Tensile Tester Grips & Fixtures

• Pneumatic Grips are ideal for testing sheet materials including films, tapes, paper, textiles, nonwovens and tissue
• There is a wide range of capacities available
• There are different widths 1", 2", 3" grip inserts available, and different surfaces (smooth, serrated, rubber covered)
• Pneumatic operation makes sample insertion faster and easier than manual grips and ensures a contact uniform pressure.

• The Mechanical Vice Grips are designed for low, medium and high capacity applications
• The Vice Grips are ideal for general tensile strength testing of paper, plastics, fine metals, textiles and other sheet materials.
• Various grip insert widths are available
  
  
  
  

• Wedge Action Vice Grips are ideal for tensile strength testing of rigid plastics and composites of flat or round samples
• The jaw faces are spring loaded for effortless opening and closing of the grip

• The Drum/Rubber grips are uniquely designed to securely hold flat samples of rubber, plastics, and general polymers.

• These grips are specifically designed for testing thin, flexible materials. They ensure a secure hold to maximize test result accuracy and repeatability.

• Puncture/Burst Fixtures are available with a variety clamping plates and probes.
• There are Puncture/Burst Fixtures for plastic films, textiles, and tissue

• We offer Coefficient of Friction Fixtures and sleds for the EJA Vantage Tensile Tester, QC-3A Materials Tester, and the 1270 PCA Score Bend Tester.
• The COF Fixture can be used for plastic film, paper, paperboard and more.  Please contact us today.   

• These compression fixtures are ideal for plastic bottles, aluminum cans, foam materials, and springs. 
• The fixtures include inscribed concentric circles which aid in centered placement of the specimen, and  maximize test result accuracy and repeatability.

• Peel Fixtures simplify the testing of adhesive properties of pressure sensitive adhesives, tapes, and labels.
• These fixtures include 180° Peel Fixture, 90° Peel Fixture, German Wheel, and Loop Tack

• Flexural Bending Fixtures are used to determine stiffness and flexural modulus, flexural strength and flexural yield strength.

• Environmental chambers provide the ability to evaluate the effect of temperature on the physical properties of materials.

• High Elongation Extensometer measures strain in elastomeric materials.
• The extensometer clamps directly on the sample and provides elongations up to 914 mm (36 in).

• Thwing-Albert is pleased to offer THREE  brand  new fixtures, a medical pouch "tear test" fixture, #11 below,  a paperboard perforation fixture, #12 below, and a compression fixture for floor cleaning discs, #13 below. 
• Thwing-Albert has a wide array of fixtures for different test set ups. 
• Thwing-Albert has also designed many fixtures for custom applications and we would be glad to create one for you.  
• Whether you currently have a EJA Vantage Tensile Tester, or are in the market for a new Tensile Tester with custom fixturing, Thwing-Albert can  help.

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• Choosing the proper grip and grip faces is essential for proper testing.
• For lightweight materials like tissue and toweling we recommend our 733LW and 734K Grips with smooth faces (both found under Pneumatic Grips.
• For paper, paperboard, plastic films, and flexible packaging, we recommend our 795 Grips ( up to 212 lb/943 N Capacity). 
• For Paper and paperboard materials, usually one side is smooth and the other is serrated.
• For film and packaging materials rubber covered inserts are usually recommended.

We also have a wide selection of Vice Grips, Wedge Grips, Yarn & Cord and Fixtures.  Please contact us if you don't see what you ...