Audit

What Audit Answers

• Where are the hidden material or process risks?
• Is the issue chemistry, processing, or design constraints?
• What will fail first — and why?
• How do we remove risk early and improve manufacturability?

What You Get

• Full materials + process diagnostic
• Failure-mode and risk ranking
• Recommended mitigations & design constraints

Who It’s For

OEMs • Product Teams • Medtech • Consumer Goods • Founders under manufacturing pressure

Where It Applies

Early concepts • Prototypes • Scale-up planning • Supplier/manufacturer transitions • Manufacturing troubleshooting

Discovery

What Discovery Answers

• What test or method will actually give us the answer we need?
• How do we avoid wasting time on the wrong experiments?
• What variables matter most?
• How do we structure a DOE for clear, fast results?

What You Get

• DOE design
• Test plan + workflows
• Prioritized variable list
• Hypothesis + performance targets
• Recommendations for equipment, vendors, or labs

Who It’s For

Startups • Small R&D teams • Founders without in-house testing expertise • Contract manufacturers needing clarity

Where It Applies

Complex chemistries • Polymers • Nanofluids • Coatings • Adhesives • Medtech interface testing • QA/QC test design

Formulation

What Formulation Answers

• Which material system best meets our performance & sustainability needs?
• How do we choose between multiple polymer, adhesive, or composite options?
• What are realistic performance targets?
• Can we make early prototype blends to de-risk the choice?

What You Get

• Materials shortlist
• Performance + sustainability scoring
• Initial concept formulations (if useful)
• Compatibility guidance
• Material property targets tied to real use-cases

Who It’s For

Medtech • Biotech • GreenTech packaging • Consumer brands • Adhesive/coating developers

Where It Applies

Compostable coatings • Adhesives • Films • Elastomers • Polymer blends • Nanoparticle carriers • Early product R&D

Characterization

What Characterization Answers

• Does this material actually work?
• What are the thermal/mechanical/surface limits?
• Why is something failing — and what’s the mechanism?
• How does performance change during scale-up?

What You Get

• Thermal/mechanical/surface characterization
• Rheology profiles
• Chemical/material compatibility assessments
• Failure-mode and weakness mapping
• Data interpretation + performance envelope

Who It’s For

Nanotech • Medtech • Consumer goods • Packaging companies • Startups preparing for manufacturing

Where It Applies

Nanofluids • Coatings • Adhesives • Composites • Films • Elastomers • Materials scale-up transitions

Implementation

What Implementation Answers

• How do we turn data into practical manufacturing decisions?
• What process changes actually matter at scale?
• Where do tradeoffs between performance, cost, and throughput occur?
• How do we reduce rework, scrap, and late-stage surprises?

What You Get

• Clear handoff documentation for internal teams or contract manufacturers
• Manufacturing-ready recommendations
• Decision frameworks for materials, process, or supplier changes
• Scale-up risk assessment and mitigation plan

Who It’s For

OEMs • Product & Manufacturing Teams • Startups entering scale-up
Medtech • Consumer Goods • Advanced Materials • Hardware Founders

Where It Applies

After any CArtLab Solutions product • Pilot lines • First manufacturing runs

Supplier onboarding • Process optimization • Post-failure recovery
Design-for-manufacturing (DFM) refinement

Adhesion Integrity Diagnostic (AID)