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Home » Authors » Frank Lio

Frank Lio

Frank Lio is the business team product support at Instron. For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.instron.com. 

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To Retrofit or Not to Retrofit: When Your Universal Testing System Gets Old
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To Retrofit or Not to Retrofit: When Your Universal Testing System Gets Old

It is possible to retrofit almost any older testing system. The question is whether the investment is worthwhile.
Frank Lio Paul Martin
July 1, 2016

Universal Testing Machines (UTMs) are reliable workhorses—they can run hundreds of tests each day, seven days a week, sustaining the energy from test specimens breaking at loads up to 5 kN, 50 kN, even 600 kN and beyond.


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