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DHR-3 Rheometer


Test modes
dynamic:
frequency sweep, strain amplitude sweep, temperature sweep, time sweep
steady and transient:
step rate, step strain, creep and recovery, stress relaxation, rate sweep

Measured Quantities
Complex shear/tensile modulus or dynamic viscosity as a function of frequency, temperature or deformation amplitude.

Specifications
Temperature Range
Frequency Range
Torque Range Oscillation
Torque Range Steady Shear

-150°C to +500°C
1 µrad/s to 300 rad/s
0.5 nN·m to 200 mN·m
5.0 nN·m to 200 mN·m

Accessories
Advanced Peltier Plate
Upper Heated Plate for Peltier Plate
Environmental Test Chamber
UV Curing Accessories
Modular Microscope


ARES Rheometer


Type of Test
dynamic:
- frequency sweep
- strain amplitude sweep
- temperature sweep
transient (static):
- step rate
- step strain
- creep and recovery
- stress relaxation

Measured Quantities
Complex shear modulus or dynamic viscosity as a function of frequency, temperature or deformation amplitude.

Specifications
Temperature Range
Frequency Range
Torque Range

-120°C to +500°C
1 mrad/s to 100 rad/s
2 g·cm to 2000 g·cm


Universal Testing Machine


Type of Test
- constant rate test
- stress relaxation
- creep test
- fatigue tests

Measured Quantities
- stress-strain-diagram
- Young‘s modulus
- yield point
- yield stress

Specifications
Temperature Range
Load Range
Speed Range

-80°C to +250°C
up to 1 kN
0.01 mm/min. to 1000 mm/min.


PW 40 E Lab Press


Description
Automatic 2-column electro-hydraulic lab press used to press mouldings and stripes as specimens for static and dynamic test methods.



Specifications
Temperature Range
Load Range
Area

20°C to +400°C
up to 450 kN
200 mm x 200 mm