Design & Manufacture

TMP 140 Ton Hot Vaccum Press

mitchvlr — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:49:25 +0000

TMP 140 Ton Hot Vaccum Press

The TMP 140 Ton Up-Acting Vacuum Press may be used to fabricate flat polymer composite test panels up to 30 inches x 30 inches. The maximum temperature of the platens is 800º (427ºC). The maximum applied force is 140 tons. The platen chamber may be operated either at ambient atmospheric pressure, or at full vacuum of approximately 28.5 in. Hg. The press may be operated manually, or in one of the three automatic modes (no heat, heat only, or heat and cool). Four temperature zones, hydraulic ram force, and vacuum level are recorded by a machine-dedicated PC.

mitchvlr Tue, 03/14/2017 - 09:49

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Composite Joining

Design & Manufacture

Multifunctional Composites

Test fixtures to measure in-plane and transverse permeabilities of fibrous reforms

mitchvlr — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:45:13 +0000

Test fixtures to measure in-plane and transverse permeabilities of fibrous reforms

Compaction test fixture. Measures the compressibility of 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm fibrous preform samples.
In-plane advancing front permeability fixture. Measures the in-plane permeability of fibrous preform samples 15.13 cm wide by 17.11 cm long and up to 6.35 cm thick.
In-plane permeability fixture. Measures the in-plane permeability of fibrous preform samples 15.25 cm wide by 15.32 cm long and up to 1.27 cm thick.
Radial visualization permeability fixture. Measures the principal permeabilities and β angle of fibrous preform samples 25.4 cm square.
Transverse permeability fixture. Measures the transverse permeability of fibrous preform samples 5.08 cm square and up to 3.20 cm thick.

mitchvlr Tue, 03/14/2017 - 09:45

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Design & Manufacture

MTS Insight 810 Materials Testing System

mitchvlr — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:35:31 +0000

MTS Insight 810 Materials Testing System

Tensile testing is conducted on a wide variety of materials to determine properties such as ultimate tensile strength, yield strength and elongation at fracture. Various classes of materials have unique requirements with respect to specimen geometry, specimen gripping, test procedures and results that are determined. In general, however, tensile tests involve the application of a monotonic load or displacement to the specimen to the point of fracture.

mitchvlr Tue, 03/14/2017 - 09:35

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Design & Manufacture

Humidity chamber

mitchvlr — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:34:39 +0000

Humidity chamber

A temperature and humidity cycling chamber ideal for simulating a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions.

mitchvlr Tue, 03/14/2017 - 09:34

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Design & Manufacture

Filament Winder - Braiding Machine 4 axis

mitchvlr — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:21:00 +0000

Filament Winder - Braiding Machine 4 axis

A weaving machine specially designed for producing a woven fabric which is organized by three yarn orientations, 0, 60 and -60.
Each fabric has a total thickness of twelve layers, resulting in a triaxial quasi-isotropic fabric.

mitchvlr Tue, 03/14/2017 - 09:21

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Design & Manufacture

Instron DYNATUP Impact Tower

mitchvlr — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:11:17 +0000

Instron DYNATUP Impact Tower

Instron 9250 is designed to measure energy absorption and related impact properties of polymers, metals, composites and resulting final components.

mitchvlr Tue, 03/14/2017 - 09:11

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Design & Manufacture