ISO-IEC 17025:2017
ISO 9001:2015 Certified

1680 North Main Street
Orange, CA 92867

Phone: (714) 283-2032

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Material Testing Laboratory, Plastic Testing Lab, Failure Analysis Laboratory

Established in 1979, CRT Laboratories Inc. operates as an Independent plastics and composites testing laboratory. CRT Laboratories originated for the sole purpose of independently providing materials testing to manufacturing companies and end users to ensure quality control on products.
As an example, CRT's accelerated weather test is conducted using the Q-Lab QUV Accelerated Weathering Tester to reproduce damage that may occur over months or even years outdoors.

accelerated weathering test

CRT Laboratories, Inc. is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company by IAPMO R&T, further enhancing our commitment to quality for our clients. CRT Laboratories is also recognized by The International Association for Plumbing & Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) under IAPMO R&T laboratory recognition program, which is based on ISO-IEC 17025:05 , ensuring that all technicians involved with testing are extensively trained and highly qualified.

Our focus is Quality, Efficiency and Effectiveness

Material Failure Analysis Lab: Physical and Mechanical Testing

Material Testing Laboratory

CRT's process ensures you receive a thorough review of the failure mode of a component, product or material. Determining the cause of a part's production problems or "in use" failures is critical to save time, money and your company's reputation. CRT can perform non-destructive and destructive analysis, forensic analysis, failure mode/effect analysis, materials analysis, or many more tests to ensure a part's reliability.

CRT Laboratories, Inc. offers a wide range of plastic and polymer testing services and material failure analyses:

  • Engineering and Raw Polymers compounds
  • Geosynthetics Testing
  • Recycled material
  • Plastic/Metal Pipes & Fittings
  • Life Cycle of Faucets and Showers
  • Hydrostatic Burst Pressure
  • Backflow and Breaker Valves
  • Composites Testing
  • Cyclic Pressure
  • Sustained Pressure
  • Thermo-cycling
  • Impulse Shock
  • Water Closets
  • Other plumbing products

CRT Laboratories, Inc. maintains its own in-house Injection Molding and Extrusion of polymers for Class-A and R&D. With CRT's extensive background in Injection Molding, Extrusion, and Mechanical engineering of all plastics, we understand how quality affects the performance factors of molding parts and compounds. CRT offers materials testing to ensure product reliability.

CRT Laboratories, Inc. is the only lab (of knowledge) that can offer assistance to "current on-the-floor" problems associated with molded parts or compounding. CRT routinely performs Mechanical/Physical, Weather-ometer, IR Thermal Analysis, and de-formulation of plastic components. CRT Laboratories also provides Chemical Analysis on a wide range of polymers, Geosynthetics, and maintains up to date molding, extrusion, and compression molding equipment to achieve optimum test specimen quality.


CRT Laboratories, Inc. is dedicated to customer service. To help find the test method you are interested in Search our Site for Tests and Services. If you wish to conduct custom testing or have questions about our IAPMO certified materials testing lab, please use our Guest Book to request a quote or contact us at the numbers below. We're here to help.