Materials
Every material behaves differently under load, so testing requirements vary widely depending on what you're characterizing — from polymers and metals to composites and beyond. Explore Instron's testing solutions organized by material to find the equipment, standards, and guidance relevant to your application.
Instron offers a comprehensive range of solutions for testing composite materials and components: tension, compression, shear, torsion, planar biaxial, impact, and rheological properties, to name a few. In addition to quality hardware, Instron also offers a wide range of services for verification and alignment, helping manufacturers ensure consistent, repeatable results across demanding applications like aerospace and automotive components.
From reinforcement bar to tubular products, metal producers face a host of testing challenges. Manufacturers of metal products must not only meet advertised strength and performance ratings, but also comply with a wide range of ASTM, ISO, EN, JIS, SAE, and other international standards. Instron's metals testing solutions support tensile, compression, fatigue, and fracture testing across raw materials and finished components alike.
Characterization of polymer properties is critical throughout a material's lifecycle — from development and manufacturing to quality control, and ultimately, to determining the functionality of the finished product. Instron offers testing solutions covering tensile, flexural, impact, and rheological properties, helping manufacturers verify that plastic materials and components meet the demands of their intended application across a wide range of industries.
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