Instron 1332/8500

Uniaxial

At room or elevated temperature and one bar controlled composition atmosphere, this servohydraulic apparatus allows rapid rotary and axial motion of the piston under electrohydraulic servo control of axial position or load and angular position or torque. The axial load capacity in tension or compression is 11,120 N and the torque capacity is 113 N-m. The rotary stroke is 90 degrees at a maximum speed that corresponds to 300 mm/s for rotary shear of sample pairs of 50 mm diameter. Although our use of this testing machine for the past 20 years has been limited to studies of friction in rotary shear [Di Toro, et al., 2004; Kohli et al., 2011], it is versatile and can be used for many sample configurations.

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