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The Company CEME are capable to carry out mechanical tests at quasi-static mode in different material testing areas. For these tasks a +/- 25 kN capacity screw driven machine is available. The machine is equipped with several load cells having different resolutions according to the demand of the load level. Loads as small as 0.1 N can be determined with a low uncertainty to fulfill mechanical tensile or compression measurements upon requirements. The machine is driven with a commercial servo motor and controlled by a software which enables stroke speeds between 16 mm/min and 0.010 mm/min.
Standard tensile tests according to close agreement with ASTM E 8 is possible for diversity of materials. Flexural bending tests according to ASTM 790—07 and interlaminar shear strength tests in accordance with D 2344 are within the capability.
Mechanical test can be carried out at ambient temperature and with a built in small furnace it is also possible to conduct test up to 700° C.
In addition, the Company has a large expertise with handling of fragile, damage susceptible, thin (diameters between 0.5 mm Ø and 1 mm Ø) superconducting wires and thin high temperature superconducting tapes of 1st and 2nd generation. The owner of the Company is since around 10 years an active member in German National Committee in the working group 5 (Tensile Measurements of superconducting wires) DKE section 184. Recently, within the framework of tensile measurement standards an Annex with respect to application of uncertainty concept has been developed, which will be the basis of the future measurements.
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