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Zwick Roell RetroLine univ. testing machine

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Technical data

Maximum test force: 20 kN
Load cells: 20 kN; 2 kN; 500 N; 20 N
Crosshead speed: 0.001 mm/min to 1000 mm/min
Usable testing space: 630 x 1430 mm
Accredited in accordance with EN 17025 since January 2017 (for scope, see SAS [Swiss Accreditation Service] homepage, STS 0634)

Areas of application

Tensile and compression tests
Breaking strength
Spring constants
Young's modulus
Measurement of force-displacement hysteresis curves

Vickers hardness tester

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Technical data

Test forces: 49.03 mN (5p) corresponds to HV 0.005
up to 19.61 N (2kp) corresponds to HV 2
for component hardnesses up to approx. 1200 HV 2

Areas of application

Hardness testing for metallic materials

Shore A and Shore D hardness tester

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Technical data

Zwick 7201
Zwick Roell 3114 Shore A
Hardness values from 10 to 90 Shore A
Margin of error: < ± 1 Shore hardness unit
Zwick Roell 3116 Shore D
Hardness values from 30 to 90 Shore D

Areas of application

Hardness testing for polymer materials

IRHD rubber hardness tester

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Technical data

Hardness values from 30 to 100 IRHD M

Areas of application

Measurement of rubber hardness levels; for example, measurement of O-rings

Surface profilometer

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Technical data

Tactile surface roughness measurement
Step height measurement of coatings in the µm range
Stylus radius: 2 µm

Areas of application

Measurement of surface profiles
Roughness measurement