Hounsfield Tensometer

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1959-161

type:: tensometer

credit:: Tensometer Ltd.

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Housnfield Tensometer Tensile Test Machine

Grey Hounsfield Tensometer machine with a roll of tensometer stress and extension graph paper, used to test tensile strength. Plaque on the machine notes that there is a mercury piston. There is a measurement apparatus on the top of the tensile machine that meaures force in tons. Serial no. W4123. Manufactured by Tensometer Ltd.

Measurements:: tensile machine: 200 mm x 1000 mm x 230 mm,

Materials:: metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1959-161/8

type:: tensometer

Housnfield Tensometer Motor

Grey Hounsfield Tensometer machine motor with an attached switch. Engine has a silver circular conveyor belt attached to the side. Manufactured by Fractional H.P. Motors Ltd, Serial no. 37. Motor switch labelled with Tensometer Ltd.