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New Eco 2 Indicator PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 10:00

Another new evolution, in the field of indicators available for Tinius Olsen and other manufacturers concrete compression testing machines, is ECO 2. Version II of our successful ECO will display a force live reading during the test but report peak stress along with peak force when test is complete. The working features of ECO II are:

-  User enters test specimen area before starting a test, it’s stored.

-  During the test the instantaneous force is displayed.

- When test is complete the display automatically alternates between peak force and peak stress results.

 

 

 

TO ECO 2 head is supplied with TO 4 pillar compression machines and available for retro fits.

Key features and functionality

• 4 digit display.

• Force unit base factory set, imperial or Metric or SI indicated by LED.

• Force calibration range 1% to 100% accuracy +\- 1% of applied force.

• Specimen area input.

• Instantaneous force displayed during test.

• Result Peak Force and peak Stress.

• 4 user keys; Start Stop, Zero and Set Break Point.

• User defined Break Detect.

• Mains power and off line battery capability.

• Integral SSR for adaptation to pumping units.

• 10 point dynamic calibration.

 
New Catalogue PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 12 December 2011 06:49

We have just launched the latest version of our Civil Engineering Testing Equipment catalogue. This catalogue, reference no B190 C, includes our new, comprehensive , Soil testing product line and also introduces our new relationship with the world’s premier sieve manufacturer, Endecotts. Our new catalogue now lets you have true one stop shopping for all your construction testing and civil engineering testing needs with equipment manufactured by the world’s best suppliers. The catalogue is available from your local representative, or as a downloadable electronic version by clicking here.

 
Tinius Olsens NEW Video Extensometer PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 09:16

Tinius Olsens NEW Video Extensometer

 
Testing to prevent mechanical failure: Tay Bridge Disaster 1879 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 09:17

Tay Bridge - Scotland 1877, before the disasterThe 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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Hidden Treasure at Anna University in Chennai PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 August 2011 04:07

We believe we have found the oldest testing machine in India. Regional Sales Manager John Bromley-Barratt and our local distributor, Aimil, found this hidden treasure at Anna University, Chennai. The machine seen here is a one of the Tinius Olsen Little Giant series and was installed in 1904; the machine was originally operated manually (electricity wasn’t commercially available at that time) and employed a lever based weighing system to determine applied loads. This machine was upgraded with an electric motor at some point in the past, and is still in regular use today for teaching students the principles of mechanical testing.

Anna University in India is one of the most reputed and highly rated universities in the field of academic and research. One of the colleges of Anna University, College of Engineering, Guindy (1794), is the very proud owner of this machine.

 
Article on improving MFI results in Plastics Technology magazine PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 13:22

How to Get Better MFI Results articleFurther to the popular webinar that we held with Plastics Technology magazine, the editors of the magazine asked us to  develop the webinar into a printed article to be published in the September issue of the magazine. Click here to see a copy of the article.

 
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