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Fuel and Vapour Permeability Testing for the Automotive industry

Cut medical contamination, boost protection, extend product life -
Of everything from blood products to PSE equipment and from drugs and sterilised products to oxygen

Vapour permeability of drinks that lose their sparkle& how to extend the fizz

Controlling transpiration and respiration rates dramatically increases the shelf life of fruit and vegetables

Advanced Semi-Permeable Membranes & improving their performance

Checking seals work
Under high and low temperatures and pressures

Sealing your fate -
Solving Critical Manufacturing and Materials Permeability Problems

Vapour Permeabilities and Airtightness change with the Weather !

Paper & Coatings: Defects and Development

The Green swing to Low energy textiles and making them breathable

Paper & Coatings: Defects and Development

The Green swing to Low energy textiles and making them breathable

How not to make a cake of yourself Vapour permeability of confectionery and its packaging

Fuel cells and vapour permeability

Cosmetics and the critical role of vapour permeability

Implantable electronics and vapour permeability

Vapour Permeability and Epoxies

Ceramic films in food packaging - Permeability leads to a longer life

A building material’s vapour permeability can change by 400+%!

Hot permeability For the food, industrial, aerospace, pharmaceutical and other industries

The power and permeability of ionomers

Packaging and Smells keeping them in, or out

Lime: Render, Paint & Permeability
- Reducing costs for buildings

Solving the Solvent (Permeability) Problem

The critical O2 and H2O vapour permeability of medical gels

The O-Ring Trap
…or why O-rings, sealants and gaskets don’t work properly

Agricultural Pest control The vapour permeability of solarization sheeting
Cosmetics, Packaging and Science

Electronics and Water Vapour - a recipe for disaster

Safety-Critical Fumigation Testing- The dangers of a multi-billion-dollar market

Building Airtightness and Vapour Permeability

Textiles and fabrics that breathe life into the economy

Vapour permeability consultancy

Oxygen permeability measurement and testing for contact lenses

Permeability Testing for Industrial Solvents

Extreme temperature or pressure products and the critical problem of vapour permeability

The critical vapour permeability sensitivity of optical fibres

Ultra-sensitive vapour permeability measurement

Controlling Ethylene fruit and vegetable ripening

Helium vapour permeability testing

Enhanced coatings and paper performance -
500% improvement!

Problems with MAP packaging Foam streaks, pinholes and pits

Extending the shelf life of cosmetics

Aerospace and Airships …the fabric of success

Pop goes your profit solving the problems of PET drinks bottles

OLEDs, LEDs, Optoelectronics & flexible screens - Preventing O2 & H20 damage

Cosmetics problems- ignore vapour permeability at your peril

The "Bury you head in the sand" approach to Electronics and Water Vapour

Plastics, rubber and the problem of permeability

Underground optical cables and electronic devicesand their problems

Structural Steel
Barriers, coatings and claddings and vapour permeability problems

Anaesthetics, medical gasses, drugs contamination and packaging are all critically dependent on vapour permeabilit

Anti-contamination films, foils and coatings

A Fast & New Gas Permeability Meter
O2, CO2, nitrogen, hydrocarbons and water vapour

Small changes can have a very big effect on confectionery freshness, quality and shelf-life

Permeability Protection In plastic laminates, films and coatings

Making intelligent, elasticated, textiles fashionable and comfortable to wear

The Head in the Sand Approach to O-Rings and Seals and Testing

The Head in the Sand Approach
to Quality Control

IThe Head in the Sand Approach to MAP
And a product's shelf life extension

The Head in the Sand Approach to Packaging -
Testing Shelf life extension, strength & printability

The Head in the Sand Approach to Water Vapour in the Marine World

Improving the performance of paper and paper coatings

A hi-tec boost to confectionery freshness, quality and shelf-life
Shelf-life boost for fruit and vegetables with plant respiration meter

Dual Permeability Measurements in Building Materials

Hi-Performance fabrics and technical textiles
Freezer Burn on Fruit, Vegetables and Meat

Electronics and Water Vapour Measurement

Plastics, rubber and other tubing
and a neglected safety-critical problem

How Green is your Airship?
Advanced Vapour Permeability Measurement for Airship and Aerospace Fabrics

Supercritical CO2 – A green solvent for the Pharmaceutical & Food industries

Cosmetics, Medical Packaging and vapour permeability

Equipment with the Altitude to eliminate Wrap Rage

Supercritical CO2 – A green solvent for the Pharmaceutical & Food industries

Purer and more effective
medical and pharmaceutical products

Airship and aerospace materials and their vapour permeability's

How to Keep your Sparkle! -
Fizzy drinks that keep their fizz

The Critical Automotive Factor -
In low permeation fuel systems, tubing, seals and containers

The Critical, and Safety-critical Properties of Materials

Seaweed - The High Humidity Permeability Problem

The critical permeability of DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS

Plastics, Problems & Permeability - In Building and the Construction Industries

Liquid Crystal Polymers such as Kevlar and PET -
And their vapour permeability

The common failure of O-Rings and Seals r

Vapour permeability of adhesives, mastics and bonding films

Marine Ply and Water / Hydrocarbon Vapour Permeability - Safety Critical Measurements

The Vapour permeability of plastics

The Problems of Agricultural plastics: - Ripening, Respiration and Rot

Wrap Rage packaging that won't open

Coatings & laminated films what stays in and what gets through

Fruit and vegetables shelf-life extension boost with plant respiration meter

The performance of technical textiles

The Critical Factor - wound dressings and transdermal drug delivery systems
Packaging - strength, product shelf life & printability
Building CO2 permeation tester -
the CO2 flow through membranes, floors, building products and systems
Building CO2 permeation tester -
the CO2 flow through membranes, floors, building products and systems
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Vapour permeability and optical fibre strength, spectral shift and sensors
Contamination Quality Control for healthcare and medical products
Quality control and vapour permeability
for world’s most damaging contaminate(s)
Soggy Bottoms? Pastry, Pies & Cakes
Pipes Tubing and Permeability - The unruly behaviour of plastics rubber & polymers
LAUNCHED Air & Vapour Permeability Measurements in Building Barrier Fabrics
Critical aerospace vapour permeability measurements for any gas
Packaging's peel strength twinned with altitude testing -
Packaging that either bursts or can't be opened
Hydrocarbon vapour permeability -
Critical measurements for valves, containers, coatings, gas streams, fuel cells, hydrocarbon barriers
Materials and their vapour permeability characteristics

Do your fizzy drinks bottles go "Pop?" - CO2 and extending shelf life
A simple answer to electronics failures caused by water vapour
The Permeability of large and small plasma and LED displays, TVs, monitors, phones & films
Cosmetic packaging and the science of vapour permeability
Vapour permeability of furniture especially for clinical or palliative care
Testing breathable textiles and high performance clothing
Keeping water (and other) vapours in or out of things
Perfectly packaged puddings - along with foods, confectionary & snacks
Paper coating defects - A vapour permeqability problem and a solution
The critical importance of vapour permeability in Glove Boxes
Vapour permeability of Biodegradable plastics
Breathablity testing for high performance technical textiles and active wear
The Eye of the Beholder Oxygen permeability testing for contact lenses

Batting on a sticky Wicket? Vapour permeability of adhesives and adhesive films

The lighter side of lighter than air Airships and vapour permeability
A soggy problem with snacks, confectionery, edible films and packaging And the high-tech solution
Simultaneous multi-gas permeability measurements for O-rings, seals and mastics
Packaging, Permeability and Mass Spectrometry For preservation, printability, strength & integrity

All at Sea? With dangerous water vapour permeability problems

Contamination: pinholes and flex cracks in films / foils used for medical packaging
Increasing shelf life by optimizing MAP packaging
Automotive vapour seepage – water, fuel & compressor gases

Launched: Optical fibre vapour permeability measurement for any gas

Quality control and product development equipment
Launched: Contamination / vapour measurement for pharmaceutical and healthcare products

Launched: vapour permeability measurement for every gas
used in Engineering

Launched: Railway engineering vapour permeability measurement for any gas

Launched: Railway engineering vapour permeability measurement for any gas

The (shelf) life of Pie - along with other snacks and confections

The (shelf) life of Pie - along with other snacks and confections

Launched: Lab vapour permeability measurement for any gas

A simple answer to electronics failures caused by water vapour

Protecting OLEDs and flexible screens from the damaging caused by O2 & H20 vapour diffusion

The vapour permeability of transdermal patches

Fizzy Science -
Losing your drink's fizz could deflate your business

Water Vapour - the world's most expensive terrorist

Testing the way forward: advanced, rapid permeability testing for footware

The Invisible Problem - water vapour permeability of building materials -
From paint to plasterboard to entire structure

The Invisible Problem - water vapour permeability of building materials -
From paint to plasterboard to entire structure

The impossible problem - Keeping water (and other) vapours out of anything
Can radioactive radon seep into your buildings? -Most areas of the UK are affected!
Can radioactive radon seep into your buildings? -Most areas of the UK are affected!

Permeability– a Multi-billion pound problem Specialist consultancy from equipment manufacturer

Edible films and coatings! For perfect pies, pastries, pizza & permeability

Active wear -breathable textiles for high performance clothing

Yes, we have no bananas -
Ethylene fruit ripening and shelf life – the Vapour Permeability effect

A Sea Change in Freshness & Shelf Life Oxygen, CO2 & H2O Permeability and MAP

The unseen problem with O-Rings and Seals

Box Clever with all your Packaging
Strength, Integrity & Printability

Stretching Your Shelf-Life - Tensile testing for food, confectionery and pharmaceutical packaging
Water and Electronics - The unseen menace

The Permeability and Problems of Plasma and LED monitors and phone films

Bottletops, Shelf-life and Sealing Caps and tops of bottles, tubs and tubes

Pinholes in packaging films and foils
For both loose and pre-packed produce
Plant respiration meter boosts shelf-life for fruit and vegetables -
for both loose and pre-packed produce
Ensure the effectiveness of wound dressings
Wax Coatings for fruit and vegetables

Plastics and Rubber -
Vapour Permeability & the Problem!

Business's CO2 Permeability Problem

The quality of mercy is not strained; the quality of permeability control is
by the world's most damaging contaminant
Quality & Permeability of Edible Films and Confectionery Packaging
The Permeability and Breathability of Footwear
Seepage of Water & Fuel in Planes ….and Satellites, Trains, Cars & Rockets
Seepage of Water & Fuel in Cars ….and Planes, Trains, Satellites & Rockets
Seepage of Water & Fuel in Trains ….and Planes, Cars, Satellites & Rockets
Seepage of Water & Fuel in Rockets & Military Hardware ….and Planes, Tanks, Satellites & Trains
Permeable coating measurements to improve paper and card quality
Precise Laboratory Measurements of the vapour permeability of gases

O Dear What Can The Vapour Be -
The vapour-effectiveness of O-rings, seals and mastics
Water Vapour & Massive Manufacturing Failure
Don't talk Rot! Extending your food's shelf life
Testing breathable textiles and high performance clothing
Moisture, Mould and Measurement Vapour Flow through Building Materials and Structures
Snacks 'n packs - for people with a real altitude Packaging that either bursts or can't be opened
Are you Stuck Up? Vapour permeability of adhesives and mastics
Water Vapour & Electronics Failure
Mastics, Gaskets, Valves & Seals - The Invisible Problem
rmeable Materials Consultancy
Poor use of Permeable Materials costs the UK over
two Billion Pounds a year!
ARINE ELECTRONICS - THE INVISIBLE PEST
lastomers, Laminates and Contamination in medical & pharmaceutical products
The Permeability of Aerospace Fabrics Lighter than air but leaking like a sieve?
izzy drinks The flavour & shelf life changes between a plastic bottle and a can
Moisture problems can easily be mist
erfect Packaging and how to make sure about it
Permeable Materials Consultancy

Freezing Strawberries And Freezer Burning Meat

Why Things Fail, Jam, Rust & Smudge
Pop Goes the Shelf Life (& Freshness) Vapour Permeability of Snacks Packaging

Healthcare & Cosmetics Packaging that Reduces Fragrance & Quality Loss AND Increases Shelf Life


Permeable Coating Measurements that Improve Products - from Paper to Oil Rigs


A Building's Vapour Barriers Don't Work the Way You Think!
Water - Keep Out! A surprising problem with plastics, rubber & polymers
THE VAPOUR CURSE Critical Permeability of Valves, Seals, Tubes and Filters

Boosting shelf life by optimizing the packaging
Pouring Oil On Troubled Waters? Permeability Testing is Critical
Electronics and Moisture Don't Mix the permeability potential
Testingly Fast Textiles Turnaround
The Slow Drip of Manufacturing Failure
Getting Stuck In To Permeability
Refrigerant (and other) Gasses The Problem of Permeability
Pack Up Your Troubles - measuring the vapour permeability of packaging

Beer and Fizzy Drinks Taste Different in a Plastic Bottle and Cans
Pack Up Your Troubles - measuring the vapour permeability of packaging

Beer and Fizzy Drinks Taste Different in a Plastic Bottle and Cans

Refrigerant (and other) Gasses

Water Vapour Kills Electronics
and PCs

Medical Liquids and Gasses - Contamination, Sterilization and Permeability

A Sea Change in The Effectiveness of O-Rings,
Seals and Mastics

WHEN BOATS AND ELECTRONICS MIX -
How to prevent water seeping in

It's a Gas -Laboratory Equipment to Measure Vapour Permeability

RUST, COATINGS AND PERMEABILITY - From oil platforms and pipelines to plastic petrol cans

ARE YOUR COATINGS EFFECTIVE?
And why vapours even seep through waterproof coatings
Shelf Life & Freshness of Confectionery Permeability Rules!
O-Rings & Seals, Why They Leak!
Getting Water And Oil In The Wrong Places Can Seriously Damage Your Wealth - Automotive Permeability
THE HARD QUESTION -
How Waterproof Are Your Products?
Pharmaceuticals, Shelf Life & Contamination

Diurnal Permeability Testing For Building Products and Systems
Permability Of Materials Consultancy …..
Or How To Save UK Industry Over A Billion Pounds a year!

Engineers And Manufacturers - Do Your Valves, Tubes and Filters Leak Money?

Does Your Packaging Pass The QC Seal Test?

Optic Fibres: Vapour Permeability - the Critical Property

Burning Food Profits In The Freezer

Are You Paying Lip Service to Improving Your Cosmetics?

Permeable Coatings That Make Paper Useful

"Feel The Width" Quality Control Of Vapour Permeability

The Permeability of Sport & Fashion Breathable Textiles

Plastics, Rubber & Polymers are surprisingly poor at keeping water out

Valves, Coatings, Leeks and Hydrocarbon Permeability

Moisture and Electronics - the drip drip drip of failure
A Barrier To Mechanical Performance From Advanced Aero-engines to the very Simplest Systems

Permeability Dangers in Tubes and Piping used in Petroleum, O2, Anaesthetic, Engineering, Medical, Pharmaceutical and Other Industries



What Makes Buildings Crumble?
Vapour Permeability Flow Through Building







A key to success or failure -
Vapour Permeability for Pumps, Meters and flow valves


A key to success or failure -
Vapour Permeability for Pumps, Meters and flow valves

New "SIV" Combines Packaging's Seals Strength
testing with High Altitude Testing


Are Your Cosmetics Still On The Shelf?

A NEW HASSLE - For high altitude
testing for packaged dry goods





Food Packaging Seals - Strong Enough To Hold
Easy enough To Open

Measuring Permeability in the Laboratory
(Which Causes Several Billions Pounds
Of Waste Every Year In The UK)


Do Cars Pass The Tests?

Development, Testing and Quality Control
For Wind And Waterproof Textiles



Development, Testing and Quality Control
For Wind And Waterproof Textiles


Seals, O-rings, Mastics & Enclosures -
the Measurement that Cuts Waste in
Manufacturing Industries


Electronics and Water Don't Mix the
potential failure of marine enclosures

Seals, O-rings, Mastics & Enclosures -
the Measurement that Cuts Waste in
Manufacturing Industries









Airtightness & Vapour flow are important

Launched: Pouch Seal Verification


Permeability – it's a gas & measuring it in the lab

VERSAPERM LAUNCHES TENSILE TESTING
for the European food packaging marketplace


FASTER, LOWER COST MEASUREMENTS
for air-tightness and vapour transmission rates
in building products and structural elements


High Altitude Shipping Simulator
for packaging testing

Critical Dew Point Transmitters Moisture
measurements in Medical Gases
Made Easy by Versaperm





How to avoid the next crash!
Permeability measurements for the Aerospace
& Automotive industries

Making a Material difference -
Fabric testing equipment for waterproof,
windproof and breathable textiles

MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING -
From Pizzas to Pumpkins,
or how to improve your shelf life

WATERTIGHT? Electronics and the
potential failure of marine enclosures

Modified Atmosphere Packaging - from Pizzas
to Pumpkins & how to improve their shelf life







Building’s Vapour Barrier Materials
don’t always pass the test





From Landfill sites to Pond liners -
Materials Testing made easy



Blister Packaging:- prevent contamination,
extend shelf life and protect product

Testing to measure the vapour Permeability
of Food Packaging




Permeability testing of membranes for a wide
range of industrial gases, including
hydrocarbons, Oxygen and CO2

Permeability testing for hydrocarbons and fuel
for SHED testing
Sensitive Permeability testing for Oxygen,
Nitrogen, Helium, Hydrocarbons,
Anaesthetic and other gases, vapours (vapours)

Checking the efficiency of seals and bearings

Versaperm Mk VI WVTR (MTVR) Metre

Permeability testing for O rings seals
and mastics

Testing the vapour permeability of paper
& Packaging




Versaperm's WVTR Meter for measuring water vapour permeability
Versaperm's WVTR Meter being used to measure the water vapour permeability of a foil sachet
Versaperm WVTR meter used for measuring the water vapour permeability of industrial samples
Versaperm's WVTR Meter for measuring water vapour permeability
Samples that have had their water vapour permeability measured using the Versaperm WVTR meter
Samples that have had their water
VAPOUR permeability
measured using the Versaperm WVTR meter
FREEZER BURNING YOUR PROFITS?
Versaperm provides equipment and/or a lab service that solves the problem
Versaperm WVTR meter used for measuring the water VAPOUR permeability of pharmaceutical packaging
Versaperm WVTR meter used for measuring water vapour permeability and Equilibrium Relative Humidity (ERH) in the laboratory
Versaperm WVTR meter used for measuring their water vapour permeability and Equilibrium Relative Humidity (ERH) of food samples
Versaperm WVTR meter used for measuring their "breathability" or water vapour permeability of constructional and decorative products used in buildings
BLISTER ME
Packaging testing to prevent contamination, extend shelf life and protect pharmaceutical products
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O’IL END YOUR LEAKS
Seals, Gaskets, “O” Rings, Enclosures & Testing for leaks
WATER PITY
Equipment to check on water vapour – the scourge of paper, packaging and coatings
A Vapour Barrier testing service for the Building Industry
SNACK UP YOUR TROUBLES
Packaging design can dry-out or soggy-up. Versaperm let you test your solution and improve shelf life
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WHAT A GAS!
Hundreds of millions of pounds wasted due to incorrect packaging & coatings

Seals, Gaskets, “O” Rings, Enclosures & Mastics
Do yours pass the test?
Measuring Moisture vapour permeability in the pharmaceutical and medical areas