Imatek has installed an IM10T-30HV Impact Tester at Czech research organisation Comtes, which specialises in metallic materials for the mechanical engineering, automotive and energy industries.
The IM10T-30HV will be used primarily for conducting impact tests on metallic materials.
The machine included many of the available options offered on the IM10 range including Imatek's high velocity system which enables impact speeds of up to 25 m/s.
Other options included second impact prevention (SIP), which arrests the mass in the event of a rebound, direct displacement, for direct measurement of mass displacement during specimen impact and high rate tensile, cylinder crush (compression) and Charpy test options.
The machine was also supplied with an external temperature chamber which enables cooling or heating of specimens within the range -150 to 200C.
Comtes will also be using Imatek's Integrated High Speed Video system.
Integrated High Speed Video combines test data with high-speed video imagery, which can provide a high level of qualitative information about a test event, in addition to the quantitative information provided by the software.
Integrated High Speed Video can be supplied as an option with any of the Imatek range of impact testers or as a standalone system that can be utilised by other parts of a customers operation and on a range of test apparatus including UTM's, Pendulum and Drop Weight testers.
As standard the Integrated High Speed Video option provides a complete package including C3008 data acquisition, software, camera, choice of lenses, lighting controller, lights and tripods/stands.
