Purpose of the test
- In the short-span compression test (SCT) the compressive strength of paper in compression mode is determined.
- Because only a very short length of paper (0.7 mm) is used in the test, greater account is taken of the load-bearing fiber portion of the material than with the traditional test methods (ring crush test, corrugated crush test or linear crush test).
- Determination of the compressive resistance has now become established as an alternative to the ring crush test.
Short-Span Compression Test (SCT) with ZwickRoell
- A very stiff test arrangement keeps the influence of the machine on the specimen to a minimum.
- Specimen and load cell are located in the same symmetrical axis, eliminating bending moments which may distort results.
- Optimum specimen parallelism is achieved with the ZwickRoell strip-cutter.
