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Support and calibration
Alongside equipment supply, Mecmesin provides consultation, custom fixture design, installation, operator training and ongoing calibration
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Fundamentals of Cork Pull & Elasticity Testing
Natural corks need to execute several important functions within the champagne and wine industries in order to meet consumers’ expectations and also to guarantee the quality of the drink.
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Industrial fixtures and fasteners
Requirement
SFS intec is a global supplier of precision components, special fasteners and mechanical fastening elements, with long-standing customer relationships, in the aerospace, automotive and construction industries.
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Clothing button pull-off TTF test
Requirement
The customer was a supplier to major UK clothing retailer Marks & Spencer, who stipulate that all fasteners and attachments must be tested to failure.
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Child Resistant Closure Testing
Medical, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Packaging takes product safety seriously.
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Fundamentals of Torque Testing
If you have ever struggled to open your favorite bottle of water or jam or required help loosening the lug nuts on your car’s wheels, it is likely due to a case of over-torque.
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Needle Sharpness & Puncture Resistance Testing
Hypodermic needles are tested to determine how their design influences the ease of insertion into the skin in order to prevent patient pain and skin trauma.
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Fishing line and knot strength
Requirement
Toit Fishing’s mission is to develop, improve and reimagine fishing tools with overarching themes of reliability, functionality, durability and environmental sustainability.
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Physiological measurement of joint strength
Requirement
The La Trobe University in Melbourne required a device to test the first Metatarsophalangeal joint, commonly known as the big toe. They wanted to compare different patients toe strength.
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Importance of puncture and shear resistance testing
Puncture and shear resistance testing is a critical quality assurance process for materials used in packaging, textiles, industrial manufa
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ASTM D747-10
ASTM D747 is used to determine the flexibility of plastics by means of a cantilever beam.
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Tethered closures testing attachment force
Requirement
As consumers, manufacturers and legislators demand greener packaging and the growing use of recyclable materials is commonplace, attention has turned to the humble plastic closure.
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Page pull strength test
Requirement
Mecmesin collaborated with a customer to design and develop a force measurement system to determine book binding adhesive strength in retaining individual pages.
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Webinar: Adhesion/Peel strength testing
There is a reason people reach for duct tape as a fix for almost everything – adhesion strength.
From busted pipes to ripped furniture, the preference for a solution that “does not easily peel off” is the guiding principle for manufacturers.
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Torque tester for a range of tamper-evident caps
Requirement
Elopak required equipment for the manual testing of tamper-proof seals on bottle caps, but without the bottle being present. The unit had to accommodate a range of different size caps.
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Luer lock fastening and release torque
Customised engineering example
Luer lock test standards frequently call for measuring torque whilst simultaneously applying a pre-defined axial force.
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Child resistant closures (CRC) mandrel
Customised engineering example
Child Resistant Closures (CRC) require sufficient vertical force to activate the CR locking mechanism prior to torque being applied.
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ASTM D2918
This test method provides data for assessing the durabilities of adhesive joints by means of T-peel type specimens stressed in contact with air, air in equilibrium with certain solutions, water, aqueous solutions, or other environments at various temper
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Tensile Testing: Basics, Tips and Trends
Have you ever wondered if the seatbelt in your vehicle is strong enough to restrain you in a collision? How about the average person pulling the cork out of a wine bottle?
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Safety critical welds in vehicle airbags
Requirement
The customer required an easy-to-use system for production staff on the factory floor. Testing needed to be carried out in the minimum amount of time with very little training.
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Pull Force and Break Strength Testing
Whether it is medical tubing, plastic straws, copper wire or zip ties, pull force and break strength testing is critical not only to production quality but also to consumer safety.
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Fundamentals of Torque Testing
If you have ever struggled to open your favorite bottle of water or jam or required help loosening the lug nuts on your car’s wheels, it is likely due to a case of over-torque.
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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.