湖西テストラボ List of Products and Services

Our company provides valuable services to customers using reliable analytical techniques to address issues and research occurring in local manufacturing, production sites, and among users through analysis, measurement, and investigation. We aim to contribute to the preservation and improvement of the global environment through these activities. 【Business Activities】 - Contract analysis and research related to chemistry and physics, as well as related services - Consulting services and analysis mediation related to chemical and physical analysis - Research and consulting services related to environmental conservation For more details, please contact us or download our catalog.

• Contract Inspection

I want to solve problems through analysis, but I don't know what to analyze or how to do it. I would like to identify foreign substances, investigate causes, and implement countermeasures. I own equipment such as an electron microscope and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, but I am not well-versed in pretreatment methods or how to use them. We accept inquiries related to analysis. 【Service Content】 ○ Consultation on evaluation tests using heating furnaces, heating treatments with various gases, heat treatment, and consideration of heat treatment conditions. ○ Consultation on analysis methods. ○ Consultation on sampling methods. ○ Guidance on interpreting and evaluating test results. ○ Consultation on analysis fees. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Contract Inspection

Our company conducts reliability evaluations such as thermal shock tests, low-temperature tests, and high-temperature hardness tests. We also perform observations and analyses after reliability testing. We also conduct evaluations after testing (such as discoloration, color difference, glossiness, tensile tests, etc.), so please feel free to contact us. 【Tests】 ○ Thermal shock test ○ Constant temperature and humidity test ○ Low-temperature test ○ Constant temperature water tank test For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Contract Inspection

Our company supports the investigation of the causes of foreign matter contamination through analysis, leveraging years of experience. Shape observation using SEM allows for obtaining finer details and greater depth of field than optical microscopy, and since micron bars are displayed on the images, the size of the foreign matter can also be measured. 【Case Studies】 - Sample appearance observation - Shape observation using SEM - Elemental analysis using EDX - Organic compound analysis using FT-IR - Reporting of analysis results For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Contract Inspection

Our company conducts investigations and analyses of water quality, air quality, noise, vibration, odor, soil analysis, and more. We also provide consultations on environmental conservation measures. By placing large orders with our partner company (a measurement certification business), Kosei Test Lab LLC, we can reduce costs. 【Main Environmental Analyses】 ○ Water Quality Investigation (Analysis) → Water quality analysis of factory effluent, sewage, groundwater (well water), river and lake water, bathtub and pool water, drinking water, septic tanks, and leachate and effluent from industrial waste stable final disposal sites. ○ Noise and Vibration Measurement → Measurement of specific factory noise and vibration, measurement of noise and vibration from specific construction work. ○ Odor Analysis → Measurement of odor concentration for 22 specific odor substances, odor index measurement through sensory tests, qualitative analysis of odors. ○ Soil Analysis → Soil leaching tests (first, second, and third types of specified harmful substances), soil content tests (second type of specified harmful substances), oil contamination countermeasure guideline tests (oil odor, oil film, TPH tests), sediment analysis. ○ Industrial Waste Analysis → Leaching tests for specially hazardous industrial waste. For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Other environmental analysis equipment

Our company offers support for volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis from automotive interior materials and various odor tests through sensory evaluation. If you are unsure about how to evaluate methods or how to confirm the effectiveness of your products, we will assist you through analysis and testing. We will propose and implement the desired analysis, testing, and evaluation. 【Features】 - VOC testing and various gas emission investigations from automotive interior materials - Various odor investigations through sensory evaluation of automotive interior materials - Evaluation of various products For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Odor Testing

At Lake West Test Lab LLC, we conduct testing and evaluation of automotive interior materials for various domestic automobile manufacturers. In order to carry out these tests, we kindly ask manufacturers to provide their unique testing standards and methods. We also conduct various tests on interior fabric products, not limited to automotive interior materials. 【Types of Tests】 - Glass Haze Test, Fogging Test - Various Weather Resistance and Light Resistance Tests - Combustibility Test For more details, please contact us or download the catalog.

• Contract Inspection
• Public Testing/Laboratory