As a part of their overall product development strategy, Total Connections 2009 have made an investment to expand their in-house testing facility.
They supply some of the largest organizations in the UK, including McLaren for non-production motorsport cars, Airbus (specifically A350) and BAE Systems for military applications.
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其他客户包括伦敦地下，捷豹汽车和皇家海军。他们总部位于威尔特郡卡恩。在与目前的Covid 19大流行作斗争中，他们还向NHS临时夜莺和野外医院提供了产品。
工程总监罗斯·戴维斯（Ross Davies）表示：“ 2009年总连接有限公司在2020年对新机械进行了大量投资，主要是为了使我们的制造流程自动化并增加了我们的整体产品。”
作为一名设计工程师，这台机器对我来说是令人兴奋的，因为它将极大地帮助我们的产品开发，使我们能够对电缆组件进行机械测试，直到1000毫米2到BSEN61238。
Ross Davies, Director of Engineering
ATinius Olsen 50ST, which can be used for compression, tension, flexure and shear strength testing on materials and assemblies, is the machine in question. In this study, the machine will be mainly used for a railway industry application in cable testing and pull out testing of a 2000 amp plug and socket.
A wide range of load cells are available at differing capacities, which supply precise applied load measurements from the smallest test specimen to the full machine capacity.
With the addition of strain measurement instrumentation, grips to hold the specimen, and of course, the Tinius Olsen Horizon testing software, the 50ST becomes a complete, powerful test system.
“Our 50ST is an extended machine, down rated to 25 kN due to the extension. This was required as there was not enough cross head movement for the larger lugs we produce, as the standard we are testing to requires a minimum of 500 mm of visible cable between lugs.”
“We started looking for a suitable UTM over a year ago and were really impressed with the way Tinius Olsen went that extra mile to help. This included the writing of a bespoke program and a site visit to demo a 5 kN machine to BSEN61238, which performed the test exactly as requested,” said Ross.
I was also very impressed with the accuracy of the load cells with the 25 kN load cell calibrated down to 50 N, whereas an equivalent machine from another manufacturer we considered was down to 5% (1250 N) and accurate within 0.5% of reading. The range was also a big factor as we will be testing from 100 N on plug contact force tests, all the way up to 25 kN on the cable tests. Another major factor was the ease of use of the accompanying Horizon testing software.
Ross Davies, Director of Engineering
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但是，这不仅仅是50ST这给罗斯留下了深刻的印象。
我在交货时指出的另一件事是，即使我们距离蒂尼乌斯·奥尔森（Tinius Olsen）只有100英里，它的包装是我见过的最好的东西，但它的包装就像可以运送到世界另一端一样。
Ross Davies, Director of Engineering
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