I need help with installing and placing two testing machines.
First, it's a Charpy pendulum, weight of the pendulum hammer approx. 20kg. I have found several informations, besides specifications, but any further reading might help.
The second, a 300kN universal testing machine, fatigue testing...
I am trying to make several carbon fiber/epoxy bone plates (fracture fixation devices) for some tests, but I am lost.
I have searched for a "recipe" to start with, but no avail.
I am interested in some basic information, like: how many plies are necessary, the resin/fiber ratio, the usual...
I recently found a Reicherter Briviskop 187,5H, unused for several decades. This device, a hardness tester, still works, and with some maintainance I hope to get it working again.
The main problem, i cannot find an user manual, and, since it's an old device, made in 1977, I failed to retrieve it...
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I've got a problem regarding the clamping force on hydraulic grips on a universal testing machine.
For aluminium alloys works fine, but when i try on steel, it fails maintaining the clamping force on the grips.
The question: are there specifications regarding clamping forces for...
