Mechtric engineering ltd, uk, an iso 9000 certified company, manufactures screw driven tensile testing machines. Marketed in india by proteq, these machines are microprocessor based but also have an option of pc interface which permits the use of the machine through computer and software. User may interface the machine to an ibm compatible 486 or better computer in order to drive the universal testing machine through its mechtric software.But a user may not necessarily buy the pc based software as the utm can be controlled entirely from the console for tensile tests. The console also features a single button controlled tamper-proof printout facility of the test results and graphs as a standard. These tensile machines are available for a range of load capacities from 100 kg to 5,000 kg. The load is sensed via a precision strain gauged load cell. The control console uses a large screen graphical lcd display which is operated by means of a tactile membrane keypad. It is based on the world recognised wysiwyg philosophy [what you see is what you get]. Other prominent features are autoscaling, recalculation of results in any other engineering units and interchangeable load cells. Mechtric utms are supplied duly calibrated to an accuracy of 1% as per bs 1610 grade 1.0. These tensile testers are ideally suited for diverse testing applications and are accompanied with relevant tools depending on the application in light metals, plastics, rubber, film, fabric, yarn, and textiles. Proteq has sales and service offices in all the major cities including new delhi, mumbai, chennai, hyderabad and calcutta.
