Drop Hammer Device

Drop tower or drop weight test rig is used to determine the energy required to break or crush test specimens such as laminates, composites, ceramics and metals for material and component evaluation to international testing methods such as ISO6603, ISO3127 and ASTM D2444 to name a few.
The apparatus is extremely multifunctional. The standard machine is supplied with a 4 meters variable drop height system which can reach impact velocities up to 8.85 m/s. With an impact energy range of up to 2000 joules. A twin guide rail system is used to ensure a smooth repetitive drop of the load carrier perpendicular to the sample being tested. Load carriers are available for different energy ranges and are fitted with low friction bearing guides which prevent velocity and potential energy being lost as the carrier descends. Impact tups are supplied to international test standard methods, or to customers own individual requirements, which can simulate the mode of failure in actual service conditions or to analyses specific in-house quality control standards.