Fatigue and Load Testing

When a product is expected to carry force, repeat motion, or withstand years of use, confidence cannot come from assumptions alone. Load testing and fatigue testing help reveal how a component, assembly, or system performs under real-world stresses before those stresses become real-world problems.

At DATASYST, we help customers evaluate structural performance, identify weaknesses, and better understand how their products respond to static, cyclic, and repeated loading conditions. Whether you need to validate a design, compare materials, support qualification, or investigate a failure, our team can help put your design to the test.

Load Testing evaluates how a product or component performs when force is applied. This may involve tensile, compressive, proof, functional, or ultimate load conditions depending on the application and test objective.

Fatigue Testing evaluates how a product performs when exposed to repeated or cyclic loading over time. Even when individual load levels seem acceptable, repeated stress can cause cracks, loosening, deformation, or eventual failure.

DATASYST provides testing support for a wide range of products, components, and assemblies. Our team works with customers to develop test setups that reflect intended use conditions and meaningful performance criteria.

  • Static Load Testing
  • Ultimate Load Tesing
  • Cyclic and Fatigue Testing
  • Custom Test Setups and Fixturing

Whether your goal is qualification, comparison, validation, or problem-solving, we can tailor a program to meet your needs.

 

Capabilities & Equipment

Our fatigue testing capabilities evaluate how components tolerate real-world strains.

  • Servo-hydraulic equipment ranging from 1-inch stroke to 37-inch stroke and 1 kip to 28 kip
  • Mix of MTS and Instron Equipment
  • MTS 407 controllers
  • MTS Flex Test for Multi-Channel Control
  • Enerpac hydraulic equipment for static and or ultimate load testing up to 250,000 pounds force and up to 12-inches of stroke.
  • Standard Data Acquisition up to 2000 samples/second.  High-speed Data Acquisition up to 10,000 samples/second.

Test Standards & Specifications

DATASYST tests to a variety of standards and specifications, including:

                  • Custom Standard and Specifications