SPECIMEN BENDING RESISTANCE TEST BENCH Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01N3/32 

FIELD: test equipment.

SUBSTANCE: proposed unit comprises bed to support rotary platform with specimen gripper, centrifugal weight to be secured at specimen end and platform drive. The latter comprises drive shaft and two rollers offset relative to shaft axis on both sides of platform rotational axis to realise frictional interaction therewith. Additionally, it incorporates the gripper drive to revolve it relative to the platform revolution.

EFFECT: enhanced performances at sign-variable flexure in two planes with centrifugal extension.

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