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The Cork, Wood and Wood Charcoal Institute has qualified personnel available to advice entrepreneurs on the addition of new technologies leading to the improvement of their products and production processes, and to the adaptation of industrial processes to SYSTECODE (quality assurance systems established by the European Cork Federation-CELIÈGE).
The most frequent demand for cork is as a material used for wine stoppers, in the construction industry, in new technologies leading to the improvement of cork residual waste and the use of raw materials as a source of renewable energies.
Laboratory testing
ICMC conducts tests to determine the quality parameters of cork according to the relevant reference standards, i.e. UNE, EN and ISO.
Contact: cicytex.icmc@juntaex.es
Tests on offer:
Cork boiling water
According to Systecode.
Cork-based agglomerates
Dimensions.
Traction.
Natural cork slabs
Aqua-Boy moisture metering (fast method).
Moisture after stove (reference method).
Slab calibration.
Slab sorting.
Cork pellets
Moisture after stove (reference method).
Granulometry.
Specific weight.
Haloanisoles (TCA, TeCA, PCA, TBA) transferable content.
Releasable organochlorine compounds.
Natural cork stoppers
Dimensions.
Specific weight.
Moisture (Aqua-Boy).
Moisture (reference method).
Compression-recovery.
Extraction power.
Capillarity.
Gas tightness (liquid).
Microbiological analysis.
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria in cork stoppers.
Filamentous fungi and yeast in cork stoppers.
Haloanisoles (TCA, TeCA, PCA, TBA) transferable content.
Oxidant residues. Residual peroxides (fast method and reference method).
Releasable organochlorine compounds.
Sensorial analysis.
Powder content.
Colmated natural cork stoppers
Dimensions.
Specific weight.
Moisture (Aqua-Boy).
Moisture (reference method).
Compression-recovery.
Extraction power.
Capillarity.
Gas tightness (liquid).
Microbiological analysis.
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria in cork stoppers.
Filamentous fungi and yeast in cork stoppers.
Haloanisoles (TCA, TeCA, PCA, TBA) transferable content.
Oxidant residues. Residual peroxides (fast method and reference method).
Releasable organochlorine compounds.
Sensorial analysis.
Powder content.
Agglomerated cork/Cork 1+1/Micro-agglomerated cork
Dimensions.
Specific weight.
Moisture (Aqua-Boy).
Moisture (reference method).
Compression-recovery.
Extraction power.
Capillarity.
Gas tightness (liquid).
Microbiological analysis.
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria in cork stoppers.
Disaggregation (behaviour in boiling water).
Torsion resistance.
Haloanisoles (TCA, TeCA, PCA, TBA) transferable content.
Oxidant residues. Residual peroxides (fast method and reference method).
Releasable organochlorine compounds.
Sensorial analysis.
Disc adhesion.
Champaign cork stopper
Dimensions.
Specific weight.
Moisture (Aqua-Boy).
Moisture (reference method).
Microbiological analysis.
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria in cork stoppers.
Disaggregation (behaviour in boiling water).
Haloanisoles (TCA, TeCA, PCA, TBA) transferable content.
Releasable organochlorine compounds.
Oxidant residues. Residual peroxides (fast method and reference method).
Sensorial analysis.
Disc adhesion.