Horizontal Universal Testing Machines for Metal Testing

NextGen Material Testing provides customizable Horizontal Universal Testing Machines for applications where standard vertical test frames cannot provide enough test length, travel, or handling space. These systems apply controlled tensile force along a horizontal test bed to evaluate the strength, elongation, proof load, and failure behavior of long or heavy specimens such as wire rope, cable, chain, shackles, steel strand, slings, and other full-length metal assemblies.

Each horizontal UTM can be configured around your required capacity, bed length, stroke, grips, fixtures, extensometers, guarding, and control software. Whether used for production quality control, incoming material inspection, certification testing, or R&D, these systems give laboratories a practical way to perform accurate tensile testing on specimens that are too long, too heavy, or too awkward for a conventional vertical universal testing machine.