Mechanical testing is a way of testing and measuring the properties of materials. Machines/instruments are available to test materials or finished products in a range of different ways including ...

A universal testing machine (UTM) can carry out a broad spectrum of tests, applying tensile and compression forces and assessing the test specimen’s load-displacement response. A key component of the ...

Material testing is important in big industry, where manufacturers must be able to trust the properties of the raw materials they’re using. The rest of us generally take a supplier’s word for it that ...

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