Mechanical Testing

Universal testing machines include electromechanical and hydraulic systems to perform static testing, including tensile, compression, bend, peel, tear, shear, friction, puncture, and other mechanical tests. Instron® systems are routinely found in industries that require the testing of plastics, metals, elastomers and packaging. Some of Instron key applications can be found in the biomedical, automotive, electronics, and raw materials industries.

Testing methods such as fatigue, fracture mechanics, bi-axial, multi-axial, high strain rate, and thermo-mechanical fatigue can all be carried out with the assistance of dynamic testing equipment. Instron Dynamic and Fatigue Testing Systems meet the challenging demands of various static and dynamic testing requirements and are ideal for a variety of medical devices, biomaterials, advanced materials, and other component testing

You need absolute confidence in your impact testing system - confidence in accurate, reliable, repeatable results, in the system engineering and the manufacturer behind it. One of the most essential qualities that needs to be taken into consideration by component designers is resistance to impact, which is an essential criterion for determining service life, and is intricately connected to the complex issues of product responsibility and safety. Featuring future-proof high-speed and high throughout capabilities and user-friendly software.

With over 70 YEARS of materials testing experience, Instron® delivers impactful innovations to enable our users business to thrive. Instron is committed to delivering services which delight and usability improvements throughout the lifetime of the system. Automated testing systems allow for an entirely new level of testing productivity, improve safety, cut variability, save time, and boost throughput. The available choices are customized to suit your specific testing procedures and throughput requirements.
 

Flow properties of molten plastics are a critical characteristic requiring good knowledge and control. The Instron® Melt Flow Testers are specifically designed for easy and accurate measuring of the Melt Mass-Flow Rate (MFR) and the Melt Volume-Flow Rate (MVR). CEAST Melt Flow Testers range from systems that perform a simple manual test procedure to semi-automated testing systems performing multiple weight tests

The design of the HV Systems and BLUEHILL® HV Software is based on the full understanding of customers needs for both an enhanced user-experience and outstanding productivity, making materials testing simpler, smarter and safer. When attempting to define the behavior of plastic materials when subjected to high temperatures, HDT and Vicat systems are utilized. These systems measure the heat deflection temperature (HDT) as well as the Vicat softening temperature (Vicat).

Instron offers a wide variety of options when it comes to torsion testing – including stand-alone torsion testing machines available in a range of force capacities, a torsion add-on for universal testing systems which allows you to convert an axial-only system into a biaxial system, and dynamic and fatigue testing machines that offer both axial and torsional testing capabilities. Low and medium load torsion testers from Instron's product line have reliable multi-turn functionality.