Lloyd Instruments will be showing a comprehensive range of materials testing machines at K’2007 for testing plastics, rubber, polymers and other materials to illustrate testing capabilities throughout the manufacturing cycle, from raw materials to plastic components and finished products. The versatile ‘2 in 1’ FTPlus friction tester, MFI-10 automatic melt flow indexer and the HDT/VICAT measurement instrument from the Davenport™ range of plastics and polymer testing instruments will be on show. The LFPlus, LRXPlus and LR10KPlus universal testing machines with 1kN, 5kN and 10kN max. force respectively, can also be seen. All instruments will be operating under PC control using Lloyd Instruments’ versatile new NEXYGENPlus materials test and control software.  A selection of Chatillon mechanical and digital force gauges will also be displayed.

The ‘2 in 1’ FTPlus instrument can either be used as a dedicated friction tester conforming to the requirements of the key ASTM D1894, ISO 8295 and TAPPI T549 friction testing standards or, when used together with NEXYGENPlus software and appropriate sample clamping fixtures, can be configured as a powerful universal testing machine to perform tensile, compression, flexural and other mechanical tests up to 1 kN (225 lbf). The FTPlus can be used for measurements of static and kinetic coefficients of friction, peak load and average load. 

The LFPlus, LR10KPlus and LRXPlus instruments are from the Plus range, which features 11 instruments with capacities from 1 kN to 300 kN. The twin column LR10KPlus instrument will be equipped with an EX800Plus extensometer for the accurate extension measurement of materials such as semi-rigid plastics, elastomers and rubbers up to a maximum sample thickness of 25 mm. The extensometer is designed with great flexibility of adjustment to ensure easy and precise attachment to the sample and best ergonomic test positioning.

The extensive capabilities of NEXYGENPlus software include test creation, data collection, reporting and exporting test data, video and still picture capture, test data security and audit trails, and test automation and customisation.

The Davenport MFI-10 melt flow indexer is an intelligent modular system, which allows fully automatic measurement of the melt flow rate of a polymer. It can be used both by resin manufacturers and processors such as extruders and injection moulders to measure the melt flow rate and melt volume rate of thermoplastics before use in the manufacturing process.

Chatillon mechanical and digital force gauges can be used for handheld and test stand applications.  Digital force gauges are available with an integral or dedicated remote load cell.

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Lloyd Instruments is a unit of the AMETEK Measurement & Calibration Technologies Division.  Both are part of AMETEK, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company and a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annual sales of $1.8 billion.  Visit www.lloyd-instruments.com for more information.

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