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Case study
Child safety - force to access lighter
Requirement
The customer manufactures lighters and is currently developing a case/guard designed to increase the safety for children.
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ASTM D6415 / D6415M-06a
ASTM D6415 is designed to measure the curved beam strength properties of fiber reinforced composites using a 90˚ curved beam specimen. The curved beam strength represents the moment per unit width which causes a delamination to form.
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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.
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Test type
Mecmesin provides solutions for tests on products or materials that require the measurement of their physical strength. Typically this involves applying and recording the force to pull apart, push together, twist or turn.
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ISO 13955
ISO 13955 is used to assess the cohesion of a PE pipe/electrofusion socket or saddle assembly. Applicable to pipes with a nominal outside diameter between 16 mm and 225 mm
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Event
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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Case study
Medical pouch heat seal joint tensile test
Requirement
Rocket Medical PLC are award winning designers and manufacturers of medical devices for a wide range of clinical applications.
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Applications across industries
Mecmesin torque to turn systems are used in sectors including:
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Wine & Spirits: Pull Tab & Twist Cap Testing
Canned wine and seltzer drinks have a clear upside that makes their popularity soar: Convenience. As well as being lighter to carry, less potentially fragile, eliminating the corkscrew, and even a glass makes it ideal for social gatherings.
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Case study
Cap removal test of plastic vial
Requirement
The customer approached Mecmesin with a specification to pull-off the cap of a pharmaceutical phial. The test equipment needed to be simple to use and able to perform repeatable tests.
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ASTM D1871
This test method is used to test the strength of adhesion of single-filament wire to vulcanized rubber compounds. It applies to wire made from brass, bronze or zinc coated steel wire.
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Case studies and real-world applications
In beef grading, Warner-Bratzler shear testing confirms tenderness classification, ensuring export standards are met.
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ASTM D3039 / D3039M
ASTM D3039 determines the in-plane tensile properties of polymer matrix composite materials reinforced by high-modulus fibers. A number of calculations can be made including ultimate tensile strength, ultimate tensile strain, tensile chord modulus of
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Applications across industry
The single rip trouser tear method is used in:
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Case study
Wine cork extraction test to ISO 9727-5
Requirement
The customer, AMORIM & IRMÃOS, S.A – Unidade Industrial da Valada, required an economic and easy-to-use system to test the extraction force of corks from glass wine bottles.
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Applications across industries
Tensile strength testing is essential in product development, quality control, and certification across multiple sectors:
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Key applications of torque testing equipment
Torque testing is relevant across many packaging types:
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ASTM C633
This test method covers the determination of the degree of adhesion (bonding strength) of a coating to a substrate or the cohesion strength of the coating in a tension normal to the surface.
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Case study
Pharmaceutical sachet burst strength
Customised engineering example
Plastic sachets with welded seams are frequently used for measured applications of liquids, creams and gels.
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BS EN ISO 4624
Describes methods for determining the adhesion by carrying out a pull-off test on a single coating or a multi-coat system of paint, varnish or related product.
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Case study
Spring design and manufacture
Requirement
Longcroft Engineering design and manufacture springs, from prototypes and hand-made custom designs, to high-volume production.
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Case study
Syringe needle fracture resistance under bending loads
Requirement
Dong-A ST, based in South Korea, is becoming well established as a global company in the field of ethical pharmaceutical drugs.
It also has a medical device business and multi-faceted Research and Development division.