From R&D to industrial quality assurance

At Fakuma 2012, Instron once again shows off its testing systems – ranging from systems for the measurement of flow properties, through impact testers, to solutions for static and dynamic measurement of the properties of materials and components. Further highlights are a high-precision, instrumented pendulum impact tester, on which Instron demonstrates Charpy notched bar impact tests, and an electromechanical test machine optimised for low forces, which will be running 3-point bending tests to ISO 178.

The new manual weight selection system available for Instron CEAST Melt Flow Testers is designed for single-weight measurements in accordance with ISO 1133 Methods A and B and ASTM D1238. It bridges the gap between completely manual handling of weights, and the fully automatic weight selection system present on CEAST MMF Multiweight Melt Index Testers, and is suitable for attachment to modular systems equipped with a motorised weight lifting system and encoder. Basic elements are a weight support for a complete set of test weights from 0.325 kg to 21.6 kg and an easy-to-use mechanical system for preselecting the required test weight. All weights remain on the machine at all times.

Instron's CEAST 9050 universal pendulum impact tester is designed for instrumented and non-instrumented impact testing. It consists of a high-stiffness, mono?lithic, cast-iron frame structure, which helps to minimise measuring errors and accommodates all attachments. The impact tester is shown in conjunction with the recently introduced DAS 64K data acquisition system, which provides 4 measurement channels and a storage capacity of 64.000 data points for high-resolution analysis of transient loading processes.

3-point bending tests are made possible through the electromechanical tensile tester type Instron 5942. This machine is part of the Series 5940 family of single-colum table-top testers, which due to their extremely small footprint require only a minimum of space in the test laboratory. Its stiff mechanical design ensures optimum repeatability of test conditions and reliable test result. With a nominal force capacity of 0.5 kN and 726 mm vertical daylight, the model 5942 is the smallest model in the series. Like the larger models in the series – the 5943 (1 kN, 1123 mm) and the 5944 (2 kN, 1123 mm) – it provides superior measuring accuracy in the lower force range. Consequently, typical applications include testing of biomaterials, textiles, elastomers, small components, plastic fibres and foils. The machine will be equipped with grips type 2810-400 for bend testing up to a maximum test force of 5 kN.

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