Elevated Temperature Testing Improves Manufacturing Efficiencies

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Today’s manufactured products are being pushed beyond their original design limits. Modern manufacturing faces new challenges that stem from a global shift in the overall supply chain—from raw material to final product delivery—as well as operational productivity and the implications of an altered workforce dynamic. The physical properties of raw materials are under scrutiny to ensure that the correct material is selected for the right application and that the material is inherently suitable for the process at hand.

Staying competitive across all factors of the manufacturing environment is on the minds of plant engineers, product development specialists and CEOs alike.

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This white paper reviews how elevated temperature testing ensures that you can confidently bring new or newly sourced materials into a production environment through proven material testing methods that validate and qualify the integrity of the materials being used.

Evaluating the behavior and performance of materials under high-temperature conditions is critical to many industries, including aerospace, energy and automotive. By studying the properties of materials when subjected to elevated temperatures, researchers can determine the maximum temperature that a product or raw material can withstand without degrading, deforming or losing its structural integrity.

The Many Roles of Automated Material Testing (AMT) in Manufacturing

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There’s no doubt that manufacturing requires credible, repeatable, and sustainable testing and qualification across the board, from raw materials (steel, alloy, polymer, composite, etc.) to final components, devices and products.

The specifics of what, how and why a company requires a particular material or device tester may vary by application, but the need to accomplish this process cost-effectively and efficiently does not change.

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This white paper helps you establish the proper framework to determine the right automated material testing platform that meets your own manufacturing process. It also provides real-world examples and results of AMT across a range of industries.

Each manufacturing environment is unique, and while some companies may be ready for a complete overhaul of its material testing infrastructure, many may look towards a more phased approach, automating specific elements of the existing process as time and budget allow.

Today’s options range from fully automated, ‘set it and forget it’ systems to semi-automated configurations that enable a flexible implementation based on existing need, available resources, or industry regulations.

Introducing Vector – the Future of Extensometry

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Integrating adaptive AI capabilities with optical hardware is a real step change in the extensometry used within material testing environments. Onboard AI enables truly zero touch operation, with a dynamic response to different specimen appearance and behavior.

This groundbreaking non-contact, high-accuracy measurement technique is enabling the advancement of a digital, data-driven process across a wide range of sectors within the entire material testing industry.

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Using the VectorExtensometer that incorporates adaptive AI capabilities as an example, this whitepaper discusses how digital extensometer technology eliminates the common disadvantages of mechanical extensometers to better harness test data as well as improve pattern recognition and tracking algorithms.

The intelligent capabilities of this enhanced extensometer technology efficiently address practical problems by enabling seamless switching between test and validation mode and eliminating the need to alter the setup for specimens of different sizes, shapes and thicknesses. It’s stereoscopic sensing detects machine or specimen misalignment and negates out-of-plane errors, and it features simple integration via on-board processing to eliminate all external control platforms.