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Speak to an expert
For guidance on implementing pull-off and pull-out testing in your quality control or R&D process, speak to one of our technical experts today.
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Key testing standards
Compliance with recognised international standards ensures that needle penetration testing is consistent, reliable, and repeatable across different facilities.
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Advantages of High Ultimate Tensile Strength
To calculate ultimate tensile strength in practice, a specimen is mounted in a tensile testing machine and stretched at a constant rate until it breaks. The machine measures both force and elongation, recording data throughout the test.
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Testing standards and guidelines
Tension and compression tests are governed by international standards that ensure comparability and regulatory compliance:
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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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Application in food texture analysis
Tension methods replicate real-world conditions experienced by food products during production, handling, and consumption.
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Benefits of accurate bursting strength measurement
Reliable burst strength testing delivers several tangible benefits:
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Benefits of box crush and packaging compression tests
Compression testing offers both commercial and technical benefits for manufacturers and logistics operations.
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Speak to an expert
Accurate and consistent tear testing is essential for maintaining product quality, meeting compliance requirements, and ensuring end-user satisfaction.
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What’s their secret?
“Prior to joining our class, most of our students had no actual experience with materials testing, apart from what they saw in a textbook.
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Defence
Mecmesin supplies force, torque and materials testing equipment to defence contractors and their subcontractors around the world. These companies face stringent regulation in performance, quality and reliability..
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Medical Devices: General testing with 21 CFR Part 11 compliance
Reliable results, trusted compliance: 21 CFR Part 11's role in securing medical device quality testing.
Quality testing of Medical Devices ranges from syringe actuation (break loose and glide), needle sharpness and adhesion strength to Child R
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ISO 252
ISO 252 specifies two test methods, A and B, for determining the adhesion strength between constitutive elements of a conveyor belt, i.e. between plies and between covers and carcass.
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ASTM E405-04
These tests provide standard methods for evaluating the mechanical performance of the rotary-type window operators, while the operators are subjected to cyclic wear in opening and closing against the operating moment.
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Introduction to Consumer Packaging Testing
Damaged packaging can not only cost money but also impact brand perception. Consumers are less likely to purchase a product with damaged packaging, or if their product arrives damaged from poor packaging during the shipping and transport process.
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SAE J 1907
This recommended practice defines a procedure for the construction and testing of a 180 deg peel specimen for the purpose of determining the bondability of glass to elastomeric material in automotive modular glass.
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Insulation film stiffness testing
Customised engineering example
Familiar with three-point bending to test flexural strength properties?
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ASTM C1147
ASTM C1147 testing covers the evaluation of joints between two pieces of weldable grades of thermoplastic material. This testing is intended to establish methods to evaluate minimum short term weld factors.
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ISO 813
ISO 813 specifies a method for the determination of the adhesive strength of a vulcanized or thermoplastic rubber bonded to a rigid substrate, using a test piece comprising a strip of rubber bonded to a single plate of rigid material.
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ASTM D2633
ASTM D2633 test methods cover procedures for the testing of thermoplastic insulations and jackets used on insulated wire and cable.
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TAPPI T 556
This procedure is used to measure the bending resistance of paper and paperboard in the machine and cross machine directions, by determining the bending resistance in mN of a 38mm (1.5in) wide vertically clamped sample, at 15o or 7.5o deflection.
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Essentials of Grip & Fixture Selection Pt. 2
The accuracy of instrument itself- though important, is only one piece of the measurement accuracy puzzle. Grip and fixture selection plays a critical role in the applications in Force and Materials quality testing.
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BS EN 12814-4
BS EN 12814-4 is a peel test method for testing welded joints of thermoplastics semi-finished products.