Rugged & cost-effective, the ME-800 Manual Elmendorf Tear Tester provides accurate
tear resistance data for paper & plastic films with a base test capacity of 800 grams.
Interchangeable pendulum design with pointer / scale readout in percent of full-scale
capacity or in percent / mN. Meets ASTM D-1922, TAPPI T-414, ISO 1974, plus other
applicable Standards for measurement of propagation tear resistance.
Oakland Instrument provides a full range of Elmendorf Tear Testers and Accessories
for testing tear propagation in plastic films, paper, and sheet materials.
Including Manual Elmendorf Tear Testers based on an interchangeable pendulum design
with pointer / scale readout in percent of full scale capacity or in millinewtons
to meet ISO Standards; Digital Elmendorf Tear Testers based on a dual, Console-Driven
/ Software-Driven design with Framework or Solid Pendulums and Augmenting / Add-Weights
to provide a wide range of testing capacities by simply adding Add-Weights to a single
pendulum to achieve your various testing capacities; and Digital Elmendorf Tear Testers
based on a Software-Driven design with Framework or Solid Pendulums allowing you
to achieve 200 gram, 400 gram, 800 gram, 1600 gram, 3200 gram and 6400 gram testing
capacities.
Accessories for the Manual Elmendorf Tear Testers, our ME Seriies, include a test-sample
pre-slit cutting knife, mechanical or pneumatic sample clamps and a range of Laboratory
Sample Cutters & sample preparation equipment to allow setup of a complete lab work
station for tear propagation testing.
The Model ME-800 comes standard with an 800 gram pendulum, mechanical sample clamps
(one on the tester base and one on the pendulum); Integral Sample Pre-Slit Cutting
Knife is Optional.
