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INSTRON LTD
About us
Instron is a leading provider of test equipment for the material and structural testing markets. A global company providing single-source convenience, Instron manufactures and services products used to test the mechanical properties and performances of various materials, components and structures in a wide array of environments.
Instron systems evaluate materials ranging from the most fragile filament to advanced high-strength alloys, providing customers with comprehensive solutions for all their research, quality and service-life testing requirements. Additionally, Instron offers a broad range of service capabilities, including assistance with laboratory management, calibration expertise and customer training.
Products
6800 Series
Offering exceptional performance, the new 6800 Series is designed with enhancements that deliver unparalleled accuracy and reliability, improved ergonomics, and an enhanced overall experience for today’s operator.
3400 Series
Instron’s 3400 Series frames offer simplicity and performance for routine, standardized QC tests and general purpose mechanical testing, including tensile, compression, peel, tear, and friction.
Electromechanical 5980 Series
The 5980 Series Universal Testing Instruments offer exceptional performance and are designed with enhancements that deliver unparalleled accuracy and reliability, improved ergonomics, and an enhanced overall experience for the operator. New industry leading features include load measurement accuracy to +/-0.5% of reading down to 1/1000 of load cell capacity and fast, synchronized data acquisition rates up to 2,500 points per second. The most common uses of these mechanical testing systems are for tensile, compression, bend, peel, shear, tear and cyclic tests. Configured systems are fully capable of meeting test requirements per ASTM, ISO, DIN, TAPPI, GB, JIS, ANSI, NAS, etc.
ElectroPuls®
With more than thirteen years of running tests over billions of cycles, ElectroPuls systems are the established materials testing instruments using patented linear motor technology. Offering slow-speed static and high-frequency fatigue testing, this versatile testing capability means ElectroPuls systems are ideal for any lab or office space. Choose from axial only or combined axial-torsion systems that can deliver up to 10kN and 100Nm. Available in 3 sizes, simply pick the one that's right for you. ElectroPuls, a simpler, smarter, safer way to meet your testing needs.
Servohydraulic Fatigue Testing Systems
Servohydraulic systems are the workhorse of any laboratory. They can perform a wide variety of low and high cycle fatigue, crack propagation, fracture toughness and other dynamic tests. Each system can be readily configured with appropriate sized servo valve, manifold and hydraulic power unit to suit the particular application.
High Strain Rate VHS Systems
Many materials exhibit different behaviors under various strain rates, i.e. they have strain rate dependent properties. Characterizing these dynamic properties across a wide range of velocities becomes very important in applications where components are exposed to high strain rates, especially on investigating material failure and also identifying the most optimal design for weight. High strain rate testing machines have helped industries to predict material behavior, which in turn helps the design of many components that are exposed to high strain rates during its life cycle. Whether it is in the landing gear on aircraft, the crash impact of a road vehicle or even the cord strings when a parachute is opened, all of these examples involve one or more components of a product that are subjected to high strain rate impact. These components require safety and industry standards to be met in order to compete in the industry. Therefore, a high strain rate testing machine with reliable operations and accurate data acquisition is essential in designing safe and functional products and verifying the validity of the computer simulation tools, e.g. car crash simulation.
Structural Durability
Instron offers comprehensive know-how in the area of servohydraulic service load simulation and component testing. Solutions offered range from simple, single-channel component test rigs to systems enabling a complex simulation of virtually all loads acting on a vehicle or structure. A modular concept allows individual test rig components to be customized and tailored to the specific requirements of the application on hand.
Crash Simulation Systems
The CSA Advanced catapult is a complete solution for high volume testing and advanced applications, including pitching simulation.
Automated Testing Systems
Instron Automated Testing Systems enable a new dimension of testing productivity. These systems were designed as a solution to these common testing challenges including safety, throughput, repetitive tasks/better use of skilled operators, and variability of results. Available as either a complete turnkey solution or fitted to existing Instron testing instruments, both options are tailored to your testing operations and throughput requirements. The unique modular design of the automated testing systems provide the broad control and handling capability needed to fulfill a wide range of applications. Standardized systems are available for the following application areas: rubber tensile and tear, plastics tensile and flex, thin films tensile, metals tensile, and component testing.
Melt Flow Index Testers
Instron® melt flow testers are specifically designed for easy and accurate measuring of Melt Flow Rate (MFR) and Melt Volume Rate (MVR). Our extrusion plastometers range from manual to semi-automated plastic melt flow index testers performing multiple weight tests. All our Melt Flow Index testing equipment meets the latest ASTM and ISO standards.
9400 Series Drop Tower System
The Instron Drop Tower 9400 Series was developed to deliver faster results, fewer errors, and lower training costs for customers who are under pressure to deliver higher quality advanced materials for stronger yet lighter products. This is achieved by simplifying workflows, providing preconfigured and prompted tests, streamlining data and exporting it for analysis, whilst providing advanced capability with high speed video and more.
Bluehill® Universal For Universal Testing Systems
Bluehill Universal is built from the ground-up for touch interaction. The new portrait layout, with its meticulously crafted visual design, gives the most comprehensive view of the test workspace on the Operator Dashboard, a stunning large-format touch monitor with an integrated controller. Intuitive workflows make it easy to train new or experienced users, simplify operator training, and allow you to start testing even faster than ever before.
Bluehill® Fracture For Dynamic and Fatigue Testing Systems
Bluehill Fracture is a dedicated fracture mechanics software from Instron. Machine control, data analysis and reporting are performed for metals fracture toughness measurement to key international standards.
Bluehill® Impact For Drop Towers
Bluehill Impact with it's easy-to-understand icons and workflows, make it easy to train new or experienced users allowing you to start testing even faster than ever before.
Bluehill® Elements For 3400 Series Universal Testing Systems
Bluehill Elements Software, built on the Bluehill platform meets the requirements of simple tension, compression, flexure, peel, and tear testing.
WaveMatrix™2 For Dynamic and Fatigue Testing Systems
The introduction of WaveMatrix redefined dynamic materials testing software, through its graphical user interface and unrivaled ease of use. Since its launch, we have continually developed the WaveMatrix Suite in response to customer applications and testing needs. The new features introduced with WaveMatrix2 will build user-confidence, further simplify common fatigue tests, and help customers to get more value out of their test systems. Through the introduction of Quick Test, Video Tutorials, and ready-to-run Example Methods, you will be able to get testing in seconds, reduce training time and improve user competence, and unlock new testing capabilities.
Bluehill® HV For HDT and Vicat Testers
Bluehill® HV Software is specifically designed for the Instron® HDT and Vicat testers, both of the previous and current generations.
HDT & Vicat Systems
The design of the HV Systems and BLUEHILL® HV Software is based on the full understanding of customers needs for both an enhanced user-experience and outstanding productivity, making materials testing SIMPLER, SMARTER, SAFER.
Load Cells
Instron® is the only testing system manufacturer that designs and manufactures its own load cells. This ensures that Instron load cells meet the unique requirements of material testing systems such as high accuracy over a wide measurement range, high stiffness, resistance to offset loads, accurate alignment and excellent zero stability. These load cells are made within Instron’s manufacturing center in High Wycombe, United Kingdom. All Instron load cells are individually temperature-compensated and tested for accuracy and repeatability on a calibration apparatus that is traceable to international standards, with a measurement of uncertainty that does not exceed one-third of the permissible error of the load cell. Instron's Massachusetts headquarters houses the largest commercial deadweight stack in the
Peel, Friction and Puncture Test Fixtures
These fixtures are designed to work with universal testing machines to perform an assortment of peel, puncture, burst, and coefficient of friction tests.
Environmental Chambers and Furnaces
Instron environmental chambers provide extensive temperature testing capabilities for evaluating material properties under non-ambient testing conditions.
Tensile Grips
Instron® offers a wide variety of tensile grips to suit your industry and testing application. Our grips range in force from one gram to 2 meganewtons and can accommodate a diverse range of materials such as thread, rope, elastomers, plastic, composites, metals, and more. For those with unique applications, our custom engineering group will gladly design a grip to suit your situation. Instron grips comply with all global testing standards, are designed to last for decades, and are backed by our world class service and support team.
Extensometers
Strain measurement is a key component of mechanical testing and is required by nearly all relevant ASTM and ISO standards. Instron offers a wide range of strain measurement devices to suit every material and application. From simple bonded strain gauges to the most advanced video extensometry, all of our devices are designed and manufactured by Instron engineers to meet our own stringent accuracy standards. If your testing application requires a creative solution, our Custom Engineering Group is available to design and implement a strain measurement solution that meets your needs.
Testing Accessories
Instron has used its wealth of applications and engineering experience to produce the most extensive range of accessories for materials testing instruments in the industry. Made up of hundreds of grips, fixtures, load cells, and other accessories, our vast range of general purpose and application-focused accessories are designed to help you get the most from your materials testing system.
Instron Remote Technical Support (RTS)
Instron Remote Technical Support (RTS), powered by Instron Connect, allows our technical support team to connect directly to your Instron systems by either remote screen share or through integrated augmented reality (AR) capability, providing a fast and high-quality system diagnostics which should increase your Instron systems uptime.
Force Calibration
Instron’s calibration services not only meet industry and international regulatory standards, but also routinely exceed them. As the leading provider of high accuracy instruments and the first materials testing company to use strain gauge load cell technology, we take pride in knowing that our calibrations are of the highest quality. Instron’s accredited calibrations cover a wider range of forces than other providers, enabling usage of test systems to both lower forces and higher forces without the need for changing transducers or purchasing new. Our accreditation by NVLAP under Lab Code 200301-0 to ISO/IEC 17025 ensures that Instron has proven technical competence and necessary quality systems in the place to ensure consistently delivered calibrations which maximize customer confidence.
IQOQ Validation
Our field service teams provide validation and documentation services to support IQOQ processes designed to ensure that your Instron testing equipment performs to its intended purposes and produces valid results per 21 CFR 820.72 and ISO 13845. At the conclusion of our services we provide a Completion Certificate for Installation and Operational Qualification that will be signed by the Instron Field Service Engineer who performed the validations.
Training
Offering a wide assortment of courses our training curriculum is designed to meet the training needs of machine operators and test method developers - from novice to expert. Your operators and test method developers will learn about computer-controlled material testing and best practice techniques while building an understanding of range of testing capabilities found in your testing system and its associated software tools. This knowledge will help you to apply the wide range of capabilities found in your Instron testing system while improving efficiency and productivity to maximize the return on your investment.
Speed and Displacement Verification
Instron has long been a leader in measuring and verifying speed and displacement and was an active participant in developing the ASTM Speed and Displacement Verification standards. These services ensure that testing parameters are being met and that associated results are being calculated accurately. To further maximize confidence, Instron is also accredited by NVLAP under lab code 200301-0 to ISO/IEC 17025.
Strain Calibration
Instron has been a leading provider in measuring and calibrating strain and is an active participant in the development of ASTM E83, ISO 9513 and ISO 5893 Strain measurement standards. This service ensures that testing parameters are being met and that associated results are being calculated accurately.
Temperature Calibration
Instron is leading the way to better calibration of environmental chambers and furnaces. Instron’s Temperature Calibration service ensures that testing parameters are being met and that associated results are being calculated accurately.