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News Release from: Instron | Subject: 8870 Series
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 August 2002
Testers run the rule over biomaterials
A new range of servohydraulic test systems performs fatigue and static tests for biomaterials, such as hard and soft tissues, bone, bone joints and tendons, and orthopaedics implants.
A new range of servohydraulic test systems performs fatigue and static tests for biomaterials, such as hard and soft tissues, bone, bone joints and tendons, and orthopaedics implants Instron's 8870 Series is uniquely constructed to perform testing within fluid environments used to simulate the body's physiological condition
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Grips ensure repeatability of test results
Ideally suited for the metals, plastics and composites industries, Instron's line of grips includes wedge grips, axial/torsional hydraulic grips, and fatigue-rated hydraulic wedge grips.
The adjustable crosshead, actuator mounted load-cell, and T-slot base with unique drain channel are specifically designed for testing specimens immersed in fluids.
Key components of the 8870 are nickel plated to prevent corrosion.
The 8870 Series uses Instron's FastTrack 8800 controller, which provides the accurate control needed for complex biomedical testing.
The system can be controlled from an operator panel or from the FastTrack Console, Instron's software-based, control application.
To ensure accurate, repeatable test results, the 8870 Series features Instron's patented Dynacell.
This innovative load-cell prevents inertial load errors, because it is equipped with an accelerometer designed to measure and compensate for load-cell/grip inertia.
Instron's 8870 Series is available in axial models with load capacities ranging from 5 to 25kN, and axial-torsion models with axial capacities up to 25kN, and torsional capacities up to 227Nm.
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