confused with what is shipped.

  2. 02

    Visual and sensory check

    The first read is colour, body, odour, and freedom from lumping or separation — indicators that catch a fault before any instrument does.

  3. 03

    Laboratory measurements

    The properties listed in the results register below are measured: viscosity, solid content, pH and drying time.

  4. 04

    Applied performance test

    The adhesive is trialled on the same substrate it will run on, and bond strength is measured after curing under the agreed conditions.

  5. 05

    Recording and batch release

    Every reading is recorded against its reference range. A conforming batch is released for supply; a non-conforming one is held and does not leave the plant.

  6. 06

    Retaining the reference sample

    A sample of every supplied batch is retained, so we can go back and compare against it if a question comes up on your line later.

Inside the lab

The method as it actually runs

A short walk through the Baraka lab: from drawing the sample to recording the result and releasing the batch.

Filmed inside the Baraka laboratory — the testing stages in the same order shown below.
The laboratory

Where the testing happens

A look at the place and the instruments the method is run with.

Where we test

A lab inside the plant, not an outside service

The laboratory is part of the production line, not an annexe to it. Sitting next to the mixers means a result comes back in hours rather than days, and a deviation is caught while it can still be corrected — before it becomes a held batch.

Results within hours Corrected before supply A dedicated testing team
The instruments

Measured with instruments, not by estimate

Every figure in the results register has an instrument behind it. Viscosity on a viscometer, solid content by weight before and after drying, pH on a calibrated meter, and bond strength by a pull test on the substrate itself. What we have no instrument to measure, we do not claim.

Calibrated instruments A recorded reading per batch Tested on the real substrate
Test results

The test register

Every property we measure, the standard we measure it against, the approved reference range, and the figure recorded for the latest batch.

The test register
Test Method / standard Unit Reference range Recorded result Status
Viscosity VISCOSITY cP Awaiting data
Solid content SOLID CONTENT % Awaiting data
pH pH Awaiting data
Drying time DRYING TIME min Awaiting data
Bond strength BOND STRENGTH N/mm Awaiting data

Want the test report for your batch?

Request a quote or a technical consultation, and our team will attach the test results for the batch supplied to you.