LCF Testing to ISO 12106 and ASTM E606
Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) testing is a growing area of materials testing, driven in particular by increasing demand from the aerospace, automotive and power generation industries. ISO 12106 and ASTM E606 specify the standard practice for strain controlled fatigue testing, used for simulating mechanical loading into the plastic region. This testing is typically carried out at very high temperatures to replicate the service conditions experienced by turbine blades in both gas turbines and jet engines.
Instron has supplied integrated LCF testing systems across the world for many years; if you would like to find out more about what we can offer and the benefits of choosing an Instron solution, please visit our LCF system page here.
A related application area is Thermomechanical Fatigue (TMF) testing where mechanical loading of the test specimen is combined with simultaneous thermal cycling through induction heating and air cooling. To find out more about this highly complex area of materials testing, please visit our TMF systems page here.
LCF Brochure
Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) testing is a growing area of materials testing, driven in particular by increasing demand from the aerospace, automotive and power generation industries. ISO 12016 and ASTM E606 specify the standard practice for strain controlled fatigue testing, used for simulating mechanical loading into the plastic region. This testing is typically carried out at very high temperatures to replicate the service conditions experienced by turbine blades in both gas turbines and jet engines.
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- 2/20/2019
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8862 Servo-Electric Testing System
8862 systems have been the industry choice for Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) testing for decades and are now fully integrated with our latest controller platform. Instron® has developed this system specifically to address the challenges of reverse-stress Low Cycle Fatigue and Thermomechanical Fatigue (TMF) testing. The unique actuator technology utilizes an all-electric, backlash free, ball-screw drive eliminating the need for hydraulic infrastructure to support the machine.
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- 2/15/2019
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High Temperature Water Cooled Hydraulic Reverse-Stress Pullrods - 3117-501
The 3117-501 pullrods reverse-stress pullrods with hydraulic preload designed for elevated temperature Low Cycle Fatigue applications. The pullrods are also suitable for hot tensile tests and other reverse axial stress applications.
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- 1/16/2019
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Furnace Controller & Software | 3117-301/302
Instron's revolutionary approach to furnace control solves one of the challenges of high temperature which is rarely discussed. Temperature control is notoriously challenging and dependent on expert technician's knowledge to configure, tune and optimise multiple temperature controllers to achieve the desired heating rate, set point and temperature gradients.
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- 1/16/2019
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Electrically Operated Pump with One-Touch Operation | 3117-503
An alternative to traditional manual pressurisation of hydraulic pull rods this integrated electronic solution offers superior repeatability between users and between tests. This unit offers significant ease of use advantages over a manual solution and provides consistent and repeatable clamping and pressurisation.
- Applications
- 1/16/2019
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