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June 30, 2021
Drop Tower Tensile Impact Testing for High Strain Rate Measurements
If you are dealing with CAE simulations, considering materials’ properties at high-strain rates is critical to get reliable predictions of your product.
June 15, 2021
How to Test the HDT of 3D Printing Materials
How to Test the HDT of 3D Printing Materials Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT) tests play a vital role in 3D printing, especially in fused deposition modeling (FDM) and Polyjet applications. […]
April 28, 2021
How To Investigate Dynamic Failures of Materials
How To Investigate Dynamic Failures of Materials How to adapt Impact Testing to new Materials and Manufacturing Methods The evaluation of the impact properties of materials came into existence a […]
March 24, 2021
Materials and Applications Solutions for the Biomedical, Plastics, and Elastomer Industries
Stay ahead in the evolving medical device and biomaterials industries with Instron’s comprehensive testing solutions—supporting innovation, regulatory compliance, and product safety from concept to completion. Discover how physical testing and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) have become critical tools for global manufacturers, and how Instron’s customized and standard systems empower rigorous evaluation across every stage of development.
March 9, 2021
Will Product Failure Put Your Company at Risk?
Will Product Failure Put Your Company at Risk? How the Bluehill® Traceability Module Helps Reduce Risk in Your Safety Critical Industry To understand the value of Bluehill’s Traceability module to the wider […]
March 9, 2021
Compression Testing of Concrete Blocks with Recycled Plastic
Compression Testing of Concrete Blocks with Recycled Plastic Compression Testing of Concrete Blocks with Recycled Plastic Tales from the Apps Lab | Volume 2 My name is Meredith Bernstein, […]
November 21, 2020
Alignment for Materials Testing Webinar
This webinar provides an introduction to testing machine alignment and the relevance of alignment to testing metals and composites.
October 28, 2020
Braided Rope Tensile Testing
My name is Landon Goldfarb and I am an applications engineer, which is really a fancy way of saying it is my job to successfully break anything thrown my way. This is the first in a series of stories cultivated from my time working in the applications lab highlighting unique applications and the novel solutions we have employed. At 8:00 AM, give or take, every morning, I arrive at our office – always excited to see what has shown up on our testing backlog. Perhaps elastomers for racing tires on a Monday and then moving on to artificial bone by Thursday. When people ask what kind of products we test, I will often respond by asking them what they did today. After looking back quizzically, they may say “I woke up, got dressed, had some juice, and then drove to work”. To which I could say, taking a deep breath first, “We may test the durability of the springs in your mattress, the elasticity in the fibers of your clothing, the torque necessary to open the juice packaging, and last but not least a myriad of functional tests on the individual components in a car.”