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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.
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
Needle to ferrule pull-out test
Requirement
The customer, Oxford Instruments, wished to perform a destructive pull-out test to evaluate the maximum tension force to pull the 2 components apart.
531
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.
532
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.
533
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.
534
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.
536
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.
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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.
538
Case study
Glued cardboard packaging integrity
Requirement
Graphic Packaging International is a leading designer and manufacturer of food and beverage packaging.
539
Case study
Spring design and manufacture
Requirement
Longcroft Engineering design and manufacture springs, from prototypes and hand-made custom designs, to high-volume production.
540
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…
541
Accessory
Small Container Holder, 100 N, 10-78 mm
432-493
A versatile gripping fixture to hold containers when conducting low-force pull-off tests on closures and other fixings (eg. flip-cap lids).
4-pegs hold the container on an adjustable lead-screw and the knob secures the container tightly in place.…
542
Accessory
Compression Plate Square, Aluminium, 150 x 150 mm, QC-20 or QC-32 fitting
Mec36-150-AL
MEC36-150-AL:
Square compression plate in aluminium featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for soft specimens such as cardboards, plastics etc.
Dimensions: 150 x 150mm.
Fitted with QC-20mm or 32mm…
543
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…
544
Accessory
Compression Plate Square, Aluminium, 350 x 350 mm, QC-20 or QC-32 fitting
Mec36-350-AL
MEC36-350-AL:
Square compression plate in aluminium featuring concentric circles for helping operators to place samples centrally. Suitable for soft specimens such as cardboards, plastics etc.
Dimensions: 350 x 350mm.
Fitted with QC-20mm or 32mm…
545
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…
546
Accessory
Self-levelling Compression Plate Steel - 196 mm, 50 kN, QC-32 fitting
MecS223g-196
MecS223g - 196mm diameter:
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 MecS223 range of hardened steel,…
547
Accessory
Compression Plate - Hardened Steel, 50 kN, 56 mm, QC-32 fitting
Mec23-56-32-St
MEC23-56-32-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.
56mm diameter.
Fitted with QC-32mm female connection.…
548
Accessory
Puncture Test Fixture to EN ISO 14477, 500N, QC-20 fitting
MecS511
This EN ISO 14477 Puncture Test Fixture is for testing resistance strength in flexible packaging materials.
The specimen is clamped in the lower specimen holder, which is connected to the base plate of the test stand via a QC-20 female hole.
An upper '…
549
Accessory
Diamond coated jaws for Mec240g U-Form Vice Grip, 5 kN, 30 x 50 mm
Mec240g-BD
Diamond Jaws (30mm x 50mm) - nickel-plated having clamping surface coated with synthetic diamonds.
Opening span = see datasheet for various spans according to the grip body selected.
For materials which need a “bite” to secure a good grip (e.g. soft…
550
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.