The Testing Times

HMC 2.0 is out now – replacing HMC as our wireless user interface for our ST and SL series tension compression materials testing machines. Whats new – Bigger clearer touch screen and all soft keys. Why wireless – If you have ever used a materials testing machine with a tethered user interface what a pain that cable is (whether it’s a TO or another USA or German or Japanese brand) and reaching for a mouse to start a test, how old fashioned and unproductive. So, until TO releases its verbal “TO start test” capability a wireless interface is great.    Put it down anywhere on the testing machine frame or lab bench, you can see the testing machines status, you can safely move the cross head and zero the measurement displays. And if testing materials that break with a BANG, stand back with the HMC 2.0 -   2m, 3m, 5m back at a safe distance yet still be in total control.   Tech Spec; ·         Bluetooth-enabled handheld interface ·         Typical battery

Two needs in any materials testing lab - Productivity and Safety – cannot compromise either! Solution for a tension/compression materials testing machine – A light curtain, if the operator reaches into the testing zone towards the moving parts – INSTANTLY the testing machine and application of load is stopped and requires a reset to continue. Yet no door or shield to open means a marginal gain every test day in day out and that adds up to a significant cumulative productivity gain over a year. Spec ….. 1.       Light curtain transmission and receiving devices are TO slot mounted with a robust housing to resist damage 2.       Uses safe infrared LED’s 3.       Range up to 15m 4.       Lights show status, green not obstructed, red when the beam is broken 5.       Sizes of objects that cannot pass through undetected; a.       14mm (finger) b.       25mm (hand) c.       45mm (arm) 6.       Length of curtain (pictured   480mm) Additional units can be seri