Horizontal Impact Tester
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Imatek Horizontal Impact Tester Imatek HIT The Horizontal Impact Tester from Imatek brings a stunning new approach to the world of material testing. Its patented design uses a linear electric motor to achieve high rates of deformation in a compact, bench height, form factor that will fit in any laboratory. Key features: • Compact design • Precisely controlled impact energy even for highly-deformed specimens • Very low impact energies possible • High quality instrumentation • Very high level of operator safety • Convenient bench-height sample loading • Robust, reliable design • World-class analysis software, Impacqt • Imatek support Applications include plaque and film testing, automated testing for quality assurance purposes, characterisation of energy-absorbing materials, resilience testing of rubbers, low-energy testing of advanced composites, high-rate tensile testing, Charpy and IZOD testing and fatigue testing. Anvil stiffness Safety Dimensions Services Unear motor, hardened and ground bearings, and anvil support mounted on machined steel frame. For high-energy applications the steel frame is bolted to the floor. Clear polycarbonate cover. 1000kN / mm Interlocked covers prevent operator access when impact cycle is active Linear motor de-energised when cover is open 89/392/EEC & 91/368/EEC - machinery safety accreditation 1500mm(h) x 2500mm(w) x 500mm(d) Weight 200kg 220VAC 50/60Hz 32A Compressed air 0.4 to 0.6Mpa Data Sheet - Imatek HIT Page 1 of 4

Imatek Horizontal Impact Tester_ Velocity 0.5 m/s to 10.0 m/s, continuously variable Energy 0.25J to 1000J, continuously variable Impact force Piezo-electric force links 2kN to 120kN full-scale, with exceptionally large dynamic range. Linearity better than 1%. Impact velocity By time of flight of accurately machined flag measured by a laser and a photodiode with a resolution of 50ns. Accuracy better than 0.5% Displacement Non-contact inductive digital encoder with 10^m resolution. Cumulative error better than lOjum + 2 Ojum per metre, temperature co-efficient 1pm/m/K Data acquisition 4...

Imatek Horizontal Impact Tester Basic analysis Calculation of force, acceleration, velocity, displacement and energy Markers Markers identify points within the captured data. Markers are initially positioned automatically by the software, and may be repositioned manually. An arbitrary number of markers may be defined, for example peak force, peak displacement, sample failure. Single value analysis Single values may be extracted from the data and reported. Simple examples include peak force, energy to fail or maximum displacement. There is no limit to the number or complexity of results that...

IMATEK Test database High speed video User levels Saving settings Test data may be saved ether in individual files, or in a test database (Microsoft Access format). Multiple databases may be created, for different users or different applications. Test data stored in files may be copied into the database and vice versa. A powerful search tool can be used to interrogate the database and find tests that match particular criteria: for example, by the date of the test, the type of sample, the peak force seen during the test or the energy absorbed by the specimen. An auto-save facility ensures...