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Applications in engineering
The secant modulus is valuable where material behaviour beyond the elastic limit is relevant:
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Equipment and safety precautions
To ensure accurate and safe testing, the following components are required:
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Industry applications
Medical devices - Sterile packaging and protective barriers must resist both penetration and puncture to maintain sterility and patient safety.
Construction - Roofing membranes, concrete, and floor unde
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Choosing the right configuration for a peel test is essential to obtain meaningful data. Test speed, specimen type, fixture design and data analysis all influence the results.
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Why Mecmesin?
With over 40 years of experience, Mecmesin delivers torque testing systems that are precise, easy to use, and fully supported.
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How bridge torque is measured
Bridge torque is measured by applying rotational force to a closure until the tamper-evident bridges shear.
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Selecting the right trapezoidal tear testing setup requires understanding both the material and the relevant standards.
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Closure torque testing is vital for ensuring that packaging remains secure, protects contents, and is user-friendly.
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Industry applications
Medical devices - Sterile packaging and protective barriers must resist both penetration and puncture to maintain sterility and patient safety.
Constructi
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VectorPro's key features
Design
Intuitive icon-driven interface and workspace
Advanced 'drag and drop' test routine builder
Personalised u
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What is yield point?
The yield point is the point on a stress-strain curve where a material begins to deform plastically. Before this point, deformation is elastic and reversible. Beyond it, the material undergoes permanent change.
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Common challenges and solutions
Torque testing can be influenced by several factors:
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Compression texture testing is essential for ensuring food products are consistent, compliant, and satisfying to consumers.
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The concentric ring method
The most widely used approach to equibiaxial flexure compression testing is the concentric ring method. A circular specimen is supported on an outer ring and loaded through a smaller, concentric inner ring.
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Manual controls and switches
Switches come in many different configurations... toggle, rotary, mercury, push-button, reversing, relay and circuit breaker.
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Rubber jaws for Mec227 Lightweight Vice Grip, 100 N, 10 x 50 mm
Mec227-BG50
Rubber-faced Jaws (10mm x 50mm) - nickel-plated having 1mm thick layer of nitrile rubber coating.
Opening span = 0 - 4mm.
For fragile samples, which may get weakened by pinching at the contact-edge of the grip. (e.g. thin films, filaments, fibres and…
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Pyramid (serrated) jaws for Lightweight Pneumatic Plane Grip, 200 N, 25 x 50 mm
Mec94-BP50
Pyramid Jaws (25mm high x 50mm wide) - nickel-plated having a surface of hardened steel pyramids of 1.2mm tall.
Opening span = 0 - 20 mm.
For materials which need a “bite” to secure a good grip (e.g. soft metals {aluminium, copper, soft steel, paper…
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Blank (smooth) jaws for Mec240k Medium Vice Grip, 2.5 kN, 30 x 50 mm
Mec240k-B50
Blank Jaws (30mm x 50mm) - smooth steel jaw. Allows user to machine or affix own surface (eg. abrasive 'emery' paper).
Opening span = see datasheet for various spans according to the grip body selected.
Supplied as 0.5 set = 2 jaws (left…
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Lightweight hanger and 5 N slotted mass for verifying FPT 10 N
432-655
A lightweight hanger and an M1 slotted mass of 5N.
For use with the FPT-H1 loadcell calibration checking kit (432-635) to verify the accuracy of HILC 10 N loadcells.
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Wave jaws for Mec240k Medium Vice Grip, 2.5 kN, 30 x 30 mm
Mec240k-BW
Wave Jaws (30mm x 30mm) - nickel-plated having a hardened steel surface of 5mm tall waves.
For flexible but slippy materials which need more surface contact to secure a good grip (e.g. textiles, fabrics and tissues).
Supplied as 0.5 set = 2 jaws (left…
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Blank (smooth) jaws for Mec240k Medium Vice Grip, 2.5 kN, 30 x 50 mm
Mec240k-B50
Blank Jaws (30mm x 50mm) - smooth steel jaw. Allows user to machine or affix own surface (eg. abrasive 'emery' paper).
Opening span = see datasheet for various spans according to the grip body selected.
Supplied as 0.5 set = 2 jaws (left…
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Wave jaws for Mec240k Medium Vice Grip, 2.5 kN, 30 x 30 mm
Mec240k-BW
Wave Jaws (30mm x 30mm) - nickel-plated having a hardened steel surface of 5mm tall waves.
For flexible but slippy materials which need more surface contact to secure a good grip (e.g. textiles, fabrics and tissues).
Supplied as 0.5 set = 2 jaws (left…
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Pyramid (serrated) jaws for 20 or 50 kN Wedge Grip, 50 x 35mm, 4 - 16 mm opening
Mec243-BP16
Pyramid Jaws (50mm high x 35mm wide) - nickel-plated having a surface of hardened steel pyramids of 1.2mm tall.
Jaw opening = 4 - 16mm.
For flat specimens of materials which need a “bite” to secure a good grip (e.g. soft metals {aluminium, copper, soft…
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Smooth jaws for 20 kN Scissor Grip, 10 kN, 25 x 100mm
Mec11-20-B100
Blank Jaws (25mm x 100mm) - smooth steel jaw. Allows user to machine or affix own surface. By using 100 mm width jaws tensile force is reduced to 10kN.
Supplied as 0.5 set = 2 jaws (left…