The SSM system, using the Automated Ball Indentation^TM (ABI) test technique, is the only system that performs localized and nondestructive tests to measure actual key mechanical properties of metallic structures or very small samples. The SSM technology replaces conventional universal testing machines for tension and fracture toughness testing. It eliminates the need to cut components and specimens.

Award Wining Technology
In 1996, R&D Magazine selected the portable SSM System for an R&D 100 Award as one of the most technologically significant products of the year.

Properties from ABI
Yield strength
True-stress/true-plastic-strain curve
Strain-hardening exponent (n)
Uniform ductility
Ultimate strength
Haggag Toughness Method (HTM) for fracture toughness values of ferritic steels
Reference temperature and fracture toughness master curve of ferritic steels in the transition temperature region

System Options
Benchtop:
SSM-B4000 - 17.80 KN / 4000 lb
Portable:
SSM-M1000 - 4.45 KN / 1000 lb