MECHANICAL TESTING

What is Mechanical Testing?

Mechanical testing is a critical step in product development and certification by regulatory agencies.  Mechanical testing enables the selection of materials that will best withstand the service conditions that products must endure.

Universal testing instruments subject materials to forces such as tension, compression, or bending.  These destructive testing techniques provide valuable data on materials used in a wide variety of applications including aerospace, automotive, military, infrastructure, electronics, and biomedical applications.

Acsion's Capabilities                                                                                                          MTI-Phoenix 20 KN Universal Testing System

• MTI-Phoenix 20 KN (Instron 1123) and 100 KN (Instron TT) Automated Universal Testing Systems
• Extensive experience testing composites, adhesives, and potting compounds
• Tensile, flexural and compression modulus and strength
• Lap shear strength
• Sample conditioning over a wide range of environments (dry, moisture, temperatures from ambient to 120^o C)

Customer Benefits

• Rapid turn-around times
• Flexible pricing
• Specimen preparation available upon request

Applications

• Inter-comparison of properties of different lots of bulk materials
• Environmental testing of materials
• Obtain design parameters/predict strength of adhesives, resins, potting compounds, and thermoplastics for a given application
• Derive mechanical properties for a wide variety of other materials (i.e., concrete, metals, ceramics, fabrics, paper)