Elmendorf Tearing Tester By Testex Textile Instrument Ltd.

Elmendorf Tearing Tester To determine the tearing strength of fabric, paper, etc. Range from 8000 to 64000 Millinewtons with suitable pendulums, including 4 pendulums.
Elmendorf Tearing Tester is specially designed for the tearing strength of fabric, paper, leather, film, non-woven materials with well-regulated tearing direction, and other thin materials. Elmendorf tester does not apply to sparse fabric or stretch materials which tearing direction might be shift when testing.

Test Procedure
Elmendorf tearing tester using stable mechanical clamps, specimen is fixed in the clamp and use the equipped blade to cut a crack, specimen is torn along the crack direction by releasing the moveable clamp, convert the work value of tearing in a certain length to ballistic tearing strength.

Standard Accessories
Elmendorf tester(pendulum testing machine) offers with 4 pendulums:
800cN/g (1.75lb), 1600cN/g (3.5lb), 3200cN/g (7.0lb), 6400cN/g (14.0lb)
Cutting Blades: 4 Pcs

Standards
ASTM D1424, ISO 13937-1, BS 3424/4253/4468 ,DIN 53862, NEXT 17, M&S P29
Weight20 Kg
Dimensions500x300x360 mm(LxWxH)