Product category:
Materials Testing
News Release from: MTS Systems Electromechanical Division | Subject: evolution ServoElectric Test System
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2002
Materials testing system does not use
hydraulics
This materials testing system applies new technology in a conventional way to provide cyclic and tension/compression testing at reasonable loads and displacements.
MTS has introduced a completely new material testing system The new product, called evolution ServoElectric Test System, applies new technology in a conventional way to provide cyclic and tension/compression testing at reasonable loads and displacements without the oil, complex pumping systems, cooling water hoses, or high noise levels associated with typical servo-hydraulic systems
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The product offers a unique combination of stroke, force, and cyclic capability in a tabletop, electromechanical package.
MTS believes that the evolution(tm) ServoElectric test machine will be successful in the marketplace because it combines the dynamic testing capability of servo-hydraulic test systems, which MTS also manufactures, with ease of use and lower cost of ownership associated with electromechanical tension/compression test systems.
The new machine will be attractive to R and D and quality control laboratories alike.
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Test laboratories now limited to static testing by conventional electromechanical technology can step up to dynamic testing requirements with an electromechanical machine they can be comfortable with and that doesn't require high pressure oil and associated pressurization and cooling systems.
The new machine uses familiar MTS TestWorks software for computer control and data acquisition.
He also noted that users already comfortable with servo-hydraulic test machines would find evolution(tm)ServoElectric system able to meet many of their dynamic test requirements with a machine less expensive to acquire and maintain.
This new line of testers will be attractive for dynamic testing in clean room applications because the new technology avoids the environmental issues related to most hydraulically powered test systems.
The evolution(tm)ServoElectric test system looks like a typical table top test machine.
Users will like the fact that they can use existing test standards, along with familiar specimens and typical MTS test fixtures.
The machine will be available with 150mm (5.9 in) or 300mm (11.8in) of total displacement, up to 5kN (1120lb.) maximum force and capability to apply up to 15 test cycles per second.
The new machine will be manufactured and sold by the company's Electro-mechanical Material Testing Division (EMTD) located in Raleigh, North Carolina.
MTS Systems Corporation is the world leader in the supply of computer-based testing and simulation systems designed to rapidly determine the mechanical behavior of materials and structures helping customers accelerate and improve their design, development, and manufacturing processes.
Products also include modeling and test analysis software, control instrumentation products for automating manufacturing processes, and consulting services.
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