Delsen's mechanical testing laboratory is equipped with 7 universal testing machines with capacity to 120,000 pounds and temperature capabilities from -300F to over 1000F. Delsen has 3 servohydraulic fatigue machines ( 20 Kip and 110 Kip ), 2 creep testing frames ( to 100,000 pounds! ), instrumented impact equipment, and vibration testing equipment. All of Delsen's test machines are equipped with digital data acquisition systems providing load, crosshead position, and strain data of high accuracy. Delsen has most of the standard fixtures (ASTM, SACMA, NASA, etc.) required to perform most composite and adhesive tests.

Specialists in Testing Composite Materials!

• Tensile, Flexural, Compressive, and Shear Testing
• GIC& GIIC Testing
• KIc and dadN Testing
• Krieger (KGR) Shear Modulus Testing
• -300F to 700F Temperature Range
• Fatigue, Creep, and Stress Rupture Testing
• Life Cycle Testing
• Stress/Strain Instrumentation and Analysis
• Hydrostatic and Cyclic Pressure Testing
• Random Spectrum Fatigue
• Expert Specimen Preparation from Advanced Composites
• Structures Testing with Multichannel Data Acquisition
• Instrumented Impact Testing
• Hysteresis Loop and Acoustic Event Recording
• Fixtures for most common ASTM composites tests.

As a leader in testing advanced composite materials, Delsen utilizes carefully honed techniques to obtain the most reliable data with the lowest scatter.  These methods include special attention to specimen preparation.  We perform nearly all mechanical property tests of interest to the composites community.   Delsen engineers have years of experience in fixture design, specimen configuration optimization, instrumentation, and data analysis.

For a list of many common test methods Delsen performs, see our A2LA Scope of Accreditation.