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agosto 28, 2014

Preloading, and How It Affects Your Mechanical Test

Preloading, and How It Affects Your Mechanical Test

Preloading, and How It Affects Your Mechanical Test Elena Mangano It is almost always recommended that the Bluehill® Software preload feature be used when you’re performing a mechanical test. Preloading […]

agosto 25, 2014

Automated XY Stage System Preventing Shattered Glass and Inaccurate Data

Automated XY Stage System Preventing Shattered Glass and Inaccurate Data

Automated XY Stage System Preventing Shattered Glass and Inaccurate Data Suzanne de Lemos-Williams A pharmaceutical customer came to us with what they thought was a simple, low force, compression testing […]

agosto 13, 2014

High Frequency Testing of Nitinol Wire

High Frequency Testing of Nitinol Wire

High Frequency Testing of Nitinol Wire Sarah Jastram Nitinol wire is a superelastic alloy with unique shape-memory properties that render it especially useful for a variety of different applications across […]

agosto 5, 2014

Quick Tips for Balancing Load Cells

Quick Tips for Balancing Load Cells

Quick Tips for Balancing Load Cells Elena Mangano Whether you use bathroom scales, digital kitchen scales, spring scales – or any other measuring instrument, for that matter – you know […]

agosto 4, 2014

What is the Best Way to Grip Thin-walled Steel Tubes for Tension Testing?

What is the Best Way to Grip Thin-walled Steel Tubes for Tension Testing?

What is the Best Way to Grip Thin-walled Steel Tubes for Tension Testing? Q. What is the Best Way to Grip Thin-walled Steel Tubes for Tension Testing? A. For testing […]

agosto 1, 2014

Extensometer Slippage

Extensometer Slippage

Extensometer Slippage Some of our customers are frustrated when they experience slippage of their strain gauge extensometers. Close examination of their extensometer knife-edges often reveals wear that has rounded the […]

julio 29, 2014

Efficiency of Continuously Increasing Load During Tests

Efficiency of Continuously Increasing Load During Tests

Efficiency of Continuously Increasing Load During Tests This month, Instron hydraulic wedge grips had the privilege to be on the cover of Materials Testing, a German-English materials testing journal. The […]

julio 24, 2014

How Do You Prepare Your Specimens?

How Do You Prepare Your Specimens?

How Do You Prepare Your Specimens? Elena Mangano Depending on the materials you are testing and the size of your test lab, there are a multitude of ways to prepare […]

julio 18, 2014

¿Busca formas de mantener las probetas dobladas alineadas de forma segura?

¿Busca formas de mantener las probetas dobladas alineadas de forma segura?

Sujetar probetas dobladas puede resultar difícil, pero existen varios enfoques probados que ayudan a garantizar una alineación adecuada y evitar el deslizamiento. Este artículo explora soluciones comunes, desde el aplanado de las pestañas de las probetas hasta el uso de mordazas convexas/cóncavas, y explica por qué las mordazas de doble acción lateral sincronizadas ofrecen el rendimiento más fiable. También destaca cómo las mordazas DuraSync™ de Instron superan las limitaciones de los sincronizadores mecánicos e hidráulicos tradicionales, proporcionando un autocentrado robusto, protección contra sobrecarga, fuerza de sujeción ajustable y facilidad de mantenimiento en campo para aplicaciones exigentes con tubos y tuberías.