Quick, easy & insightful mechanical testing

Plastometrex re-imagines metal mechanical testing by enabling scientists and engineers to quickly and non-destructively obtain accurate stress-strain curves with ease.

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Simplifying materials testing with PIP

All Plastometrex products use PIP (Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry), our proprietary technology honed over 15 years of prior research by former Cambridge materials scientists. PIP extracts stress-strain curves from simple indentation data using accelerated inverse finite element analysis.

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Quick

Measure stress-strain curves and metal strength parameters in minutes, non-destructively.

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Easy

Simple sample prep, user-friendly software, and automated testing at the click of a button.

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Insightful

Accurate and reproducible mechanical properties for metallic samples of all sizes, and spatial mapping across parts or welds.

The best of both worlds

With PIP (Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry), you get all the benefits of tensile and hardness testing in one, with none of the limitations.

Tensile Testing
Hardness Testing
Rapid testing
Rapid testing
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Rapid testing
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Stress-strain data
Stress-strain data
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Stress-strain data
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Test small/complex geometries
Test small/complex geometries
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Test small/complex geometries
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Minimal sample preparation
Minimal sample preparation
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Minimal sample preparation
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Explore our products

PLX-Benchtop

Compact and easy to use, the PLX-Benchtop extracts metal stress-strain curves in just a few minutes from small and irregular specimens, and maps properties across parts or welds.

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PLX-HotStage

An add-on module to the PLX-Benchtop that generates stress-strain curves at temperatures up to 800 °C in minutes.

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PLX-Portable

Extract metal asset yield and tensile strength quickly, reliably, and non-destructively, with industry-leading accuracy.

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Applications

Read more about how PIP can be integrated into your workflows.

News

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See the technology in action

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