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Instron 5969 (±50 kN)

• Low-mid range mechanical testing
• Training

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure
• Shear
• Tear
• Peel
• Puncture

• Quasi-static tests
• Creep
• Cyclic loading

• Composites
• Polymers
• Coatings
• AM
• Metals

Instron 5985 (±100 kN)

• Mid load range mechanical testing (non-ambient)
• Training

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure
• Shear
• Tear
• Peel
• Puncture

• Quasi-static tests
• Non ambient materials characterisation

• Composites
• Polymers
• Coatings
• AM
• Metals

Instron 5985 (±250 kN)

• Mid load range mechanical testing
• Training

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure
• Shear
• Tear
• Peel
• Puncture

• Quasi-static tests
• Non ambient materials characterisation

• Composites
• Polymers
• Coatings
• AM
• Metals

Instron 5985 (±250 kN)

• Mid load range mechanical testing
• Training

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure
• Shear
• Tear
• Peel
• Puncture

• Quasi-static tests
• Ambient materials characterisation

• Composites
• Polymers
• Coatings
• AM
• Metals

Instron 8862 Low-Cycle-Fatigue (LCF)

• Low-cycle fatigue (LCF) mechanical testing

• Compression
• Tension

• ISO 12106 & ASTM E606 for strain-controlled fatigue testing, used for simulating mechanical loading into plastic region
• Materials testing driven by demand from aerospace, automotive and power generation industries

• Coatings
• AM
• Metals

Instron E3000 ETMT

• Electro-thermal mechanical testing

• Compression
• Tension

• Measurement of mechanical properties and microstructural stability under thermal exposure of specimens with cross-sections don to 2 mm x 1mm

• AM
• Metals

Instron 8802 (±250 kN)

• Mechanical durability testing
• Fatigue life characterisation

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure

• Low-cycle fatigue of coupons and components; tension-tension, compression-compression and tension-compression regimes
• Crack onset and growth
• Frequencies up to 20 Hz

• Composites
• Polymers
• AM
• Metals

Instron 8802 (±100 kN)

• Mechanical durability testing
• Fatigue life characterisation

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure

• Low-cycle fatigue of coupons and components; tension-tension, compression-compression and tension-compression regimes
• Crack onset and growth
• Frequencies up to 20 Hz

• Composites
• Polymers
• AM
• Metals

Instron 8872 (±25 kN)

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure

• Testing undertaken at quasi-static rates and fatigue frequencies typically up to 20 Hz

• Composites
• Polymers
• AM
• Metals

Instron VHS 160/100-20

• Determination of rate dependent mechanical properties

• Compression
• Tension

• Crash impact of automotive materials and components
• Materials characterisation; quasi-static to strain rates of 1000/s; 20m/s actuator speed
• Cumulative damage of aerospace components under high strain rate impact

• Composites
• Polymers
• AM
• Metals

Instron 8801 Thermo-Mechanical-Fatigue (TMF) (±100 kN)

• Characterisation of materials under combined thermal and mechanical cyclic loading

• Compression
• Tension

• Effects of different loading phases on materials
• TMF crack initiation in superalloys for gas turbines generators
• TMF life prediction of hot section components in jet engines

• AM
• Metals

Instron 8805 (±1,000 kN)

• High load range quasi-static and fatigue mechanical testing

• Compression
• Tension
• Flexure

• Quasi-static and cyclic fatigue of structural elements and small components e.g. stiffened composite panels

• Composites
• Polymers
• AM
• Metals

Instron E3000 (ElectroPuls)

• Low load range quasi-static and fatigue mechanical testing

• Compression
• Tension

• Quasi-static and fatigue testing of small-scale test  coupons and components

• Composites
• Polymers
• AM

Metals