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News Release from: MTS Systems Electromechanical Division | Subject: evolution
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 03 April 2002
Materials testing system keeps it clean
MTS Systems Corp has developed a novel servoelectric materials testing system.
MTS Systems Corp has developed a novel materials testing system The 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 servohydraulic systems
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Sep 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The product offers a novel combination of stroke, force, and cyclic capability in a tabletop, electromechanical package.
MTS believes that the evolution servoelectric test machine will be successful in the marketplace because it combines the dynamic testing capability of servohydraulic 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.
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 pressurisation and cooling systems.
The new machine uses familiar MTS TestWorks software for computer control and data acquisition.
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 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 150 or 300mm of total displacement, up to 5kN 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.
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