Lloyd Instruments will be showing a comprehensive range of materials testing machines at INTERPLASTICA 2009, including polymer testing equipment from the Davenport™ range and the latest Chatillon® force testers. This wide-ranging display, on show for the first time at INTERPLASTICA, illustrates capabilities for testing plastics, rubber, polymers and other materials throughout the manufacturing cycle, from raw materials to plastic components and finished products.

On show from the Davenport™ range will be the new PETPlus Intrinsic Viscosity (IV) Measurement Instrument and the MFI-10 Melt Flow Indexer. Chatillon® products include the new TCD225 Series Digital Force Tester and the LTCM-100 Series motorized tester. On display from the extensive range of materials testing equipment will be the versatile '2 in 1' FTPlus friction tester and the twin column 10 kN LR10KPlus, equipped with an EX800Plus long travel extensometer and an STGA High Resolution Strain Gauge Extensometer.

The new PETPlus Intrinsic Viscosity (IV) Measurement Instrument is designed for solvent-free measurement of the intrinsic viscosity of PET granules, PET bottles, pre-forms or reground material for recycling. The PETPlus produces rapid, reliable and repeatable results using a test method that not only avoids the environmental hazard of handling and disposal of toxic solvents but also eliminates the costs of solvent purchase. 

The Chatillon® LTCM-100 Series motorized tester, combined with a Chatillon gauge, is perfect for applications requiring an economical solution to tensile or compression testing up to 500N.  A large working area and 130 mm throat and long 750 mm travel is ideal for tensile, compression, flexural, shear and peel testing. The Chatillon® TCD225 Series Digital Force Tester (1 kN ) is an advanced, stand-alone force testing system optimized for production, quality control and engineering applications.

The MFI-10 melt flow indexer is an intelligent modular system, which allows fully automatic measurement of the melt flow rate of a polymer. It can be used both by resin manufacturers and processors such as extruders and injection moulders to measure the melt flow rate and melt volume rate of thermoplastics before use in the manufacturing process.

The versatile '2 in 1' FTPlus instrument can either be used as a dedicated friction tester conforming to the requirements of the key ASTM D1894, ISO 8295 and TAPPI T549 friction testing standards or, when used together with NEXYGENPlus software and appropriate sample clamping fixtures, can be configured as a powerful universal testing machine to perform tensile, compression, flexural and other mechanical tests up to 1 kN. The FTPlus can be used for measurements of static and kinetic coefficients of friction, peak load and average load. 

The LR10KPlus machine provides versatile materials testing capabilities at forces up to 10 kN. The LR10KPlus will be fitted with an EX800Plus contacting extensometer for the accurate extension measurement of materials such as semi-rigid plastics, elastomers and rubbers, while the STGA high resolution strain gauge extensometer is designed for use with a wide range of rigid materials. 

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Lloyd Instruments is a unit of the AMETEK Measurement & Calibration Technologies Division. Chatillon is a registered trademark of AMETEK, Inc.  AMETEK, Inc. is a New York Stock Exchange-listed company and a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annual sales of $2.1 billion.  Visit www.lloyd-instruments.com and www.chatillon.com for more information.

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