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Customer: OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works
Country/Region: Russia
Field: Metallurgy and Mining

S.A.E. Ibertest has successfully completed the manufacturing process of a universal testing machine model UMIB-1000 for the important company Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) located in Rusia.

“MMK is one of the world’s largest steel producers and a leading Russian metals company. In 2015 MMK Group produced 12,2 million tons of crude steel and 11,2 million tons of commercial steel products”.

This model of machine – UMIB series – was developed tailor-made according to customer requirements, with a design adjusted to the highest levels of exigency.

“The stiffness of the testing frame exceeds 1800 kN / mm”

The testing frame has an upper mobile crosshead, which allows you to adjust the vertical testing space between 1000 mm and 1500 mm and a free space between columns of 900 mm, giving a high versatility to test almost any kind of specimens and which allows to use a variety of devices.

Fracture mechanics – KIC and CTOD tests on precracked CT specimen

Among the main devices supplied with the UMIB-1000 are:

• Hydraulic gripping heads.
• Bending device.
• Compression plates.
• Fracture mechanics testing device. (for CT specimen)
• Threaded specimen testing devices.

Additionally, this solution is equipped with the following accessories:

• Climatic Chamber with operating range between -70 ºC and 100 ºC.
  

  Fracture mechanics tests for determining KIC on SEB specimens with COD extensometer.

• Automatic long-travel extensometer until specimen fractures.
• Axial extensometers for tensile and compression tests.
• Transversal extensometer to measure longitudinal strain.
• Clip-on extensometer for fracture mechanics testing.
• Perimeter protection in aluminum with polycarbonate panels.
• Instrumented table with emergency stop button.
• Remote control.