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Applications across industries
Aerospace - testing honeycomb panels for aircraft interiors and structural assemblies.
Automotive<
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Case study
Aluminium tube seals pierce compression effort
Requirement
One of the largest packaging tube suppliers in Central Europe specialises in laminated plastic and aluminium tube containers for the cosmetics industry.
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Case study
Railcar spring testing
Requirement
Seoul Metropolitan Railway Transit Corporation required a system for testing a variety of springs in their electric railcars. The springs range in size from 3mm to 100 mm in diameter.
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Compression testing and its applications
Compression testing measures how a material behaves when subjected to forces that reduce its size.
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Tensile Testing for Wiring Harness Connections Webinar
The only way of really knowing the strength of a crimped terminal is to pull it.
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Applications of torque testing in packaging
Food and beverage: PET bottles, screw-top jars
Pharmaceutical: Child-resistant packaging, blister packs
Personal care: Tubes, pump dispensers
Chemical produc
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Applications across industries
Equibiaxial flexure compression testing is used wherever material reliability under multi-directional stress is critical.
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Case study
Cable duct strength testing
Customised engineering example
Our customer manufactures tubes and ducts for routing of cables and optical fibres. Installation of these uses blowing, pushing and pulling techniques.
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Case study
Electrical connector insertion and withdrawal forces
Customised engineering example
Push-fit electrical connectors with hole or dimple detents (also known as 'spade terminals') must offer a firm but practical fit.
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BS EN ISO 22254
ISO 22254:2005 specifies a test method for determining the resistance of the tufted portion of manual toothbrushes to deflection. This could be used to derive a stiffness - a factor which has been of great concern to consumers and manufacturers.
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Case study
Thermoformed plastic packaging hinge tear and pop-lock engagement
Requirement
Par-Pak Europe Ltd manufacture thermoformed plastic containers and trays for packing, retail and distribution in the food industry.
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ASTM D6862-11
This test method is useful for acceptance and quality control testing. Adherends, application procedure, and sample conditioning shall be as agreed upon by the manufacturer and the user of the adherends and the adhesive.
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Wine & Spirits Capping: Cork Pull & Twist Caps
Wine packaging has a great influence on the quality of the product delivered to the customer.
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Industrial applications and benefits
FCT is an essential quality control and design optimisation tool for:
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CETIE Guide 9
This guide applies to the screw capping of pressurised wines & other beverages for narrow necks finishes with a redrawn metallic tamper-evident closure on a "BVS type" glass finish adapted for pressure caps. Includes sections on checking load setting on
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Case study
Solenoid testing
Requirement
Parmeko is a Leicester-based designer and manufacturer of proportional solenoids, on-off solenoids and holding magnets used in mobile and industrial fluid power applications, as well as a range of specialised solenoids manufactured
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Applications and benefits of shear testing
Shear testing is used across a wide range of food products, including meats, dairy products, plant-based foods,
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ASTM D3165
This test method is useful in that the joint configuration closely simulates the actual joint configuration of many bonded assemblies.
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Industry applications of tension testing
Manufacturing and product development
In engineering and manufacturing, tension testing verifies the performance of raw materials, components and finished products.
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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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ASTM D5868-01
Due to the increased use of adhesively-bonded FRP as a result of the inherent advantages afforded by bonded rather than mechanically-fastened joints (particularly the alleviation of stress risers and stress cracking), there is a need for tests by which
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Case study
Plastic film tension test
Requirement
The customer uses a double layer plastic film for packaging film for packaging of pet food and confectionary.
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TAPPI T 818
The ring crush test correlates with edgewise compression strength of paperboard. This method is intended for paperbaord between 0.28mm (0.011 in.) and 0.51mm (0.020 in) thick.