Tinius Olsen is one of the world’s foremost specialist manufacturers and supplier of testing machinery for almost all industr ... y sectors. Our machines are designed for use in Research and Quality Control departments to Measure, Prove, and Check the strength and performance of materials, be they metals, composites, polymers, rubbers, adhesives, etc., and finished components. A whole series of physical tests are available including tension, shear, compression, flex / bend, puncture / burst, tear, peel, melt flow, impact, friction, stiffness, heat distortion / vicat, and torsion. All such tests are designed and implemented by Tinius Olsen in accordance with key international testing standards including ISO, EN, ASTM, DIN, BS, JIS and other industrial standards. read more