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Posted On Aug 07, 2014

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Consumer Reports Uses Instron for Bend Testing Smartphone

Consumer Reports sought to test LG's G Flex smartphone, which claims to bend to life's curves. The material properties of rigid plastic, aluminum, and glass typically are used in mobile devices, and one might assume they would be difficult to bend.

Posted By Elena Mangano

 Aug 05, 2014

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Quick Tips for Balancing Load Cells

Whether you use bathroom scales, digital kitchen scales, spring scales – or any other measuring instrument, for that matter – you know the importance of zeroing it before it’s used. Failure to do so results in a shift in weight and thus, an incorrect reading on the scale. Now let’s think about the load cell in your testing system, which is just like a scale …

Posted On Aug 04, 2014

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What is the Best Way to Grip Thin-walled Steel Tubes for Tension Testing?

Q. What is the Best Way to Grip Thin-walled Steel Tubes for Tension Testing?

Posted On Aug 03, 2014

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WPI Students Test ACL Graft Pretension Methods

At Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Biomedical Engineering Symposium, biomedical engineering students presented their research on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) grafts. With an Instron electromechanical testing system, the students were able to analyze stress relaxation and creep techniques used for pretensioning before attaching ACL grafts in reconstructive surgery.

Posted On Aug 01, 2014

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Extensometer Slippage

Some of our customers are frustrated when they experience slippage of their strain gauge extensometers. Close examination of their extensometer knife-edges often reveals wear that has rounded the edge, increasing the likelihood of slippage.

Posted By David Fry

 Aug 15, 2013

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Industry Insights Series with David Fry

Working alongside our friends at AZOM, they developed a series of engaging interviews with a few of our global colleagues. In the recent series, I was able to discuss metals testing requirements with a focus on the latest European metals standard, ISO 6892 and high precision strain measurement with the AutoX750.