Pendulum Impact Testing Machine for Plastics and Composite Materials
The Instron CEAST 9050 impact pendulum enables to determine the impact resilience of plastics and composites, easily and safely. The Instron CEAST 9050 impact pendulum tests comply with all the main ISO and ASTM impact testing methods, ranging from 0.5 - 50J and including Charpy, Izod and Tensile Impact.
Charpy, Izod and Tensile pendulum impact tests are the most popular methods of determining the impact strength of a material. Understanding a material’s energy absorption properties is critical. It predicts the level of plastic deformation the material will be able to withstand. While both the Izod and Charpy pendulum impact test methods measure similar properties, the crack propagation differs. This is due to variations in specimen design and testing configuration.
