Material testing is important in big industry, where manufacturers must be able to trust the properties of the raw materials they’re using. The rest of us generally take a supplier’s word for it that ...

Universal testing machines (UTMs) that test mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural, compressive and shear are among the most commonly used instruments plastics compounders are likely to buy ...

A Universal Testing Machine Retrofit is a system upgrade wherein the functionality and capabilities of an obsolete and/or broken universal testing machine are enhanced by pairing them with replacement ...

The Zwick Z020 is a versatile and precise tensile testing machine for measuring mechanical properties of materials such as plastics, metals, rubber, and composites. With interchangeable load cells, it ...

AKRON—Smithers has added a new universal testing machine for use in the materials physical testing laboratory in its home city of Akron. The machine, known as an Instron 5985 Universal Testing System, ...

Material testing is important in big industry, where manufacturers must be able to trust the properties of the raw materials they’re using. The rest of us generally take a supplier’s word for it that ...

The documentation of material characteristics is a key factor in both quality control and R&D divisions. Image Courtesy of ...