The Testing Times

Our Tinius Olsen Horizon materials testing software keeps pace with technology now Windows 10 compatible, it is a fully touch screen enabled platform supporting efficient quick use. As a platform it is compatible with all our current and many of our past materials testing machines; Tension Compression machines, Impact, Torsion, Melt Flow, HDT, Vicat and more. As you would expect Horizon is packed with standard features to maximise its focus on meeting a user’s specific needs; Configuring tests, totally flexible results reporting on and off line, full integration capability with users company wide data, measurement, recording and network platforms, on line tech support, multiple license capability in support of results analysis and connection to multiple testing machines enabling results to be drawn into a central storage, recall and reporting function. Want a demonstration? Want to learn more? Contact us @ Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Company 

At Tinius Olsen we have a range of extensometer technologies, LVDT, strain gauge, encoder, video and laser. Each technology base has its strength and weaknesses hence the range and is selected because of its performance for a particular application, material to be tested and users ROI. A laser extensometer such as the Tinius 500L uses a helium neon class two laser, which means it’s very safe for use in a lab and does not require any special safety precautions. The natural blinking of the eye provides protection although we don’t recommend you look directly at the laser, frankly there is no need and it would not be easy when configured with a Tinius materials testing machine. The 500L scans the test specimen 320 times per second and automatically measures the “Gauge length – L0” it does this by capturing the reflection from two reflective marks placed on the test specimen, the leading lower edge of which is actually captured (not the whole width of the tape mark). As the sampl

Tinius Olsen’s model IT800 impact tester is an 800 Joule pendulum impact tester used to determine the impact strength of notched bar metal materials. The IT800 uniquely features a Tinius Olsen designed and patented “Active follower” technology in support of fast efficient testing, whereby the moving pendulum is caught immediately the test is complete and quickly returned to its safe holding position ready for the next test. The active follower technology does not use a clutch based motor system and therefore is designed for high throughput of tests in a heavy industrial environment requiring nominal servicing and maintenance. Check out the light curtain in this clip click here Additionally fast test throughput is supported by the digital “light curtain” option, this option replaces a conventional door to the enclosed test area permitting the user to quickly insert test specimens in the Charpy holder without the need to physically open and close a door, this is particularly

When conducting tensile tests on sections cut from plastic pipes, the resulting test specimen dumbbell shape (dimensions of which are defined by the relevant test standard be it ISO, ATSM, GB, GOST etc) exhibit the curve of the pipe, this means it cannot generally be held for the duration of the tensile test using flat parallel grip faces as the curvature of the specimen prevents a good amount of contact between the specimen and the grip faces. The solution from Tinius Olsen is a clamp grip with specimen gripping faces profiled in shape to match the curvature of the test specimen; For more information and insight into the physical testing of plastics to determine strength and performance check out  Click here