Household & Institutional Cleaning
Cleaning performance, finish quality, malodor, compatibility, and claims-oriented comparisons.
Explore applicationIndependent Laboratory · Since 1998
Independent Performance and Surface-Science Testing
ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited · A2LA Certificate 7299.01, with standardized and custom programs focused on HI&I cleaning performance, degreasing, wetting, surfactants, and application-specific R&D.
ISO/IEC 17025:2017Cert. 7299.01 · Scope PDF
60,000+Products Tested
150+Laboratory Instruments
Official Partner LaboratoryKRÜSS Scientific USA
Specialized by design
Testing programs built around the evidence you need.
Tandell helps formulators and product teams evaluate HI&I cleaning, degreasing, wetting, foam, surfactant behaviour, raw-material changes, surface interactions, and comparative performance across household, institutional, industrial, automotive, agricultural, and energy-storage applications.
Why product teams choose TandellIndustries & applications
Science that travels across product categories.
Start with the application, material, interface, or performance question. Tandell will help define the measurements and controlled comparisons that fit.
Industrial Cleaning & Degreasing
Oils, greases, particulates, process residues, rinseability, and use-condition optimization.
Explore applicationAutomotive Care & Car Wash
Program-stage cleaning, foam, wetting, rinsing, drying, appearance, protection, and compatibility.
Explore applicationBattery Wetting & Component Surfaces
Defined wetting, contact-angle, surface-energy, and comparative surface measurements.
Explore applicationAgricultural Wetting & Spray Applications
Surface tension, contact angle, spreading, retention, concentration, and substrate interaction.
Explore applicationSurfactants & Formulation Ingredients
Tension, wetting, foam, detergency, dispersion, concentration effects, and supplier comparisons.
Explore applicationPolymers & Product Surfaces
Wetting, contact angle, surface energy, digital microscopy, roughness, friction, and comparative surface measurements.
Explore applicationRetail, Certification & Claims Programs
Method selection, comparative evidence, certification support, and appropriately scoped claims.
Explore applicationHow Tandell supports product teams
Six routes to stronger technical evidence.
Start with the type of decision or evidence required. Individual methods and measurements are selected within the program.
Standardized Performance Methods
ASTM, HCPA, AATCC, IKW, and other recognized industry protocols.
Explore methodsCustom Methods
Controlled comparative methods for products, applications, or questions not addressed by a standard.
Explore custom testingR&D Department Support
Independent comparative data for raw-material, performance, cost, stability, and change-control decisions.
Explore R&D supportCertification Testing
Performance evidence supporting Green Seal, UL ECOLOGO, and EPA Safer Choice programs.
Explore certificationClaims Substantiation
Test design aligned to proposed comparisons, use conditions, endpoints, and claim language.
Explore claims supportAnalytical Services
Surface and interfacial measurements, foam analysis, digital microscopy, surface roughness, appearance, rheology, and separation analysis.
Explore analytical servicesTesting services
Built around the product decision.
Standardized methods where they fit. Purpose-built protocols where the market question demands more.
Automatic Dishwashing
Differentiate cleaning, spotting, filming, and shine under controlled, repeatable conditions.
Explore capabilityHard Surface Cleaners
Assess cleaning efficacy on representative soils, surfaces, and real-world use conditions.
Explore capabilityIndustrial Degreasing
Compare removal of oils, greases, carbonaceous soils, and process residues under controlled use conditions.
Explore capabilityCar Wash & Automotive
Evaluate cleaning, foam, wetting, rinsing, appearance, protection, and material interaction across vehicle-care programs.
Explore capabilityWetting & Surface Energy
Quantify wetting, spreading, contact angle, surface tension, and surface free energy for products and materials.
Explore capabilitySurfactants
Connect surface tension, wetting, foam, detergency, dispersion, and formulation behaviour across concentrations and conditions.
Explore capabilityA better laboratory experience
Clear guidance from question to conclusion.
Every project begins with the decision you need to make—not a catalogue of tests. A dedicated project lead coordinates method selection, samples, execution, and reporting.
Explore R&D department support- 01Define the objective
Clarify the product, benchmark, claim, risk, or development decision.
- 02Design the program
Select standards and variables that will produce useful differentiation.
- 03Execute with control
Coordinate samples and testing through a dedicated project manager.
- 04Interpret the result
Receive clear data, documentation, and direct technical discussion.
Analytical services
Support performance conclusions with deeper evidence.
Focused measurements can quantify physical properties, explain product behaviour, support troubleshooting, and strengthen HI&I and surfactant R&D programs.
Explore Analytical ServicesOfficial Partner Laboratory of KRÜSS Scientific USA →- 01Surface & interfacial tension
- 02Contact angle & surface free energy
- 03Surfactant performance characterization
- 04Dynamic foam analysis
- 05Keyence VHX digital microscopy
- 06Surface roughness analysis
- 07Colour, gloss & appearance
- 08Rheology, viscosity & separation
Tandell Academy Knowledge Centre
Practical cleaning science, clearly explained.
Sinner's Circle: The Four Factors That Shape Cleaning Performance
Why chemistry, mechanical action, time, and temperature must be considered together.
Read articleFoam and Its Relationship to Cleaning
What foam can tell you, what it cannot prove, and why more foam does not automatically mean more cleaning.
Explore planned topicsDilution, Dosing and At-Use Concentration
How a simple dilution error can change performance, cost, safety, and the conclusions drawn from a product test.
Explore planned topicsStart a project
Bring us the decision you need to make.
Our technical team will help define a practical test program around your product, benchmark, claim, or development objective.
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