Tensile Tester Kit
TecQuipment's Tensile Tester Kit (ES6) demonstrates the principles of tensile tests on specimens of different materials, showing material behavior in the elastic and plastic region (Young's modulus).
This kit includes different beams and fixing blocks. The fixing blocks work as clamps or knife-edge supports. They hold the beams in different ways, such as a cantilever, simply supported, fixed (encastre), and a propped cantilever.
Students set up a beam on the supports and add weights to deflect the beams. An accurate dial indicator measures the deflection at the point of loading.
The choice of different beams allows extra experiments, showing the relationships between beam deflection and ‘I’ (second moment of area) value. They also allow comparisons of different beam material and how it affects deflection, introducing Young’s Modulus.
Students also use the cantilever for easy experiments showing the relationship between beam length and deflection.
TecQuipment supply a CD-ROM with the Work Panel (ES1). It includes all the worksheets, guidance notes, and lecturer notes (with answers) needed for typical experiments with each kit. The selection of parts in the kits and the choice of fixing points on the work panel means that teachers or lecturers may extend the experiments to an even greater range.
Deflection of Beams (ES4):
TecQuipment's Tensile Tester Kit (ES6) demonstrates the principles of tensile tests on specimens of different materials, showing material behavior in the elastic and plastic region (Young's modulus).
TecQuipment's Torsion of Circular Sections Kit (ES5) Demonstrates the torsion in circular section specimens of different materials and lengths.
TecQuipment's Spring Tester Kit (ES19) demonstrates the characteristics of coiled springs and how to test them (Hooke's law).