Universal Testing Machine Recomendations?
Universal Testing Machine Recomendations?
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My company has added $20k to the budget for a universal testing machine and I would like to get recomendations for a good machine that is around or under this price. My company is a contract engineering firm that works largely in medical electronics and telecom. We don't have any products of our own and every project is different so there is no real typical use case for the tester.
General Requirements:
- Tension and Compression ~200-500 lbs
- Cycle testing on the order of 2 Hz at full load
- Single or dual column
- Travel of about 36 in to allow for fixtures and clamps
Any recomendations would be appreciated. I have talked with an Instron rep already and their most basic machine (single column, ~ 100 lbs) runs about $22k before adding in any fixtures.
General Requirements:
- Tension and Compression ~200-500 lbs
- Cycle testing on the order of 2 Hz at full load
- Single or dual column
- Travel of about 36 in to allow for fixtures and clamps
Any recomendations would be appreciated. I have talked with an Instron rep already and their most basic machine (single column, ~ 100 lbs) runs about $22k before adding in any fixtures.





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Regards,
Cory
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Cory - I would have thought that I could get a brand name UTM for 20k as well but the Instron rep set me straight.
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