The machine has been designed to measure strength of metallic materials and study the various reactions they undergo when subject to different stresses, verifying the same with the following tests:
- Tensile test
- Shear test
- Compression test
- Flexural test
- Brinell hardness
This machine is primarily for educational purposes and intended for the use in higher educational institutes or universities and allows students of material science to have a hands-on approach to applications so far studied at a theoretic level only.
Components of the machine:
- 30 kN (160 bar) manometer
- 50 mm full scale analog dial indicator
- 250 bar pressure transducer
- 50 mm travel displacement transducer
- 8-channel digital indicator
Power supply: 230V 1ph 50-60Hz 70W
Dimensions: 600x600x850 mm
Weight: 60 kg
Accessories that can be used in the upper chamber of the machine
H017-05 Tensile Test
The equipment allows to perform tensile tests on steel samples up to failure and serves to evaluate stress-strain diagrams of the material comprising the sample and mainly to evaluate the following parameters:
- Yield strength
- Proportionality limit
- Failure strength
- Elastic modulus
- Ultimate strength
The accessory includes: tensile heads for round samples and tensile heads for flat samples.
H017-10 Shear Test
The equipment allows to perform shear tests on 6 mm diameter samples so as to determine strength:
T = F/S
F = value of measured force
S = value of sectional area
The shear strength of the sample may be compared to its tensile strength. The accessory includes: shear heads and connecting rod.
H017-15 Compression Test
The equipment allows to determine the mechanical properties of various materials, using a spring as sample with the constant factor K, given by the ratio between the force applied and measured via the manometer and the displacement measured on the dial gauge, or using anisotropic material to define the compressive strength.
The accessory includes: two compression platens and a distance piece.
H017-20 Flexure Test
The equipment is used to determine material strength and maximum deflection.
- F = applied force
- L = the distance between supporting bearers
The accessory includes: two lower rollers, one upper loading roller and lower transverse.
H017-25 Hardness Test
The equipment is used to determine the capacity of a material to resist when engraved, indented or impressed and is useful for studying materials subject to wear. It is performed following the Brinell method: the diameter of the sphere used may be 10, 5, 2 or 1 mm. The accessory includes: upper hardness head and lower compression platen.
Sample Specimens for the Different Tests
Sample Specimens for Tensile Test
H017-30 Round bar test specimens ø 6 mm made in stainless steel AISI 303, set of 14 pieces.
H017-31 Round bar test specimens ø 6 mm made in brass, set of 14 pieces.
H017-32 Round bar test specimens ø 6 mm made in bronze, set of 14 pieces.
H017-33 Round bar test specimens ø 6 mm made in copper, set of 14 pieces.
H017-34 Round bar test specimens ø 6 mm made in aluminium, set of 14 pieces.
H017-40 Flat bar test specimens, different materials, set of 14 pieces.
Sample Specimens for Shear Test
H017-50 Round copper bar specimens ø 6 mm, set of 14 pieces.
Sample Specimens for Flexural Test
H017-60 Flat bar specimen, set of 14 pieces.
The machine is manually controlled, while readings are both analog, through the manometer and the dial indicator, and digital, through the pressure transducer and the displacement transducer connected to the digital indicator.
H009N UTM2 SOFTWARE
The software allows to see graphs created in real time during the test, and to elaborate a test report.