Fundamental Pneumatic Bollard Grips

Fundamental Pneumatic Bollard Grips are value-priced, “horn” style grips designed to reduce stress concentration on specimens and avoid grip-induced failures. They are suitable for testing cords, filaments, fibers, fine wire, and yarns at temperatures ranging from -10°C to 80°C (14°F to 176°F). Specimen slippage is minimized by a pneumatic gripping mechanism and clamping forces are easily controlled by adjusting air supply pressure. Operation of these grips requires a dry, filtered air supply and a pneumatic controller.

• Affordable pneumatic gripping mechanism minimizes specimen slippage
• "Horn" style design reduces stress concentration on specimens and avoids grip-induced failures
• Adjustable pressure allows clamping forces to be used for testing a variety of materials
• Grips are sold in pairs
• Specimen interface ("face") is integrated with each grip
• Operation requires a dry, filtered air supply sold separately
• Pneumatic gripping controller sold separately
• Applications: Tensile testing of cords, filaments, fibers, fine wire, yarns

MTS Fundamental Bollard Grips
MODEL	PART  NUMBER	GRIP TYPE	FORCE CAPACITY	UPPER GRIP WEIGHT	TEMPERATURE  RATING	ATTACHMENT TYPE	COMBINED UPPER/LOWER GRIP HEIGHT	GRIP WIDTH	MAXIMUM INPUT  PRESSURE	COMPATIBLE GRIP CONTROLLER TYPE
FCQA502A	100-231-830	Pneumatic Bollard	0.5 kN (112 lbf)	1.12 kg (2.4 lb)	0°C(32°F) to  50°C (122°F)	D	326 mm (12.8 in)	154 mm (6. 0 in)	0.55 MPa (80 PSI)	MTS Fundamental Dual Acting Pneumatic Grip Controller/Supply
FPB503	100-139-065		5 kN (1,125 lbf)	2 kg (4.4 lbs)	-40°C (-40°F to  80°C (176°F)	D	410 mm  (16 in)	198 mm  (7.8 in)	0.55 MPa (80 PSI	MTS Fundamental Single Acting Pneumatic Grip Controller/Supply

Integrated Specimen Interface
MODEL	PROFILE	SURFACE	MINIMUM LENGTH	SPECIMEN RANGE
FCQA502A	Flat	Smooth Steel	3 mm (11.8 in)	0-1.5 mm (0-0.04 in)
FPB503	Falt	Smooth Steel	255 mm (10 in)	ø0-5 mm (ø0-0.2 in)

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