Touch-screen Testers (Force)

The MultiTest-xt force tester is, an easy to use tensile and compression testing system, ideally suited to making routine quality control measurements in production areas. Controlled by a built-in touch-screen console, only minimal training is necessary to begin testing and results are easy to interpret with a colour coded "Pass" or "Fail" indication.

The MultiTest-xt range of easy to use force measuring systems are specifically designed for conducting tensile and compression tests within the manufacturing environment. Controlled by a built-in touch-screen console, only minimal training is necessary to begin testing and results are easy to interpret with a colour coded "Pass" or "Fail" indication. 
 

This video is an overview of Mecmesin's tensile testers: MultiTest-i and MultiTest-xt. The top-of-the range MultiTest-i PC-controlled force measurement systems are an ideal solution for tensile testing in QC and R&D laboratories, while the MultiTest-xt tensile testers controlled by a built-in touch-screen console, requiring only minimal operator training are ideally suited to making routine quality control measurements in production areas.

A puncture resistance test on flexible packaging material to international test standard BS EN 14477:2004 is conducted using a MultiTest 2.5-xt touch-screen force tester and  puncture test fixture.  The force tester is driven by Emperor software, which  controls the speed of the test stand, collects  the data, and then calculates penetration force, elongation at break and the penetration energy.

A 'loop' tack test is carried out to test standard FINAT No. 9.  A sample is prepared and the "application tack" is measured using Mecmesin's MultiTest-xt console controlled test system.  The test system is driven by Emperor software, that measures the peak force to completely separate the loop from the glass plate.

A tensile test is conducted using a touch screen controlled MultiTest 25-xt force testing stand on samples to establish elongation under load and breaking strain. Plane grips are used to clamp the sample which is then stretched at 100 mm per minute. The force applied and the elongation of the sample are recorded at up to 1000 times per second. A graph of elongation vs. applied force is viewed to see the test as it is happening. 

This video shows a MultiTest 2.5-xt measuring the insertion and withdrawal force of electrical connectors.  A custom made fixture holds the male and female connectors while Emperor software controls the movement of the test stand, and records the forces at the requisite points in accordance with test standard BS 5057.

The force need to move the plunger on medical syringes is measured using a touch-screen controlled MultiTest-xt force testing system. Using a custom-made fixture, the force needed to start the plunger moving, and the average force required to keep it moving down the bore of the syringe are recorded.

This video show a MultiTest 5-xt touch-screen controlled force testing stand being used to test PET bottles for "Top-load". The resistance to crush testing is found together with the individual bottle height. Immediate colour-coded indication of "Pass" or "Fail" is given on the touch-screen. This is an important test in the "downgauging" or "lightweighting" of packaging materials. This is to reduce the amount of material used, reduce costs and to meet environmental standards, but at the same time ensuring the packaging does not fail during the filling, capping and storage process.

This video shows how to set up the MultiTest-xt to measure the height of different sized bottles while at the same time performing a top-load or crush test. The favourite buttons on the touch-screen are used to set the "Home" and "starting position" for each different size of bottle automatically. Upper and lower limits can be entered for both the bottle height and its performance under load, with unambiguous, colour coded "Pass" or "Fail" indication.