The Mechanical Testing labs within the Mines Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF) include a variety of monotonic, fatigue, temperature, and strain measurement capabilities. These capabilities cover a wide range of load capacities and resolutions, displacement rates, loading configurations, and custom fixturing. Strain measurement capabilities are available for 1D, 2D, and 3D using extensometers and digital image correlation (DIC) across temperature ranges of -129 to 1200 °C
The Interlaken SP 400 is a hydraulic press for metal formability testing with 1000 kN punch force and 1800 kN clamp force capacities. The bulk material tooling can be heated to 600 °C and the sheet material tooling to 350 °C and has a 3D DIC system in line with the punch axis.