A Partnership of Strength: Labtech and Titan 5
Solution
- Titan 5 has the ability to easily test new standards and expand the range of tests they could offer to their customers.
- Easy operation of both instrument and software
- Pneumatic grips
Benefits
- The wide variety of standards, and the menu allows to easily search and select standards, or add a new standard if it is missing.
We chose the Titan 5 based on our previous positive experiences with James Heal's products. We had also received positive reviews of the instrument, so we decided to proceed to see if Titan could help us achieve our testing objectives and overcome our previous challenges.
Sascha Rötker, Laboratory Technician at Labtech
Requirement
Labtech had been using a well known market alternative tensile tester for many years, but had become increasingly frustrated by the limited range of standards, and limited range of strength at just 2.5kN.
Labtech began searching for an alternative tensile tester which 'could offer a broader range of supported standards and a machine with a higher strength capacity'. Having had previous experience using other James Heal instruments, they decided to purchase a Titan 5 universal strength tester from James Heal.
Solutions
As an independent laboratory, Labtech prides itself on being customer oriented, offering 'fast, flexible and unproblematic testing solutions' to its customers. It was therefore a key objective to have the ability to easily test new standards and expand the range of tests they could offer to their customers - and this played a large role in their decision making process when choosing their new tensile tester.
It was immediately clear to Labtech, upon using Titan 5, just how easy the machine was to operate. 'We were able to easily test new standards, and the easy-to-use software with all common textile standards pre-installed meant we could begin testing straight away without any downtime due to operator training on the new machine'.
Strength tests determine the resistance of individual textiles, but, says Sascha, it's not just about 'tearing out different seams or tearing off the small parts, but also the determination of the surface resistance under conditions of use.
We can offer a much broader variety of tests using the Titan 5 from elasticity to tear resistance and many more'.
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