Issue 19, 2021

A low-cost tabletop tensile tester with optical extensometer

Abstract

High quality mechanical testing normally demands costly test equipment. This work presents a low cost (∼$500) fully customizable tensile tester that is designed from locally sourced and readily available components and, together with custom made operation software, delivers data of similar quality to commercial equipment. The instrument is small, light, and movable (e.g., it is suitable for a standard fume hood) and should be of interest to laboratories with limited access to advanced characterization facilities. All details are provided for future adaptation and customization.

Graphical abstract: A low-cost tabletop tensile tester with optical extensometer

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Jūl. 2021
Accepted
16 Aug. 2021
First published
17 Aug. 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Mater. Adv., 2021,2, 6339-6343

A low-cost tabletop tensile tester with optical extensometer

M. Hinge, J. A. Johnson and M. L. Henriksen, Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 6339 DOI: 10.1039/D1MA00598G

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