Flexible Rental Option to Save Resources with Microbond Testing

Every composites project pays for learning. The only question is whether you pay early and cheaply, or late and expensively. When interface performance is validated only after laminate scale-up, teams burn weeks on sample manufacturing, tie up people and equipment, and sometimes discover critical issues when schedules are already locked.

Microscale microbond testing flips that equation. With small amounts of material, you can generate decision-ready fibre to matrix interface data early, screen more combinations, and eliminate weak options fast. That means fewer dead-end laminate builds, fewer late-stage surprises, and a faster path to the material direction that actually performs.

For universities and funded research, the benefit is just as real. You get publishable, statistically strong datasets on the project timeline, even when purchasing and funding decisions move slowly.

A rental setup helps when you need capability on demand:

Projects rarely follow a perfect purchasing timeline. This is especially true in universities and publicly funded research where procurement and funding decisions can take months, while experiments and deliverables move fast.

• Fast access to an end to end microbond workflow for a defined project window
• Predictable planning for labs and research groups that share equipment across multiple projects
• Quick ramp up for new grants, consortium work packages, thesis projects, and short research campaigns
• Method continuity without redesigning your plan around external lab schedules

A key advantage of microbond testing is that you can generate decision grade interfacial data without scaling up to laminate manufacturing.

With FibroDrop and FibroBond, you work at the single fibre level:

• Small material requirement. Test with limited fibre and matrix material, which is ideal for novel fibres, early formulations, and scarce samples
• No laminate scale up needed. Avoid time consuming plaque or laminate manufacturing just to get initial screening data
• Faster learning cycles. Screen fibre and matrix combinations, sizing concepts, and surface treatments earlier, then move forward with fewer surprises later

FibroDrop supports controlled droplet sample preparation on a single filament. FibroBond automates IFSS microbond testing with high throughput, around 100 measurements per hour, so you can build strong statistics even in early stage work.