Equipment
A fundamental materials science test in which a sample is subjected to a controlled tension until failure. The results are used to select a material for an application, for quality control, and to predict how a material will react under other types of forces.
Designed for relatively low-force laboratory and quality control testing applications.
Instron® testing instruments are routinely found in applications and industries, such as plastics, metals, composites, elastomers, components textiles, aerospace, automotive and biomedical.
Load Frame Model
Load Capacity
kN - 5
kgf - 500
lbf - 1125
Maximum Speed
mm/min - 1000
in/min - 40
Minimum Speed
mm/min - 0.01
in/min - 0.0004
Maximum Force @ Full Speed: 5kN (1125 lbf)
Maximum Speed @ Full Load
mm/min - 1000
in/min - 40
Return Speed
mm/min - 1200
in/min - 48
Speed Accuracy: ± 0.1% steady state, measured over 100 mm or 30 sec, whichever is greater, no load
Position Measurement Accuracy: ±0.01 mm or 0.15% of displacement of displayed reading (whichever is greater)
Position Repeatability: ±0.05 mm (0.002 in.)
Load Weighing Accuracy: ±0.5% of full scale to 1/50 of load cell capacity, or ±1 count on the display, whichever is greater
Strain Measurement Accuracy: 0.6% of reading ±25% of calibration point ±1 count on the display, whichever is greater
Total Crosshead Travel: 1135 mm (44.7 in)
Total Vertical Test Space *: 1192 mm (46.9 in)
Space Between Columns: 420 mm (16.5 in)
Testing Type: Tension, Compression, Reverse Stress
Single Space below Moving Crosshead
Basic Control Mode: Position Control Loop, closed around crosshead drive
Crosshead Position Control Resolution: 0.000118 mm/pulse (4 µ in)
Crosshead Position Repeatability: > ±0.05 mm (0.002 in)
Acceleration Time, 0 to top speed: 150 msec
Emergency Stop Time: 100 ms
Axial Stiffness: 40 kN/mm (225,000 lb/in)
Operating Temperature: +10°C to +38°C (+50°F to +86°F)
Storage Temperature: -40°C to +66°C (-40°F to +150°F)
Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)
* Total vertical test space = distance from top surface of base platen to fixture attachment point on load cell.
Research Facility
- Carbon and Natural Nanomaterials Production
- Nanocomposites Engineering
- Nanoelectronics
- Nanofluids
- Engineering - Chemical, Nuclear, Other
- Biomedical
- Aerospace and Satellites
- Automotive
- Clean Technology
- Energy (Renewable and Fossil)
- Forestry and Forest-Based Industries
- Manufacturing and Processing
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Date submitted: Tue, Nov 29, 2016 12:08 PM
Date updated: Tue, Nov 29, 2016 12:09 PM