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 At Tinius Olsen we design and manufacture testing equipment to meet the needs of materials engineers, Quality managers and those engaged in research and education looking to determine the mechanical and physical strength of raw materials and finished components.
We have specialist engineers and technologists actively involved in the development of new test methods at ISO and ASTM standards organizations. We seek to work closely with our customers to provide solutions to their testing needs whether that is the tensile strength of rebar or the texture of ice cream, the puncture strength of a hypodermic needle or the melt flow rate of a polymer.
We have proven performance of successfully supplying materials testing equipment to perform tests in strict accordance with relevant international standards. If you are looking for credible testing equipment to quantify the strength and performance of Metals, Plastics, Rubber, Composites, Textiles, Packaging or Paper, Adhesives, Food products, or Components, then learn more about our capabilities by visiting out main website- www.TiniusOlsen.com |
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Wednesday, 08 July 2009 09:43 |
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MEDTEC IRELAND is the only event dedicated to industry professionals engaged in the design and manufacturing of medical devices in the country. Its unique networking format and content make it an unrivalled success. Each year it offers over 900 visitors and 100 + exhibitors the benefit of being able to view the latest innovations and technologies that will form the basis for the next generation of medical devices.
The 2009 event hosts a whole range of new features. The Technical Innovation Forum will for the first time address key advances in technology and techniques. Elsewhere in the hotel, targeted workshops will be guided by expert leaders providing specific two-way training programmes offering industry design and manufacturing professionals concise methods and solutions. As always, the Conference which will run as a plenary two day programme highlighting practical solutions and great case studies that will offer you insight from the very latest updates on regulatory requirements to the best in testing solutions.
For more information on the Medtec Exhibition, or to book your tickets visit www.MedtecIreland.com |
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 09:17 |
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 The Tay Bridge in Scotland, was designed by Thomas Bouch, a civil engineer. The first Tay Bridge took a total of six years to build, materials used included;
- Ten million bricks,
- Two million rivets,
- Eighty-seven thousand cubic feet of timber,
- Fifteen thousand casks of cement.
Six hundred men were employed throughout the construction of the bridge, twenty of whom lost their lives. |
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Monday, 05 October 2009 15:40 |
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 K&N Engineering, Inc., the Riverside, CA-based manufacturer of high performance air and oil filters, has been proving and improving the quality of its products using Tinius Olsen materials testing machines since 2006. According to Jonathan Fiello, who heads the in-house lab, K&N employs its bench-top T-series 50k universal testing machine to test virtually every material, component, and aspect of its filters.
“We use our Tinius Olsen machine for just about any tensile test we can apply. We have two 5,000 lb load cells, as well as some smaller units, and as long as we have the right grips, we can QC each part and overall assembly and document performance.”
K&N tests everything from the bond strength of its adhesives, to the wire layers of its filters, to mold release characteristics, to tear strength of urethane and rubber specimens, to warranty claims. The latter was one of the first applications of the Tinius Olsen UTM when Fiello was asked to document the point of product failure of one of the company’s filters to show that it could not possibly have been a contributing factor in an auto accident liability case. The clear results enabled K&N to win in court.
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Friday, 27 March 2009 11:07 |
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 Timber is one of the few truly renewable building materials, and thanks partly to the rise in off-site prefabrication its use is becoming ever more common. Wood is a very complex anisotropic natural composite and, despite the long history of timber construction, the factors that govern its mechanical properties are still not well understood.
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 13:46 |
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Ask most people to describe the kind of special materials you might want to test with a materials tester and how many would include shell in their answer? But, thanks to the work of two student using a Tinius Olsen machine to test shells, changes can be made to fisheries policy that will help to conserve important shellfish stocks and maintain them for future.
The story is based on the Isle of Man, a small self-governing island to the west of Britain, who’s main claims to fame are perhaps the Manx breed of cat (notable for not having a tail) and the Isle of Man motorcycle TT races.
The island’s Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry initiated a project with the University of Liverpool’s Marine Biology Department – based on the Island – to examine the effects of harvesting techniques on scallops. These are a type of shellfish found in the waters around the island and are harvested using a dredging method.
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