As these items are exposed to dynamic loadings during their lives, fatigue strength is a highly relevant factor In tests the components are subjected to tensile and compression loadings. To maximize speed and cost-effectiveness in these tests, which involve up to 10 million cycles, Abeking & Rasmussen have decided to employ
Vibrophore 100. This testing machine generates a dynamic load through an oscillating system working in full resonance mode. The key advantage of this testing system is the high testing frequencies, resulting in shorter test times. Despite this the system only uses around 2% of the energy of a comparable servo-hydraulic testing machine. By using suitable additional devices, both static and dynamic testing can be performed under various environmental conditions (temperature, aggressive media), together with torsion and flexure tests.
