Plastic Tensile Testing

The figure below from quadrant engineering plastic products shows the test geometry.

Plastic tensile testing.

Test types tensile strength the amount of force that can be applied to a plastic before it yields stretches irreparably or. Needs to be servo controlled to keep a constant rate of speed. Tensile modulus how much a material can deform stretch in response to stress before it yields. Iso 527 2 is performed on a universal testing machine by applying a tensile force to a sample specimen and measuring various properties of the specimen material under stress.

Elongation the increase in gauge length after break. Elongation at yield the ratio between increased length and initial length at the yield point. How to perform an astm d638 plastic tensile strength test test procedure. Tensile testing is commonly used and represents an integral input to quality control.

Separate tensile test methods are commonly applied to polymer films astm d882 or iso 1184 and elastomers astm d412 or iso 37. The test is conducted at tensile rates ranging from 1 to 500 mm min until the specimen fails yields or breaks. Elongation at break the ratio between. Cut or injection mold your material into one of the five dumbbell shapes.

Achieving reliable results in tensile testing of plastics automotive and medical applications increasingly call for tighter tolerances requiring suppliers to perform their own testing. For this test plastic samples are either machined from stock shapes or injection molded. How to perform a tensile test on plastics according to iso 527 2. Tensile strength the maximum amount of tensile stress that a material can withstand before failure through a.