Rubber and plastics test equipment. Tensile, flexural and compression types (constant rate of traverse). Specification1 Scope This document specifies requirements for tensile testing systems operating at constant rate of traverse and suitable for testing rubbers, plastics and adhesives, although any one system might only be applicable to a narrower range of materials. It also covers such systems when used for flexural, shear and compression tests.

Driven either by hand or by electric power

Revision procedure

BS EN 62047-16 on Semiconductor devices is useful for:

PD 6689 does not apply to the following:

PD IEC/TR 62836 on pressure wave propagation method is useful for:

BS 2574-1 on  guidance on the design and manufacture of lower limb orthoses is useful for:

Example of ordering designation

It is not intended for use by the general engineering public

test methods or test conditions of this basic safety publication will not apply unless specifically referred to or included in the relevant publications

ensuring users do the techniques correctly

Shank nuts are self-locking

“standard” is commonly used to indicate the value or limit of a parameter of interest