A decade before an iceberg shattered the hull plates of the Titanic and half a century before a plague of brittle fractures started sinking Liberty ships during World War II, scientists in the United ...

Matthew Spiret, Sales and Product Support Engineer, talks to AZoM.com about the new MPX series of motorized pendulum impact testers from Instron and the range of benefits they offer to the industry.

Since 1900, when manufacturers started realizing the importance of impact tests, there has been no change in the basic physical aspects of either the test machine or the test procedure. It is a ...