Laboratory – equipment

Universal testing machine Zwick/Z100

Application:

  • static test to determine the mechanical properties of materials; static test to examine the strength of machine elements (tensile, compression and bending tests)
  • programmable cycling load test for low cycling cases

Specifications:

  • maximum test load: ± 100 kN
  • force measuring class: 0.5
  • force measuring resolution: 1 N
  • strain measuring resolution: 0.6 μm
  • strain measuring class with Macro extensometer: 1
  • crosshead travel resolution: 0.1 μm
  • maximum crosshead speed: 200 mm/min
  • test area width: 640 mm
  • maximum length of a specimen: 1000 mm
  • equipment for tensile test: wedge grips for flat specimens (up to 14 mm) and for round specimens (put to 12 mm)
  • test pieces with shouldered and threaded ends allowable
  • equipment for three point bending test – maximum span length: 400 mm
  • equipment for compression test: compression platens, (including self-aligning one)

Servohydraulic testing machine MTS 810

Applications

  • fatigue tests for constant and programmable cycles of loads for  low and high cycling cases
  • static test to determine the mechanical properties of materials; static test to examine the strength of machine elements (tensile and compression test)

Specyfications

  • maximum test load: ± 100 kN
  • force measuring resolution: 20 N
  • positioning resolution: without extensometer: 0.001 mm; with extensometer: 0.0001 mm
  • working frequency depending on the amplitude of the displacement: max. 40 Hz
  • hydraulic actuator with servovalves
  • test programs for fatigue tests: for constant parameters; for programmable change of cycle parameters of the load; for manual change of cycle parameters of the load
  • test program for performing tensile and compression tests
  • test area width: 570 mm
  • maximum specimen length: 1000 mm