Robotized system for heating and positioning samples for Hopkinson benches.
Hopkinson benches are test benches for the characterization of materials under dynamic mechanical solicitations.As temperature has a key role in materials behaviour, it is therefore quite important to perform those tests at different temperatures.The system described below allows automated heating and manipulation of the tested samples, without any change in the temperature of the extremities of the Hopkinson bars, improving significantly the test conditions and providing so much more relevant results.
