Supply of Dynamic Universal Testing Machine to Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult · Awarded contract
AwardedSupply of Dynamic Universal Testing Machine to Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Awarded 16 Dec 2024
Ended 1y 7mo ago4mo term
Awarded 16 Dec 2024Expired 30 Mar 2025
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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult awarded a contract to Instron for the purchase of a new dynamic Universal Testing Machine (UTM) for its Materials Laboratory at the Charles Parsons Technology Centre in Blyth.
The UTM will address increasing demand for fatigue life testing of subsea cable sheath material samples at higher loads, which are beyond the capabilities of existing equipment such as the benchtop DMA 850.
The larger capacity machine also supports the laboratory's longer-term objectives to test materials used in large-scale wind turbine rotor blades.
The contract value is AUD 205,840.
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