TEXTEST® - MULTIAXIAL PLANAR TESTING EQUIPMENT

The mechanical and fatigue behaviour of materials under multiaxial loading is determinant to characterize, improve and predict the performance, durability and failure of anisotropic structures. To replicate these conditions and assess, in a more realistic way, the behaviour of these structures under combined stresses, a multiaxial testing machine - TexTest - was designed and manufactured. The equipment is able to perform tensile and fatigue testing on 4 axes at 45°, on a force range varying from 10 N to 10 kN/axis and at a testing speed adjusted from 5 to 500 mm/min. Besides pre-defined testing procedures the equipment can be programmed to meet specific testing conditions.