Low-cost bending test laboratory kit

Abstract

The big dimension and higher price of conventional bending test machine is making the school and start-up company hard to fulfilled. This study aims to demonstrate a new design of a low-cost and portable laboratory kit that is prospective for bending test. The kit is using hydraulic pressure tools with maximal capacity is about 6 tons. Economic analysis and smaller dimension of this kit (length x width x height of 700x100x750 mm) Showed that this kit is a low-cost and adaptable to classroom and easy to assemble for school. The different between another modification before bending test kit is on the pedestal and the suppressor of the kit is the which is allowing the machine to test materials with Thicker dimensions. The test result Obtained by calculating the maximum compressive force, moment of cross section innersia, flexural strength and elastic modulus of speciment. The result Also Compared with another test material from bending test machine with the American society of testing and materials (ASTM) standard and Showed that there is not much different in the test result for both. Further development of this kit is Potentially implemented an as an experimental tool for the student.