Zwick cuts cost of component testing

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(2001), "Zwick cuts cost of component testing", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 53 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilt.2001.01853fad.008

Zwick cuts cost of component testing

Zwick cuts cost of component testingKeywords: Components, Testing

A range of low-cost machines for testing anything from electrical plugs, plastic buckets and cardboard boxes to fruit, pasties and cheese has been launched by the Zwick Roell Group.

Called "Basicline", the benchtop digital series is said to provide the test of Zwick performance and engineering quality in machines priced to compete head-on with all other comparable makes.

The company says that "Basicline" models can also be supplied on deliveries few other manufacturers can equal, typically within two weeks of receipt of order.

Intended chiefly for testing and evaluating components, assemblies and materials, the machines are designed for the push-pull force functions required for tensile, compression, adhesion, tear, crushing, stacking and hysteresis testing. They can also be equipped for the penetrative, cutting and compression testing used in checking the quality and freshness of foods.

Four "Basicline" models are available, from 0.5kN to 20kN capacity, the smallest with a single-column load frame and the other three with twin-column frames. Guidance rods ensure precise and smooth positioning of the moving crosshead during testing.

Forces are measured by a purpose-designed load cell attached to the crosshead while tests are controlled and analysed by Zwick's advanced "testXpert" software, which can be linked to a PC if required.

The digital measurement system also provides automatic zero-point: setting and automatic detection of the load cell and of the setting and calibration parameters.

An extensive portfolio of accessories and tooling enables the machines to perform a wide variety of tests. They include wedge, screw and pincer grips, a compression test kit and a three-point flexure test kit. Tools for foodstuff testing are also available along with a dedicated "Basicline" toolbox containing a tee-slot plate, side table, vice, ball joint and peel test kit.

Zwick believes these new machines are so versatile that they will also appeal to the technical education sector as an economic means of introducing students to the full gamut of component and materials testing before they start work in industry.

For more information contact Zwick Testing Machines Ltd, Southern Avenue, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 OQH, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1568 615201.