The system is used mainly for the fully automatic performance of tensile and bending tests on plastic specimens (e.g. according to ISO 527-2, ISO 3167, ASTM D 638, ISO 178) as well as dimensionally stable specimens of other materials like wood/composites.
The automatic specimen feed system 'roboTest B' has a integrated magazine for for typically 30 specimens (max. stacking height 120 mm). The usage of modern and state-of-art tools for software-development results is done in a very simple and intuitive operation of automation with Zwick autoEdition2-software. Manual tests are still possible by simply swinging the feed system aside.
Test sequence:
- The user fills the specimen magazine directly on the test system.
- The specimen data (ident number, width, thickness,...) are entered on the PC. In barcode operation this step can be omitted.
- After the startup of the system on the PC, specimen feed, tensile/bending test and removal of the specimen fragments are carried out automatically.
- The specimens can be treated as test series or as individual specimens. Individual or series results are accordingly saved and printed on request.
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