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A selection of wedge-action grips. The self-tightening action of the jaws make them a common sight on tensile testers. Source: Mark-10

5 Common Errors in Tensile Testing

As with any testing, the data is only as good as the test methodology allows.
Kevin Connelly
October 31, 2017

Younger readers may be surprised to hear that the word plastic was once synonymous with cheap. Maybe that’s why Dustin Hoffman’s character was famously given the career advice to get into plastics in the movie “The Graduate.”


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It’s the Other Stuff that’s the Problem

Sometimes you have to start looking at the less obvious culprits.
Hill Cox
October 24, 2017

Sometimes all the usual steps taken to resolve measurement disputes still don’t point to a culprit you can deal with. But one certainty always remains: Your customer insists their gages are right so the problem must be due to your gages.


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Testing sheet metallic material

Mechanical Testing of Automotive Materials and Components

Testing the performance of components is critical to many automotive suppliers in a quality control aspect—and hugely important for research and development of new products.
Matthew Spiret
October 10, 2017

In the production of automobiles, there are many different materials that require mechanical testing. When industry changes occur, this ultimately affects the types of testing being conducted.


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System Self Check waveforms.

How Not to Fear the Gage R of Your Leak Test

Turn Gage R into a tool for continuous quality improvement.
October 10, 2017

Many quality engineers don’t know the Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility, or Gage R&R, of their leak test. Many, frankly, don’t want to know because they fear how poor it may be.


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