Laboratory Facilities

Our extensive technical department, purpose built to create the most up to date and accurate testing and quality control facility available, offers specialist technical analysis and support and sample dyeing facilities within 3 separate laboratories to ensure quality specifications can be met at all stages of textile processing.

Dry Laboratory

Investigative analysis equipment and interactive communication facilities in this laboratory create detailed customer reports, from a range of test data.

• Analysis of oil/wax content.
• Accurate colour match prediction.
• Pattern card production by Marks and Spencers Accredited Technicians.
• Sample conditioning for high level of reproducibility.

Analytical Laboratory

Designed for product development, quality control and customer problem solving this fully air conditioned laboratory features.

• Water content analysis equipment.
• UV/VIS spectrohotometric optical density analysis.
• LC (High Pressure liquid Chromatography).
• FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra-Red).
• Hydrostatic head.

Wet Processing Laboratory

Featuring the UK's first sophisticated solution preparation and recipe dispenser for the accurate preparation of dye and chemical solutions for automatic, volumetric dispensing, the laboratory reflects a typical dyehouse for sample dyeing, including high temperature 10KG sample jet, pakage dyeing, rotary dyeing as well as light fastness testing.

Auditing of products and processes releases customers own equipment and LJ Specialities Ltd's central PC control system allows valuable comparable data to be extracted to enable process modifications and chemical and dye products to be adjusted to meet preset criteria.