Learn more about the tensile testing machines

Shimadzu EZ test series Table-Top testing machines are designed to achieve the highest accuracy and reliability to meet the requirements of European, American and all other DIN, EN, ISO, ASTM, JIS, IS, etc. standards over a long service life, not only in the main measured quantities of force, travel, but also elongation and more.

Tensile test of metallic materials according to EN ISO 6892.

The tensile test according to EN ISO 6892 is the basis for other tests which have the same/similar principle: e.g. EN ISO 898 (tensile test for bolts), DIN 488 (reinforcing steel for concrete parts) and other standards.

Bending test of plastics according to EN ISO 178. The first of the bending tests giving similar results to the tensile test, but used mainly for brittle materials that have a small deformation zone.

The bending test is performed on smaller testing machines, because the forces are not as high as in the tensile test - depending on the material, of course. But if the tens of kN are achieved in tens of kN in the tensile test of plastics/metals, the bending test of plastics is hundreds of N to lower units of kN.

Universal testing machine: basic machine for determining mechanical, material properties.  A universal testing machine or "tear tester" is a device for uniaxial stressing of a material. In English the term tensile tester or universal testing machine (UTM) is often used; in German the machine is called Zugprüfmaschine or just Prüfmaschine = tensile testing machine, testing machine.

In principle, it is the same as the test of metals - only reflecting the material properties of plastics and similar materials. Tensile test according to EN ISO 527-1.

Tensile testing according to EN ISO 527 covers the testing of a wide range of plastics - filled or unfilled materials, moulded or cast specimens, films and sheets, as well as fibre or binder reinforced materials.