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News Release from: Brookhouse Holdings | Subject: Raw materials testing
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 February 2007
Composite materials testing for
aerospace sector
Brookhouse says it can better carry out comprehensive testing of both incoming raw material and manufactured composite components with the installation of two additional mechanical test rigs.
With the installation of two additional mechanical test rigs at its Darwen composites laboratory, Brookhouse is better equipped to carry out comprehensive testing of both incoming raw material and manufactured composite components The two Instron rigs complement the company's existing mechanical testing facilities and follow on from the recent installation of sophisticated thermal analysis instrumentation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Each of the two rigs uses Bluehill v1.4 software and has the fixtures and jigs for measuring parameters such as tensile strength, compressive strength, flexural strength, interlaminar shear strength and flat-wise tensile strength and for carrying out proof-loading of small assemblies and beam loading.
The rigs also feature extensometry for establishing strain and modulus characteristics, while the Instron 3367 rig has an environmental chamber for performing tests at elevated temperatures, up to 300C.
The installation of the rigs is further indication of Brookhouse's commitment to quality and to continuous investment to reinforce its position as the UK's largest independent composites manufacturer for the aerospace sector.
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