Tensile / Compression Test

Meaning of Test

Tensile testing is often used to determine the basic strength properties of a material or to determine the bond strength of two materials that have been assembled together. Accurate testing requires the use of well chosen and calibrated equipment including the load frame, test jaws, instrumentation, and test set up. Westpak’s wide range of testing capability allows accurate tensile analysis from several grams up through 10,000 lb

Compression testing is conducted for a variety of different reasons, most of which involve determining the top load capability of materials or systems, primarily packages. The goal of the test is to determine the maximum safe load that the packages or other system components can withstand. In other cases, the load versus deflection characteristics of a material or system are important and this is determined by using a stress/strain test protocol.

Westpak has equipment capability that ranges from dedicated package compression testers (5,000 lb. capacity ) to compression test equipment that performs a wide variety of other functions (10,000 lb. capacity). In addition, free-load capability is available for longer term compression tests up to 30,000 lb.