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Mechanical Testing Equipment

With test equipment for building materials, including rebar, concrete, roofing and flooring materials, gypsum, asphalt and more, we provide support for the civil engineering & construction industry. Read more...

The material flow tester is used for rapid testing of the melt mass flow rate of plastics. The material flow tester device is designed for both incoming goods inspection and continuous production monitoring. - Melting rate: 0.1 to 400.0 g / 10 min
- Heating temperature: 120 ... 400°C / 248 ... 752°F
- Measuring accuracy temperature: ± 0.2°... Read more...

Tinius Olsen Helps Drive Automotive Sustainability Through Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

The race to meet net zero is hotting up as the development of alternatives to battery power start to come online. Tinius Olsen is currently supporting one of them alongside the UK’s leading developer of hydrogen fuel cell technology, Intelligent Energy.

Prime Minister Rishi... Read more...

How Can Automated Universal Testing Systems Boost Your Efficiency?

Discover how the Tinius Olsen 25ST Universal Testing System, equipped with the Vector Extensometer, centering station, and a smartly designed pneumatic specimen removal system, can streamline your metal testing process. This fully automated system allows operators to focus on more critical tasks by automatically ha... Read more...

Fatigue is a failure mechanism caused by repeated cyclic loading that leads to cumulative damage within a material and ultimately catastrophic failure. Between 80% to 90% of all mechanical service failures can be attributed to Fatigue, therefore it is critical to test and characterize the fatigue properties of materials and components. Fatigue failures occur when a material is loaded rep... Read more...

Sustainable Alternatives Gain Validation Through Materials Testing

The past few years have shown us that the world around us is finite and fragile. And we all play a part in its sustainability. There has been a push across several industries to develop inventive, forward-looking products and technologies, while maintaining a better balance with the environment for long-term... Read more...

An R&D lab is frequently testing textiles that typically break around 900 N. While this falls within the capacity of a 1 kN load cell, it is best to use a 2 kN cell for several reasons: a higher-capacity cell leaves room for future development of stronger materials and reduces the risk of overloading the 1 kN cell and damaging it. A general rule of thumb is to select a load cell wher... Read more...

The majority of composite wind turbine blades contain adhesive joints. If a composite joint is properly designed, the adhesive can play a very beneficial role as its compliance allows for dimensional mismatch, such as from thermal expansion, and reduces stress concentrations at locations where elastic modulus mismatch is present. For all blades, defects or cracking between composite plie... Read more...

Following the on-going innovation in automated systems, Tinius Olsen has introduced Tensile testing as part of the automated testing solution. One or more universal testing machines can be integrated into the automation system cell along with specimen storage, identification & measurement units and a six-axis robot to move specimens to and from the stations. For safety and securi... Read more...

Tinius Olsen is the leading specialist manufacturer and supplier of static tension and/or compression materials testing machines. Our machines are designed for use in research departments and quality control departments to measure the strength and product performance of materials. Using Tinius Olsen equipment it is possible to perform such tests on raw materials such as metals, polymers,... Read more...