These miniature mechanical grips are ideal for testing the subscale specimens that are commonly used in additive manufacturing materials testing applications. Small-sized specimens present several challenges—safely inserting them into the grips, preventing slippage and maintaining proper alignment. MTS Advantage™ Mini Grips address all these concerns.
Insert specimen and complete test within a few minutes
Safe Specimen Loading
Specimen is installed in grips away from the load frame
Full Product Information
Our smallest grips
Made for tension testing or tension-tension fatigue testing of miniature and subscale specimens that can be smaller than a fingernail, the MTS Advantage Mini Grips provide the reliability and ease-of-use needed to perform fast, safe and accurate testing of your smallest specimen.
Specifications
Force Capacity
2.2 kN (500 lbf) Static
1.1 kN (250 lbf) Dynamic
Wedge Specimen Size Range
Flat Surfalloy:
Round Straight Serrations:
0-2 mm (0-.080 in)
10 mm (.394 in) Max Width
7 mm (.275 in) Max Insertion Depth
3-5 mm (.118-.197 in)
7 mm (.275 in) Max Insertion Depth
Activation Force (force required to manually open the grip wedges for specimen insertion in the jig)
Initial Force: 16.7 N (3.75 lbf)
Max Force: 63.6 N (14.3 lbf)
Preload Torque - Monotonic (force applied to clamp the specimen in
the grip for testing)
Minimum: .565 N-m (5 in-lbs)
Maximum: 1.19 N-m (10.5 in-lbs)
Torque wrench and bit is included with the jig assembly
Preload Torque - Dynamic (force applied to clamp the specimen in
the grip for testing)
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