Bending testing
The 6NAPSE Group performs bending testing to determine the rigidity and strength of a product.
What is a bending test?
A bending test is a mechanical test used to evaluate the flexural strength of a material. It is a common method to characterize the mechanical properties of materials.
Bending testing in testing laboratory
The 6NAPSE Group testing laboratory has a tensile testing machine, a robot arm and jacks to conduct these tests.
- 3-point bending test: the load is applied to the center of the sample resting on two simple supports.
- 4-point bending test: the load is applied to two intermediate points of the sample resting on four supports.
- Bending with embedding: the load is applied at a distance X from the edge of the sample, the other is embedded.
These tests are used to determine:
- Force at break
- Plastic deformation of the product
- Rigidity of the material
The 6NAPSE Group carries out tests throughout the production chain, from the prototype, through to the approval or self-inspection of the product according to specifications.
The 6NAPSE Group conducts other mechanical resistance testing on products.
Applications
- 3-point bending on a tennis racket
- 4-point bending on a hiking pole
- Bending on an earring post
- Study of the deformation under bending of a paddle fin
- Benchmark
Any part/system subject to repeated mechanical stress.
From the single part to the complete system.
Additional expertises
- Fatigue and mechanical endurance tests
- Drop Test
- Vibration tests (low and high frequencies)
- Multi-physics test (mechanical, thermal, electrical)
- Validation plan
- CAD design and 3D model: virtual prototyping
- Simulation: application of constraints by virtual tests
- Analysis of the origin of the failure: surface and core characterization of the material, identification of the cause of the defect (breakage, rupture, appearance defect, alteration, corrosion)
6NAPSE Group assets
- Carrying out all types of tests according to the physics required via cylinders (custom bench design)
- Reproduction of complex movements with a robot arm for speed of execution and easier installation
- In-house tooling designer to carry out tailor-made tests
- Capacity in ambient or climatic environment
- Expertise of the breakage phenomenon in the laboratory
- Great expertise in the mechanical field
- ISO 9001 certified
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