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Case study
Screw retention force of building materials
Requirement
A leading manufacturer and distributor of metal building roofing systems for the construction industry wanted to ascertain the pull out force of screws fixed to building materials.
527
Case study
Euro coins extraction test
Requirement
The Spanish producer needed to find out the force to extract the inner filler of the 1 and 2 Euro coin from their outer ring.
528
Case study
Syringe testing to ISO 11040-4 Annex C2 Luer cone break resistance
Requirement
The ubiquitous medical syringe is an extremely important device, delivering (parenteral) injectable products to the patient by means of a cylinder and plunger mechanism.
529
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ISO 6425
This document specifies requirements and test methods for divers' watches and for saturation divers' watches for use in deep diving (see Annex A which deals with watches for saturation diving).
530
Case study
Peel testing vacuum-formed containers
Customised engineering example
Semi-rigid thermoformed packaging, sealed by film or foil, is commonly tested by the '45-degree peel method'. This best represents how a person would open the package.
531
Case study
Electrical harness terminal testing
Requirement
Cyprium Motorsports based in Diss, UK, design and produce customised wiring harness systems for sports cars, including Formula 1, Le Mans Prototype, Grand Touring and rally cars.
532
Case study
Coefficient of friction test on plastic film
Requirement
A print factory needed to test the packaging material they were using in order to improve their processes and establish optimum machinery settings.
534
Case study
Cosmetics brush pull-out testing
Customised engineering example
Our client is a major cosmetics company using a variety of brushes, make-up wand and applicator designs for all applications and wished to tensile test the integrity of the bristles.
535
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Abrasion
Abrasion is the surface wear caused by rubbing with another material. The consumer would expect textiles and other products to withstand a certain amount of deterioration.
536
Case study
Glued cardboard packaging integrity
Requirement
Graphic Packaging International is a leading designer and manufacturer of food and beverage packaging.
537
Case study
Spring design and manufacture
Requirement
Longcroft Engineering design and manufacture springs, from prototypes and hand-made custom designs, to high-volume production.
538
Accessory
Self-levelling Compression Plate Steel - 116 mm, 25 kN, QC-20 fitting
MecS223k-116
MecS223k - 116mm diameter Self-levelling Compression Plate:
Self-levelling allows exact parallelism to be set between the upper and lower plates.. ideal for those applications where it is critical to accurately measure the deformation of a sample.
The…
539
Accessory
Sample cutter 15 mm wide
PSV13007
Sample cutter for preparing peel and tensile samples of film/paper. Adjustable blade spacing upto 70 mm, or quickly set at 15 mm or 1 inch wide with the width adjustment block.
Includes spare blades, width adjustment block and hardened protective mat on…
540
Accessory
Test Hook (medium), 500 N, 10-32 UNF
432-120
Medium Fixed Hook fitted with 10-32 UNF female thread. Used for general purpose tension tests.
541
Accessory
Compression Plate - Hardened Steel, 25 kN, 116 mm, QC-20 fitting
Mec23-116-20-St
MEC23-116-20-St :
Round compression plate in hardened steel featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for hard specimens such as metals, hard plastics, small stones and granules.
116mm diameter.
Fitted…
542
Accessory
Compression Plate, Nickel-Plated, 19 mm, 10-32 UNF
432-121
19mm nickel-plated compression plate fitted with 10-32 UNF female thread. Nickel-plated compression plates are resistant to rusting.
543
Accessory
Compression Plate - Hardened Steel, 50 kN, 116 mm, QC-32 fitting
Mec23-116-32-St
MEC23-116-32-St :
Round compression plate in hardened steel featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for hard specimens such as metals, hard plastics, small stones and granules.
116mm diameter.
Fitted…
544
Accessory
Pin Chuck, 100 N, 10-32 UNF
432-382
Pin chucks are specifically designed for gripping circular or rod-type specimens of diameters between 0.5 - 3.5mm.
For tension and compression testing below 100N.
Fitted with adaptor having 10-32 UNF female threaded hole & 10-32 UNF grub-screw
545
Accessory
Compression Plate - Hardened Steel, 25 kN, 196 mm, QC-20 fitting
Mec23-196-20-St
MEC23-196-20-St :
Round compression plate in hardened steel featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for hard specimens such as metals, hard plastics, small stones and granules.
196mm diameter.
Fitted…
546
Accessory
Test Hook (small), 50 N, M6
432-171
Small Fixed Hook fitted with M6 female thread. Used for general purpose tension tests.
547
Accessory
Compression Plate - Hardened Steel, 50 kN, 196 mm, QC-32 fitting
Mec23-196-32-St
MEC23-196-32-AL :
Round compression plate in aluminium featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for soft specimens such as cardboards, plastics etc.
196mm diameter.
Fitted with QC-32mm female connection…
548
Accessory
Small Torque Saddle Plate
432-407
Saddle plates provide a more stable base on which to mount awkwardly-shaped samples when torque testing.
Can be used on the 1.5 N.m and 3 N.m 'Tornado' Manual Digital Torque Tester. Alternatively can be used with Fixing Plate (432-321) on 'Vortex'…
549
Accessory
Compression Plate - Hardened Steel, 25 kN, 296 mm, QC-20 fitting
Mec23-296-20-St
MEC23-296-20-St :
Round compression plate in hardened steel featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for hard specimens such as metals, hard plastics, small stones and granules.
296mm diameter.
Fitted…
550
Accessory
Compression Plate - Hardened Steel, 50 kN, 296 mm, QC-32 fitting
Mec23-296-32-St
MEC23-296-32-AL :
Round compression plate in aluminium featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for soft specimens such as cardboards, plastics etc.
296mm diameter.
Fitted with QC-32mm female connection…