An automatic system for Shore, IRHD and VLRH hardness testing of rubber and elastomers.
A DIN abrasion tester that simulates long term wear to measure the abrasion resistance of rubber.
Charpy and Izod pendulum impact testers for metals and plastics to ASTM E23 and ISO 148.
A digital micro Vickers and Knoop hardness tester with optical analysis to ASTM E384 and ISO 6507.
A compact CNC system for preparing flat tensile dog-bone specimens to ASTM E8 and ISO 6892-1.
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Universal testing machines for tensile, compression, flexure and bend testing of metals to ASTM E8.
Equipment for preparing flat dog bone and round tensile specimens to ASTM E8.
Rockwell, Vickers, Knoop, Brinell and portable hardness testers for metals to ASTM and ISO.
Cutting, mounting, grinding and polishing equipment for metallographic sample preparation.
Consumables and spares for hardness, metallography, tensile preparation and abrasion testing.
Equipment for testing metals, including hardness testers, universal testing machines, impact testers and metallography.
Electromechanical universal testing machines from 50 N to 1000 kN for tensile and flexural plastics testing.
Shore durometers, automatic hardness systems and specialty testers for plastics.
Charpy and Izod pendulum testers, falling weight testers and specimen notching for plastics.
Ball rebound and pendulum resilience testers for foam, polyurethane and elastomers.
HDT and Vicat testing, aging ovens and environmental chambers for plastics.
Melt flow indexers for MFR and MVR testing of thermoplastics.
Elmendorf tearing testers for plastic film and sheeting.
Equipment for testing plastics, including tensile, flexural, compression, impact and hardness testing systems.
Electromechanical universal testing machines from 1 N to 600 kN for rubber tensile and tear testing.
Shore and IRHD durometers, automatic and temperature-controlled hardness systems for rubber.
MDR and ODR rheometers, process analyzer and Mooney viscometer for cure and compound testing.
DIN, Akron, NBS, rotary and linear abrasion testers for rubber and elastomers.
De Mattia and Ross flex testers for cracking, cut growth and cold flex resistance.
Pendulum and vertical rebound resilience testers for rubber and elastomers.
Aging ovens, environmental chambers, freezing and discoloration testers for rubber.
Digital densimeters and combined hardness and density systems for rubber.
Cutting presses and knives for rubber dumbbell and tensile specimens.
Equipment for testing rubber, including hardness, abrasion, rebound, rheometry and flex testing systems.
A digital Elmendorf tester measuring tear resistance of textiles, nonwovens, paper and film to ASTM D1424.
A hydraulic diaphragm tester for bursting strength of fabrics, nonwovens, paper and board to ISO 13938.
An electronic crockmeter for textile colour fastness to dry and wet rubbing to ISO 105 and AATCC 8.
A temperature controlled tester for wash and dry clean colour fastness of dyed textiles to ISO 105.
A Veslic tester for abrasion, colour fastness and finish wear on leather and coated surfaces to ISO 11640.
A Bally flex tester for cracking and flex failure in leather, coated fabrics and footwear uppers.
A whole shoe flex tester for crack formation and bending durability of finished footwear.
Equipment for testing textiles, leather and footwear, covering tear, burst, colour fastness, abrasion and flex.
Manual and automatic Blaine apparatus for measuring cement fineness by air permeability to EN 196-6.
Customised climatic curing chambers for conditioning and freeze thaw testing of cement and concrete.
A high pressure steam autoclave for testing the soundness and expansion of cement to ASTM C151.
Mortar mixers for preparing cement mortar to EN 196-1 and ASTM C305.
An automatic Vicat apparatus for cement consistency and setting time testing to EN 196-3.
A manual Vicat apparatus for cement consistency and setting time testing to EN 196-3.
Equipment for testing cement and concrete, including mixers, curing chambers, Vicat and Blaine apparatus.
A moisture balance that dries and weighs a sample to determine its moisture content.
A multispeed universal tester for displacement controlled asphalt and bitumen testing to EN 12697.
Dynamic triaxial systems from 5 kN to 50 kN for cyclic and dynamic testing of soils.
An automatic triaxial system for measuring the shear strength and consolidation behaviour of soils.
Front loading oedometers for soil consolidation testing to ASTM D2435.
An automatic computerised oedometer for soil consolidation and settlement testing to ASTM D2435.
A large direct shear machine for testing geosynthetics and soils to ASTM D5321.
A resonant column and torsional shear tester for the dynamic stiffness and damping of soil.
An automatic direct shear machine for the consolidated drained shear strength of soils to ASTM D3080.
A motor driven automatic direct shear machine for measuring the shear strength of soils.
A laboratory vane apparatus for the undrained shear strength of soft soils to ASTM D4648.
Equipment for soil mechanics, including triaxial systems, oedometers, direct shear machines and vane apparatus.
A West Cerchar tester that measures the abrasivity index of rock to classify its abrasiveness.
A precision saw for cutting rock, concrete and masonry cores and test specimens.
A rock shear box for the direct shear strength of rock joints and discontinuities to ASTM D5607.
A point load tester that measures the strength index of rock on site and in the laboratory.
A cut off machine for trimming rock and concrete core specimens during sample preparation.
A laboratory coring machine and bits for cutting cores from rock and concrete samples.
An automatic rock core grinder that prepares flat, parallel specimen ends for testing.
Equipment for rock mechanics, including core grinders, point load index testers, shear boxes and masonry saws.
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An alignment device that verifies the load train alignment of testing machines to ASTM E1012.
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