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Electromechanical Materials
Testing Machines EM0 series
MICROTEST
MICROTEST, S.A.
Instruments and Equipments for Materials Testing
(+34) 91 796 33 32 www.microtest-sa.com
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Electromechanical Materials Testing Machines EM0 MICROTEST
DESCRIPTION
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Electromechanical Materials Testing Machines EM0 MICROTEST
The main advantages of electromechanical testing machines over the hydraulic systems are:
✓ High stability, mainly at low speed or long term tests (corrosion under tension tests, creep tests,
etc.).
✓ Capability of keeping the load during long intervals, with error under 0.1% of the applied force,
or even better (< 0,01%) in the case of calibration by comparison force standard machines or
high stability of load tests .
✓ Electromechanical machines can be operated at speeds ranging from a minimum of
0.05µm/min to a maximum of 200 or 600 mm/min (or even 2500mm/min or more, depending
on the model), which accommodates a wide range of materials and specimens.
✓ Minimum maintenance: They do not need oil, filter or joints replacement.
✓ They do not need extra space for hydraulic power source and they do not need any pipe or
external fittings to transmit the mechanical power.
✓ Very low noise in comparison with hydraulic systems and without the risk of leakage of oil.
✓ Low consumption of energy and no need of expensive cooling systems.
Moreover, the displacement of the crosshead allows the application of the load without impact, in a
continuous way. MICROTEST EM0/FR machines have ever shown a very good behavior in long term
tests, where it is necessary to keep the load or the position during long time at a high level of stability.
The electromechanical testing machines include one or more force transducers (load cell) that provide
better precision measurement of the applied force than pressure transducers or gages used in
traditional hydraulic systems. In this way the force measurement is not affected by oil temperature,
local disturbances caused by the oil flow, friction in the load cylinder, etc.
The test speed is digitally controlled and measured by means of a high resolution motor feedback
system rotary or an incremental optical encoder placed in the motor axis, obtaining a high precision
controlled movement, helped by the high gear ratio of the system.
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Electromechanical Materials Testing Machines EM0 MICROTEST
ACCESSORIES
The EM0 machines flexibility is further extended by a wide array of accessories instrumentation, grips
and fixtures to perform all kind of test with the higher efficiency. These accessories include various
LVDT extensometers, compressometers, strain gage extensometers, high temperature extensometers,
as well as grips, holders, jigs or platens for holding the test specimens. They can also be delivered
with special testing equipment as high temperature furnaces.
MICROTEST can provide a great variety of grips and accessories, depending on the material or test.
Among others:
• Compression platens.
• Pneumatic or manual grips for tensile tests with different jaws.
• Bend fixtures.
• Other test fixtures (shear, friction, tear, peel, etc)
• Extensometers, furnaces, etc.
This flexibility makes EM0 machines very suitable in a lot of standardized axial tests, where the
force to be applied is under the load capacity of the machine, in tensile test or compression tests in
the same single test zone.
Among others, with the suitable fixture, the following tests can be done:
• Tensile tests on metal samples: standard shapes, ribbons, springs, screws, fasteners, washers,
wires, cables, elastomeric samples, etc
• High temperature creep tests
• Corrosion under tension tests.
• Tensile tests on polymers, composites, rubbers, textiles, ropes, webs, wood, etc.
• Tensile tests on standardized steel samples.
• Tensile, shear or bending tests on aluminium samples or profiles.
• Compression tests on concrete, mortars, ceramics, foams, wood, rocks, etc.
• Friction tests, peel tests, shear, etc.
• Bending tests on mortars, concrete, ceramics, wood, paving tiles, etc.
• CBR and Marshall test.
• Calibration of force transducers (EN ISO 376).
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Electromechanical Materials Testing Machines EM0 MICROTEST
EM0/FR machines make use of this SCM3000 software that enhances the features of the machine for
any kind of test or material, allowing the user the full control of any of the functionalities of the
machine. It’s a very reliable and adaptable system. The description of the SCM3000 software
specifications is shown apart. All database and controlled parameters are managed using a
computer (included) with the MICROTEST SCM3000 software.
SCM3000 software helps the user to automate his operations, providing a powerful Method and
Result Editor, with the possibility of exportation of data to Excel ® or ASCII files that allows the
generation of customized reports. The test curves can also be rescale, recall and replot by a
Graphics Editor
The control system also includes: software selectable servo-control by force or by displacement (or
other quantity), displays for the configured channels, digital zeroing of any channel, fully
configurable channels, calculated channels, configurable alarms, digital recording of every
configured quantity, selectable sampling, automation of the tests (tests methods and complex
sequences of movement or load), definition of test parameters, calculations, graphical display of the
recorded data and test results, etc.
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Electromechanical Materials Testing Machines EM0 MICROTEST