Model No.ME-8236
Materials Testing System
3
012-13762D
Included Equipment
The
Materials Testing Machine
(ME-8236) includes a cali-
bration rod and nut, a load bar round nut, and a pair of safety
shields with Velcro® hook material.
Calibration Rod and Nut, Load Bar Round Nut,
Safety Shields
•
The calibration rod and nut can be used to determine
how much the Machine itself flexes as force is applied,
either in tension or in compression.
•
The load bar round nut is used to connect one end of a
tensile sample to the load bar, for example, or can be
used to attach an accessory or adapter to the bottom side
of the load bar.
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The safety shields attach to the Velcro® loop material
on the front and back of the load bar.
Materials Testing System
The
Materials Testing System
(ME-8230) consists of the
Materials Testing Machine, plus a PASPORT interface called
the USB Link, PASCO Capstone Software, and sixty tensile
samples.
The USB Link connects the sensor cable of the Materials
Testing Machine to a USB port on a computer. The PASCO
Capstone software records, displays, and analyzes the data
from the Materials Testing Machine. (The software is avail-
able as an automatic digital download from PASCO.)
The tensile samples include four metals: aluminum, brass,
annealed steel, and steel and two plastics: acrylic and poly-
ethylene, for tensile strength testing. There are ten samples
for each material.
Tensile Sample Information
All the tensile samples (ME-8231 through ME-8235 and
ME-8243) have an overall length of 90 millimeters (mm) or
3.5 inches. The center section of each sample has an approx-
imate diameter of 3.3 mm or 0.131 inches. The threaded
ends are metric M12 x 1.75.
The tensile samples can be ordered separately.
The table shows typical values.
Accessories
Table 2 lists accessories and adapters that are included in the
Comprehensive Materials Testing System and are available
separately for the Material Testing Machine.
Other accessories and adapters are being developed.
Replacement Items
Also available separately are replacement items such as the
previously mentioned Tensile Samples, the Materials Shear
Samples (ME-8240) with nine metal rods (three each of alu-
minum, brass, and steel), the Plastic Coupons (AP-8222)
with ten samples each of four different plastics, the Metal
Coupons (AP-8223) with ten samples each of five different
metals, and the MTS Compression Samples (ME-8248).
About This Manual
The manual describes the basic setup of the Materials Test-
ing Machine and the accessories and replacement items
included in the Comprehensive Materials Testing System. It
also describes the procedure for calibrating the Materials
Testing Machine using the included calibration rod and nut.
Experiment Guide
Operation
Caution: Be sure to wear adequate eye protection
when using the Materials Testing Machine or its
accessories. Operate the Machine from behind a
protective shield.
Basic operation involves mounting the Materials Testing
Machine firmly to a sturdy support, calibrating the Machine,
mounting the item to be tested onto the Materials Testing
Machine, connecting the Materials Testing Machine to an
diameter = 3.3 mm
M12 x 1.75
19 mm
31.7 mm
Table 3: Typical Values
Material
Tensile
Strength
Young’s
Modulus
Aluminum (2024-T3)
400 MPa
70 GPa
Brass (360)
500 MPa
80 GPa
Steel (1018)
700 MPa
200 GPa
Annealed Steel (1018)
400 MPa
200 GPa
Polyethylene
30 MPa
1 GPa
Acrylic
80 MPa
3 GPa
NOTE: An Experiment Guide in electronic format
is available to download from www.pasco.com.
Enter “Materials Testing System” in the Search
window and look for the downloadable file(s)
under “Resources”.
