A solid pharmaceutical dosage form testing apparatus and a method are presented. The solid pharmaceutical dosage form testing apparatus includes a striker component, an impact platform, a sensor data acquisition system, and a solid dosage form placement mechanism. The solid dosage form placement mechanism has first and second push components that are movable toward each other to position a solid dosage form at an impact site. The method includes performing an impact strike test on a first plurality of solid dosage forms, and measuring a plurality of peak impact force values. The method may include performing a drop test on a second plurality of solid dosage forms, and measuring a plurality of physical defect rates. The method may include determining a model that describes a relationship between peak impact force values and physical defect rates, and determining, based on the model, a predicted physical defect rate.

A tensile test fixture for quick testing of materials with low transverse strength and relatively high longitudinal strength. After the tensile test fixture is loaded into a universal testing machine, such as a two-part load frame, a first test specimen is aligned and tensile tested. Alignment of the first test specimen ensures that all consecutive test specimens are aligned within the tensile test fixture without further alignment required.

A load frame for applying a tensile load to a test sample during a test or measurement includes a first gripper for gripping a first end of the test sample, a second gripper for gripping a second end of the test sample, and a tensioner for applying the tensile load to the test sample. The load frame further includes a first end tube that encircles the first gripper, a second end tube that encircles the second gripper, and a center tube that encircles a mid-portion of the test sample during the test or measurement. A system such as a wave-generating system may be used to measure the test sample through the center tube during a test or measurement.

Disclosed example grip assemblies, such as for holding a sample for testing in a material testing machine, include: a core member extending along a central axis from a first end portion, configured to releasably mount the grip assembly to a crosshead, to a second end portion, wherein the core member comprises a body portion having a pneumatic cylinder enclosing a pneumatic volume; a pneumatic piston head arranged to be slidably received in the pneumatic cylinder and to be moveable along the pneumatic cylinder in a first direction to expand the pneumatic volume, and in a second, opposing, direction to contract the pneumatic volume; a housing, including a sleeve member coaxially mounted around the body potion; a sample holder disposed at the second end portion, configured to selectively apply a holding force to a sample for testing; and a driving member configured to contactingly engaging the sample holder.

A load frame for applying a tensile load to a test sample during a test or measurement includes a first gripper for gripping a first end of the test sample, a second gripper for gripping a second end of the test sample, and a tensioner for applying the tensile load to the test sample. The load frame further includes a first end tube that encircles the first gripper, a second end tube that encircles the second gripper, and a center tube that encircles a mid-portion of the test sample during the test or measurement. A system such as a wave-generating system may be used to measure the test sample through the center tube during a test or measurement.

A system for testing adhesive is disclosed, comprising a pull testing machine and a rigid spine. The rigid spine has a face extending along a longitudinal axis between a first and second projection, and one of the projections is moveable relative to the other. The face is configured to support a substrate, with a flexible media adhered to the substrate. The rigid spine also has a coupler configured to connect the spine to the pull testing machine.

The fatigue cracking machine for circumferential notched tensile (CNT) specimens is a device for pre-cracking a CNT specimen prior to SCC testing. The machine uses a specimen holding cylinder attached to the shaft of a motor by a coupling, the holding cylinder being rotatably mounted in a bearing mounted in a bearing support fixed to a platform. The machine also uses a load cylinder rotatably mounted in a load bearing supported in a load fork, the load fork having a shaft adjustably mounted in a bearing support block. A dial indicator is fixed to a post rigidly mounted on the platform with the indicator's plunger bearing against the load bearing. An adjustment bolt bears against the end of the load fork shaft to displace the load bearing, applying a bending force to the specimen while it rotates, the displacement being measured by the dial indicator.

A fastening arrangement fastens a sample holder to a force measuring device. The fastening arrangement has a sample holder, a counterpart holder on the side of the force measuring device. The counterpart holder has a sample holder receptable. The sample holder has a planar abutment surface and the sample holder receptacle has a flat counterpart abutment surface. The sample holder has a positioning element and a fixing element. The sample holder receptacle has a counterpart positioning element and a counterpart fixing element. The positioning element and the counterpart positioning element uniquely define a relative position between the sample holder and the counterpart holder together with the abutment surface and the counterpart abutment surface. The fixing element and the counterpart fixing element hold the sample holder and the counterpart holder against one another and force the abutment surface and the counterpart abutment surface against one another.

A jig for strength test of a side door of a motor vehicle for supporting a side outer component product includes a jig frame, a first roof rail jig unit installed in an upper rear end of the jig frame and configured to support a roof rail of an upper end portion of a center pillar of a product, a second roof rail jig unit installed in an upper central portion of the jig frame and configured to support a roof rail of the center pillar of the product, a cowl crossbar jig unit installed in a front upper end of the jig frame and configured to support a front roof and a hinge portion of the product, and a plurality of side seal jig units installed in a lower end portion of the jig frame and configured to support a lower end portion of the product.

A load frame for applying a tensile load to a test sample during a test or measurement includes a first gripper for gripping a first end of the test sample, a second gripper for gripping a second end of the test sample, and a tensioner for applying the tensile load to the test sample. The load frame further includes a first end tube that encircles the first gripper, a second end tube that encircles the second gripper, and a center tube that encircles a mid-portion of the test sample during the test or measurement. A system such as a wave-generating system may be used to measure the test sample through the center tube during a test or measurement.