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Tension and compression testing for education in solid mechanics
The Bioengineering Department at Imperial required a new system for teaching purposes to demonstrate tensile and compressive testing on a range of different materials and custom fixtures. A system was needed that was flexible and easy to use but with a compact form that would fit our available space. The MultiTest 5-xt was an ideal solution and the hardware support from Mecmesin has been excellent.
Dr Dominic Southgate, Senior Teaching Fellow
Imperial College London
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Spider Silk Tensile Strength and Toughness
The Mecmesin machine is a great piece of kit – it has allowed us to move forward with our research in a very productive way, and we are grateful for the excellent technical support that has come with it.
Dr Sara Goodacre, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
The University of Nottingham
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Shoulder prostheses tensile testing
I am very pleased with both the service from Mecmesin and the MultiTest 10-x test system and would recommend it for testing many of the aspects of soft tissue repair in orthopaedics. The MultiTest 10-x is easy-to-use and ideal for this application, of testing the fixation of bones and tendons around a prosthesis inserted for fracture of the shoulder.
Mr Keith Borowsky, Orthopaedic Surgeon
University of Brighton Medical School
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Police force manual handling and protective clothing
We’ve found Mecmesin’s Manual Handling Kit to be a very versatile instrument and use it to assess the forces encountered by officers … whilst restraining suspects and handling heavy duty equipment. These measurements are used to help set the standards for physical strength that all serving officers must be capable of.
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Over the course of my PhD I have developed a new methodology to physically test the mechanical performance of teeth using the Mecmesin MultiTest 2.5-i. At the start of my project I needed a small, low cost, but accurate materials testing machine which could be programmed, and fitted, to run a large number of different test programs. The easy-to-use interface, accuracy and reliability of the MultiTest 2.5-i and the excellent service from Mecmesin has made my project run smoothly and has produced highly publishable results.
Karen Swan, PhD, Research Student, Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences
Hull York Medical School
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Tension and compression testing for education in solid mechanics
The Bioengineering Department at Imperial required a new system for teaching purposes to demonstrate tensile and compressive testing on a range of different materials and custom fixtures. A system was needed that was flexible and easy to use but with a compact form that would fit our available space. The MultiTest 5-xt was an ideal solution and the hardware support from Mecmesin has been excellent.
Dr Dominic Southgate, Senior Teaching Fellow
Imperial College London
![MultiTest in the stress lab Imperial college London MultiTest in the stress lab Imperial college London](/sites/default/files/styles/case_study_gallery_640rct/public/case-study/2020-12/ilc-lab-environment.jpg.webp?itok=8u0ZWz-W)
Spider Silk Tensile Strength and Toughness
The Mecmesin machine is a great piece of kit – it has allowed us to move forward with our research in a very productive way, and we are grateful for the excellent technical support that has come with it.
Dr Sara Goodacre, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
The University of Nottingham
![Spider and silk thread tensile Spider and silk thread tensile](/sites/default/files/styles/case_study_gallery_640rct/public/case-study/2020-12/test-sample-and-spider.jpg.webp?itok=BPEnUfBX)
Shoulder prostheses tensile testing
I am very pleased with both the service from Mecmesin and the MultiTest 10-x test system and would recommend it for testing many of the aspects of soft tissue repair in orthopaedics. The MultiTest 10-x is easy-to-use and ideal for this application, of testing the fixation of bones and tendons around a prosthesis inserted for fracture of the shoulder.
Mr Keith Borowsky, Orthopaedic Surgeon
University of Brighton Medical School
![Shoulder joint prosthesis testing fixtures close-up montage Shoulder joint prosthesis testing fixtures close-up montage](/sites/default/files/styles/case_study_gallery_640rct/public/case-study/2020-12/shoulder-specimen-testing-close-up-montage.jpg.webp?itok=KPt3PJMo)
Police force manual handling and protective clothing
We’ve found Mecmesin’s Manual Handling Kit to be a very versatile instrument and use it to assess the forces encountered by officers … whilst restraining suspects and handling heavy duty equipment. These measurements are used to help set the standards for physical strength that all serving officers must be capable of.
,
![Police Job Relate Fitness Test representative pass/fail effort calibration](/sites/default/files/styles/case_study_gallery_640rct/public/case-study/2020-06/jrft-lift-effort-clothing-equipment.jpg.webp?itok=n47SQamD)
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