# US 11,906,474 B2 · High-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system and method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,474 B2 - Document ID: US11906474B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/333,012 - Filed: 2021-05-28 - Published: 2021-11-25 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-05-28 - Assignees: NCS Testing Technology CO., LTD - Applicants: NCS Testing Technology CO., LTD - Inventors: Guiyong Wang; Haizhou Wang; Peng Wang; Linmao Zhu; Tiezhu Zhu; Lei Zhao; Donglin Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906474B2 ## CPC - G01N 3/04: Chucks - G01N 3/06: Special adaptations of indicating or recording means - G01N 3/08: by applying steady tensile or compressive forces (G01N3/28 takes precedence) - G01N 3/20: by applying steady bending forces (G01N3/26, G01N3/28 take precedence) - G01N 2203/0017: Tensile - G01N 2203/0019: Compressive - G01N 2203/0023: Bending - G01N 2203/0026: Combination of several types of applied forces - G01N 2203/003: Generation of the force - G01N 2203/0071: Creep - G01N 2203/0075: Strain-stress relations or elastic constants - G01N 2203/0222: Temperature - G01N 2203/0236: Other environments - G01N 2203/024: Corrosive - G01N 2203/06: Indicating or recording means; Sensing means - G01N 2203/0647: Image analysis - G01N 2203/0676: Force, weight, load, energy, speed or acceleration - G01N 2203/0682: Spatial dimension, e.g. length, area, angle - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract A high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system is disclosed. The system includes a computer unit, a motor and a number of the sample testing modules mounted horizontally or perpendicular to that ground on a workbench. The sample testing modules include a sample testing modules base plate fixedly attached to the workbench, and a ball screw, a displacement sensor, a moving beam, a clamp unit, a linear moving platform unit and a force value sensor arranged on the sample testing modules base plate. A number of the sample testing modules are arrange in parallel on the workbench or uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction with a point on the workbench as a circular center. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system comprising a computer unit, a motor (1) and a plurality of sample testing modules (2) provided on a workbench (3) horizontally or vertically to the ground; wherein the sample testing modules (2) comprises sample testing modules base plates (39) secured to the workbench (3), a ball screw (16), a displacement sensor (17), a moving beam (18), a clamp unit (19), a linear moving platform unit (23) and a force value sensor (24) provided on the sample testing modules base plates (39); the ball screw (16) and the linear moving platform unit (23) are respectively provided at both ends of the clamp unit (19); an inner end of the ball screw (16) is fixed to transmission devices, and the ball screw and the moving beam (18) is driven synchronously along the linear guide rail; the displacement sensor (17) is installed on the side surface of a linear guide rail fixing base (30) for detecting the movement displacement of the moving beam (18) in real time; the linear moving platform unit (23) comprises a trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42) and a linear moving platform guide rail (29), the trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42) slides controllably along the linear moving platform guide rail (29), the force value sensor (24) is fixed on a trapezoidal screw/lead screw pair fixing base (28) through a force value sensor fixing base (25); an outer end surface of the moving beam (18) is fixedly connected with a first clamp connecting rod (38); the force value sensor (24) is fixedly connected with a second clamp connecting rod (41); two holding portions of the clamp unit (19) for holding a sample (22) are secured to the first clamp connecting rod (38) and the second clamp connecting rod (41) respectively; a plurality of the sample testing modules (2) are arranged in parallel on the workbench (3), or a plurality of the sample testing modules (2) are uniformly provided in a circumferential direction with a point on the workbench (3) being the center; the ball screw (16) of each sample testing modules (2) faces the center of the circle; the motor (1) drives the ball screw (16) of each of the sample testing modules (2) to rotate synchronously through the transmission devices, realizing a synchronous back and forth movement of the moving beam (18) of each of the sample testing modules (2), and further realizing the synchronous tension, compression, bending and other tests of the sample (22); the computer unit is respectively connected to the motor (1), the displacement sensor (17), the force value sensor (24), a physical field unit (20) and a visual observation unit (21); the computer unit is configured to independently collect the test data of the displacement sensor (17) and the force value sensor (24) of each of the sample testing modules (2), and calculate and plot the respective measurement parameters and test curves. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the sample testing modules (2) selectively and independently perform mechanical property tests on the same or different sample (22). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the ball screw (16) is installed on the sample testing modules base plate (39) through an inner end ball screw fixing base (37) and an outer end ball screw fixing base (33); two mutually parallel linear guide rails (36) are symmetrically provided on a left side and right side of the ball screw (16); the ball screw (16) is connected with a ball screw pair fixing base (35) between the inner end ball screw fixing base (37) and the outer end ball screw fixing base (33); the moving beam (18) is located at the outer end side of the ball screw (16); the moving beam (18) and the ball screw pair fixing base (35) are parallel to each other and fixed to each other through the moving beam connecting piece (34); and the moving beam (18) and the ball screw pair fixing base (35) are both mounted on the two linear guide rails (36) through a pair of sliders. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42) of the linear moving platform unit (23) is provided on the sample testing modules base plate (39) through the trapezoidal screw/lead screw fixing base (40); two mutually parallel linear moving platform guide rails (29) are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42); the inner end of the trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42) is provided with the trapezoidal screw/lead screw pair fixing base (28), the trapezoidal screw/lead screw pair fixing base (28) is mounted on the two linear moving platform guide rails (29) through a pair of sliders. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of the sample testing modules (2) simultaneously perform one of the tension, compression, bending tests. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the clamp types of the clamp unit (19) comprises a bar sample clamp, a plate sample clamp, a film sample clamp, a wire clamp, a spring clamp, a three-point bending clamp or a compression clamp. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the motor (1) is a servo motor or a stepping motor, and the control mode is a speed controlling mode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the displacement sensor (17) is a contact type displacement sensor or a non-contact type displacement sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the force value sensor (24) is a spoke type force value sensor, a column type force value sensor or an S type force value sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the physical field unit (20) is one or more of a temperature field, a magnetic field, or a corrosion field. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein a sample (22) size ranges from 0.1 mm to 120 mm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein two ends of the linear guide rails (36) are provided with safety limiting devices (31). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42) is a self-locking trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42), and the outer end of the trapezoidal screw/lead screw (42) is provided with a hand wheel (26) for adjusting. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the sample testing modules (2) further comprises the physical field unit (20) arranged outside the clamp unit (19). ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the sample testing modules (2) further comprises a visual observation system (21) arranged above the clamp unit (19), for observing the test course of the samples (22), capturing and analyzing video or images. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein the force value sensor (24) is fixedly provided on an outer end surface or an inner end surface of the force value sensor fixing base (25); the second clamp connecting rod (41) passes through the force value sensor fixing base (25) and is fixed to the force value sensor (24) when the force value sensor (24) is fixed to the outer end surface of the force value sensor fixing base (25); and the second clamp connecting rod (41) is connected directly to the force value sensor (24) when the force value sensor (24) is fixed to the inner end surface of the force value sensor fixing base (25). ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein when a plurality of the sample testing modules (2) are uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction with a point on the workbench (3) as a center and the ball screw (16) of each of the sample testing modules (2) is directed toward the center, the transmission is a conical gear transmission (4) having a deceleration system (8); the conical gear transmission (4) comprises a large conical gear (6) and a small conical gear (7); the deceleration system (8) is installed at the bottom of the workbench (3); the input end of the reduction system (8) is connected with the power output shaft of the motor (1); and an output shaft (5) of the deceleration system (8) passes out from the central symmetrical point of a plurality of the sample testing modules (2) on the workbench (3); the large conical gear (6) is fixed to the output shaft (5) of the deceleration system (8); the inner end of the ball screw (16) of each of the sample testing modules (2) is fixed to one of the small conical gear (7); and a plurality of the small conical gears (7) intermesh with the large conical gears (6). ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 17, wherein the deceleration system (8) comprises one or more of a speed reducer, a synchronous pulley speed reduction system, a gear speed reduction system or combinations thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test system of claim 1, wherein when a plurality of the sample testing modules (2) are arranged side by side on the workbench (3), the transmission device is turbine worm gear (9); the turbine worm gear (9) comprises an active worm gear (14), an active worm (15), a passive worm gear (11), a passive worm (12) and a coupling (13); the power output shaft of the motor (1) is fixed to the active worm (15); the active worm gear (14) is engaged with the active worm (15); the left and right ends of the worm gear shaft of the active worm gear (14) are respectively connected to a plurality of the passive worm (12) by the coupling (13); the coupling (13) is mounted on a worm support base (10); and the inner end of the ball screw (16) of each of the sample testing modules (2) is fixed to the passive worm gear (11) intermeshing with corresponding the passive worm (12). ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) A high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test method by the system of claim 1, comprising: (1) selecting clamp unit (19) according to a size and mechanical properties of a plurality of samples (22) to be tested, and fixing each of the plurality of samples (22) on the two holding portions of the clamp unit (19); (2) installing each one of the clamp units (19) on each of the sample testing modules (2), selecting the type of test to be tested and inputting the dimensional parameters of each of the sample (22) from the operation interface of the computer unit; (3) starting the test while setting a speed controlling mode on the operation interface to control a plurality of the samples; collecting, calculating and processing the detection data of the displacement sensor (17) and the force value sensor (24) of each of the sample testing modules (2) in real time, and drawing the test process curve until the whole test is finished. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test method of claim 20, wherein the method further comprising: before testing, determining whether a temperature field, a magnetic field or a corrosion physical field shall be loaded according a test need. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test method of claim 20, wherein the method further comprising: before testing, determining whether a visual observation of the test process shall be conducted according to the a test need. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The high-throughput and small size samples tension, compression, bending test method of claim 20, wherein during the test, each one of the sample testing modules (2) operates independently without affecting each other; and the end of one of the sample testing modules (2) test does not affect the continuation of the other of the sample testing modules (2) test.