The Testing Times

Dr Tom Allen of Manchester Metropolitan Universities Institute of Sport talking on the BBC about the Nike Vapour Fly trainer technology and using his Tinius Olsen H10KS materials testing system to prove out its strength and performance. For interest the TO S series is the Nike Air Max trainer equivalent of the 1990’s while the current TO ST series is Nikes Vapour Fly equivalent, but not with 4% difference in your performance rather at least 10% improvement in materials testing productivity and a typical ROI of 10 months after which you are making money….. Want to know more about Vapour Fly technology and the controversial carbon fibre sole inlay click here

Testing rebar for strength and performance is changing, the need for total strain at break as a result and the obvious safety risks when traditionally removing extensometers (the strain measuring device) at yield before a bar breaks for example at 150 tons force, has driven the development of a new 500mm Field Of View non contacting optical extensometer. At Tinius Olsen we have integrated the new Epsilon optical extensometer into our model SL 1000kN and 2000kN Horizon software-based rebar tensile test systems, this means; Automatic calculation of strain % at break No user hands near the test specimen during the test and if required strain rate control of the test Job done! Ref: ISO 15630-1 and ASTM A370