CEAST launches latest falling weight impact test equipment Dartower Plus

CEAST, an Italian specialist providing high-quality, cutting edge testing equipment for mechanical, physical and rheological characterization of all polymer types, recently introduced the new DARTOWER Plus, its latest instrument for falling weight impact tests. The Dartower Plus is designed to offer an alternative to the full-size Fractovis Plus series, a series that shares the same technology for reliability, safety, high-end technical specifications, and modularity.

With a maximum potential energy of 400J and a wide range of accessories and possible configurations, it represents a versatile instrument for impact characterization: classic dart puncture testing, impact tests on bars and molded specimens with pendulum-like striker geometry that require higher impact energy, impact on pipes or other semi-finished or finished parts of suitable size.

The basic unit comes with pneumatic clamping, photocell for speed detection, motorized weight lifting and positioning, microprocessor controlled operation with an LCD-screen user interface. Fixed or adjustable specimen supports can be added, and the desired striker weight and geometry chosen.

A version equipped with a thermostatic chamber for tests at different temperatures is available, extending the capabilities of the instruments to tests from –50°C to +100°C. The Dartower Plus is PC connection ready and can be used with CEAST VisualIMPACT advanced software and related modules for data elaboration. For complete instrumented impact test capabilities a wide range of strain-gauge and piezoelectric instrumented strikers are offered.