nCode Invests in Materials Testing Laboratory

By DE Editors

nCode International (Sheffield, UK), provider of durability, test & measurement, fleet monitoring, and product design (CAE) solutions, announces a new investment in its specialist materials characterization laboratory, helping OEMS select the right material for performance throughout the product lifecycle.

nCode relocated its laboratory, adding capacity and flexibility, in response to increasing demand for high specification characterization tests. The new facility adds more than 50 percent more space for machines, as well improved environmental control and data acquisition. The SoMat eDAQ-lite is the standard data acquisition unit across the lab.

nCode uses the nCode lab to provide validation data in support of its fatigue models in the ICE-flow GlyphWorks data analysis software and DesignLife FEA fatigue software.

The nCode lab provides specialist characterization services that include support of PhD metallurgists and statisticians; inhouse development of equipment for both stress control and strain control testing, improving the accuracy of statistical and curve fit routines; a new +/- 5kN dynamic test equipment for non metallic materials; recording of residual stress changes during fatigue life testing; small force vibration test facility up to 250Hz for materials and components especially attractive for equipment mounted on vehicles; torsion fatigue testing machines; smart logging using SoMat eDAQ; and high alignment testing systems capable of offering specimen strain symmetry of better than 2 percent.

nCode will be at the Stuttgart Testing Expo in May 2008.

For more information, please visit nCode.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.