Mechanical testing with cylinders / actuators
The 6NAPSE Group offers its customers the performance of mechanical, vibration endurance, fatigue or maneuver tests, based on the movement of the parts or systems tested using cylinders.
The 6NAPSE Group has the means to design and size test fixtures and tools. Their optimization in terms of mechanical or vibration resistance is possible through the simulation and calculation skills and resources available within the Group. Our test center carries out mechanical fatigue and endurance tests with cylinders.
Mechanical tests (static, endurance and fatigue)
Fatigue tests
Fatigue tests consist of the application of alternating tensile/compressive stresses, generally of low amplitude, on the parts to be tested. The 6NAPSE Group Test Center has hydraulic and electric actuators up to 50kN, as well as controllers allowing several actuators to be controlled simultaneously.
Tensile, compression, and bending tests
The testing laboratory also conducts mechanical strength tests using a Zwick-type electric actuator. This allows the product to be tested in tension, compression, or bending. We thus obtain an analysis of the stress-strain curve to determine breaking force, stiffness, etc.
Mechanical endurance tests
Mechanical endurance tests consist of the application of repetitive movements on a given system. Being able to be associated with more or less important and complex displacements, these tests make it possible to test the functional characteristics of the tested system and to evaluate its behavior under the repetition of requests.
For this, the Group has electric actuators (displacements up to 750mm) and pneumatic actuators. Also equipped with modular mechanical tools, we can adapt our assemblies to the constraints of your tests, from the simplest to the most complex.
Piloting systems make it possible to control several actuators simultaneously in order to simulate complex movements on several axes.
All our tests can be carried out in a controlled climatic environment.
Technical characteristics
Hydraulic cylinders
- Power up to 50kN
- Low frequency vibrations from 0Hz to 200Hz
- Displacements up to 300mm
Electric cylinders
- Powerful; force peak: 2*7kN & 1*3.5kN
- Continuous force: 2*2kN & 1*1kN
- Maximum stroke: 2*300mm and 1*750mm
Electric Zwick
- Test speed up to 600mm/min
- Addition of environmental constraints (temperature)
For more information, contact our teams!