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Home » Authors » Carl Bramley

Carl Bramley

Carl Bramley is the materials product manager, PPT UK Ltd. For more information, call (703) 433-9247, email [email protected] or visit www.mecmesin.com.

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On the road to vehicle battery materials quality testing.
Automotive

EV Batteries: Materials Quality Testing to Avoid Bumps in the Road

Each component must withstand mechanical, thermal, and environmental stresses throughout its lifecycle.
Carl Bramley
May 21, 2025

As demand for electric vehicles rises, the automotive industry must prioritize battery component quality. This article explores the critical role of how materials used in automotive battery manufacturing undergo rigorous mechanical testing to verify their quality and to maintain industry standards.


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Slicing bread with a steel blade.
Test & Inspection

Universal Testers: The Greatest Thing for Slicing Bread?

Documenting material properties is often a key factor in quality control and R&D divisions.
Carl Bramley
January 24, 2025

Universal testing machines (UTMs) play a vital role in various industries, applying tensile and compression forces to evaluate materials. UTMs ensure quality standards are met, showcasing their versatility in maintaining product integrity across diverse sectors.


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Unboxing paper quality picture
Test & Inspection

Unboxing Paper Quality

In real-world use, a material only needs to be as strong as necessary, with other properties such as lightness, manufacturability and sustainability influencing its selection.
Carl Bramley
August 11, 2024

When discussing material strength, a material only needs to be as strong as necessary. Other properties like lightness, manufacturability, and sustainability also matter. Paper can be the ideal choice with resourceful processing and innovative design, despite being seemingly weaker as a raw material.


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Syringe compression UTM with guard
Test & Inspection

Universal applications and implementations of UTMs

A universal tester can regularly be found implementing tension and compression applications in QC and R&D environments.
Carl Bramley
April 18, 2024

UTM is versatile and cost-effective, evaluating physical properties while adhering to industry standards. They test durability and establish load thresholds for functionality, safety during use, and minimum loads for usability, improving the quality of the final product.


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Software and human operators
Software

The Role of Software in the Quality Assurance Testing Team

In the ever-evolving landscape of manufacturing, consistency in quality is one of the bedrocks upon which reputations are built—and sustained.
Carl Bramley
March 1, 2024
PPT Group, Pellet auto tester single frame full view halo
Test & Inspection

Crushing it: a granular breakdown of testing what shouldn’t break down

While tensile testing garners significant attention, compression testing is equally crucial.
Carl Bramley
January 26, 2024

In this article, we narrow the focus to the specific domain of crush testing for granules, pellets, and similar test specimens.


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QM 1123 FEAT Test and Inspection Materials and products VectorPro OmniTest
Test & Inspection

What Product Quality Testing is Made of

Quality materials are the route to quality products.
Carl Bramley
October 19, 2023

Quality materials are the route to quality products. For a product to be fit-for-purpose and meet legislative and commercial requirements it must check several boxes.


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QM 0423 Software Pharma-laboratory pc screen closeup VectorPro tests
Software & Analysis

Quality Software: Core Qualities to Build Specialist Software Tools in QC Metrology

Manual operations cannot fully meet the challenges of a competitive and increasingly digitized industry.
Carl Bramley
March 28, 2023

We review essential software specifications and cover how those attributes can be leveraged when considering computer-controlled physical product testing equipment in the lab or on the shop floor.


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QM 1122 Test & Inspection OmniTest 5 with Touch screen and extensometer

Tensile Testing: A Compressed “How-To” Overview

Let's start with the purpose, the practical and theory test.
Carl Bramley
November 1, 2022

The tensile testing processes remain constant and with a good understanding of your organization’s relevant quality assurance requirements, dealing with evolving external factors can be relieved.


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