The Heavy Duty Three Point Bend is a simple, rugged bending fixture for products requiring higher test forces such as poultry bones and plant stalks. The test cell has two adjustable support fulcrums on the base that can be positioned any where along the 8 inch adjustment slot, to accommodate a wide range of products.

The contact surfaces are made from stainless steel rods while the balance of the test cell is made from hard anodized aluminum. The upper pressure rod is attached via an FTC dove tail adaptor to load cells rated from 1000 Newtons or higher. Force can be applied to samples either symmetrically or asymmetrically, depending on the needs of the user.

Contents and Summary

# FTC Heavy Duty Three-Point Bend
# Base with adjustable supports
# Top bending fulcrum
# Mounts using dovetail adapter and for use with load cells rated for 1000 Newtons or higher.

Can be used with the standard or heavy duty fixture table.

Maximum rating below 2500N

Applications

    * Crispness of vegetable crudités
    * Break strength of chocolate bars to predict transport damage
    * Crispness in staling of potato chips
    * Brittleness and hardness of hard baked biscuits
    * Flexure and softness of American style cookies
    * Freshness of asparagus spears
    * Brittleness and flexure of spaghetti and lasagne sheets
    * Snap force of tablets
    * Break strength of tortilla shells
    * Softening in celery stalks