Featuring Improved Performance, Versatility, Gold-Series Force
Sensors, and Latest Script Modeling
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
At the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Bruker (NASDAQ: BRKR) today
announced the release of the UMT
TriboLab™, the latest generation of the world-leading
Universal Mechanical Tester (UMT) platform. TriboLab
incorporates into a single, modular platform the full range of
performance previously offered in several UMT models, with further
increased load capacity and higher torques, all with greater ease of use
and less training requirements.
UMT TriboLab Mechanical Testing Platform (Photo: Business Wire)
As with previous UMT models, the UMT TriboLab has a
universal base that can be equipped with a range of drive modules to
allow multiple, different tribology tests to be performed on one
platform. The design of the new TriboLab emphasizes
ease-of-use due to a tool-less drive exchange, easier software and
scripting capabilities, with further increased performance in areas such
as speed, torque, and data accuracy. The redesign of the product also
offers enhanced modularity while simplifying the user’s configuration
requirements.
Its TriboID™ feature automatically recognizes the attached modules, and
reconfigures user menus based on the hardware installed. The system’s
new TriboScript™ software is controlled entirely through a
user-friendly graphical interface, enabling even complex scripts to be
created simply by dragging and dropping icons. The launch of the UMT
TriboLab system also introduces a new line of dual-axis,
Gold-Series force sensors with an ultralow noise floor and optional
increased frequency response.
“For us, Bruker’s new Universal Mechanical Tester and new sensors have
come precisely on time,” said Professor Dr. Joost W.M. Frenken, Director
of the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) in The
Netherlands. “We are impressed by the sensitivity and robustness of
these sensors, which enable us to perform novel friction experiments in
a largely unexplored force regime.”
Michael Khonsari, the Dow Chemical Endowed Chair and Professor and
Director of the Center for Rotating Machinery (CeRoM) at the Department
of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana
State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, added: “It is exciting
to see a new generation of Bruker UMT coming to the market as we have
several of its predecessors in our Center for Rotating Machinery (CeRoM)
and rely on them heavily. At CeRoM we are actively involved in
collaborative projects with industry partners. Having the Bruker UMT in
our Center enables us to perform various tribological tests precisely
and efficiently, giving us confidence in reporting our results in
archival journals.”
“The UMT platform evolved over the years to be the most flexible
tribometer on the market,” explained James Earle, General Manager for
Bruker’s Tribology and Mechanical Testing business. “Now, we have gone
back to redesign UMT TriboLab from the ground up in order
to offer both the most versatile and the easiest to use system in the
field. With its built-in modularity, extendibility and intuitive
TriboScript software, it is the complete solution for today’s designers
and researchers, while at the same time setting new standards in
productivity.”
About UMT TriboLab
The UMT was first introduced in 2000 and rapidly became the
quasi-standard for tribology and mechanical test labs around the world.
With an improved platform offering many new ease-of-use and productivity
features, the UMT TriboLab offers the comprehensive
TriboScript software package to allow users to intuitively
program complex motions and to control applied forces with unprecedented
accuracy. Modular environmental chambers can be added or removed in
minutes to enable users to adjust temperature or humidity to simulate
real-world conditions. Other new features include an integrated
high-torque motor, built-in analog sensor protection for increased
safety, and a comprehensive range of accessories to facilitate a wide
range of tribology tests. Only the UMT TriboLab system
enables easy and accurate transformation from rotary to reciprocating or
linear motion, sub-Newton to kilo-Newton force measurement, or
environmental testing from room temperature up to 1000°C.
About Bruker Corporation
Bruker Corporation is a leading provider of high-performance scientific
instruments and solutions for molecular, cellular and materials
research, as well as for industrial, diagnostics, clinical research and
applied analysis. For more information about Bruker Corporation, please
visit www.bruker.com.
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