European Standard EN 1288-3:2000
Glass has a very high
compressive strength and consequently always fails under
tensile stress. Since glass in buildings is very rarely
used in direct tension, the most important property is
the tensile bending strength.
The EN standard calls for a four-point
bend test with spans of 1000mm and 200mm and a sample width
of 360mm.
In order to protect the
operatives this machine is provided with a separate control
console enabling the whole test frame to be positioned
in a safety cell.
Special on-board software
allows post-test input of parameters in order to meet the
test reporting demands of EN 1288-3 and DIN 52 303.
