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[February 2007]
Instron's Next-Generation Electrothermal Mechanical Testing System
Instron (High Wycombe, Bucks, England), a leading provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, has introduced the ETMT 8800, a multi-functional testing system. This product was developed in conjunction with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).Instron's ETMT 8800 is said to be ideally suited for testing metals and other conductive materials in industries ranging from metal processing and production to advanced engineering, e.g. aerospace.
The ETMT 8800 is modelled after Instron's advanced 8800 digital controller and Microtester™ test frame. Combined with a direct resistance heating system, it offers full reverse stress loading to 3kN and what it claims are unrivalled thermomechanical capabilities up to 1500°C.
The equipment is ideal for measuring mechanical and physical properties and microstructural stability under thermal exposure. It provides rapid and cost effective assessment of materials that are in short supply, for example when dealing with short run prototype materials in product development, in residual lifetime evaluation of plant or when testing expensive materials.
Using miniature test pieces, the equipment can achieve fatigue loading rates from 20N/sec to 1000 N/sec and heating rates up to 200ºC/sec. Additionally, the testing system is designed to study the thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) properties of nickel-based superalloys, hard metals (such as tungsten
carbide) and lead-free soldersInstron's ETMT 8800 can also be used to determine the resistivity, thermal expansion coefficients and phase transformations in a variety of materials, including steels, titanium alloys and intermetallics. For use with reactive materials, the ETMT 8800 may be equipped with a high integrity evacuable capsule.
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