mechanical laboratory testing

EWI’s well-equipped mechanical laboratories allow for full-scale testing of most applications:

Fracture and Fatigue Test Frames

• 250 ft-lb. instrumented drop-weight tower
• 300 ft-lb. Charpy impact
• 1,000-lb. electro-mechanical tension/compression
• 10,000-lb. electro-mechanical tension/compression
• 20,000-lb electro-mechanical tension/compression
• 60,000-lb. electro-mechanical tension/compression
• 500,000-lb. compression (static)
• 5,000-lb. servo-hydraulic tension/compression (2)
• 50,000-lb. servo-hydraulic tension/compression
• 100,000-lb. servo-hydraulic tension/compression(2)

Pressure

• 200-psi pneumatic pressure testing capability, burst/cyclic
• 3500-psi high volume fluid pressure testing equipment, burst/cyclic
• 10,000- and 30,000-psi low volume fluid pressure testing equipment, burst/cyclic

Structural Performance

• Residual stress hole drilling equipment
• 32-channel computer controlled strain data acquisition system
• 6-channel thermocouple data acquisition
• Linear variable displacement transducers