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The PLX-Benchtop is a compact testing system that delivers fast, reliable metal stress-strain curves from an automated indentation test.

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"Plastometrex’s unique technology platform enable us to assess, improve, and deploy additive parts far more efficiently than previously possible."

David Wragg

Professor of Materials and Solid Mechanics

Senior Metallic Materials Engineer 

Leonardo Helicopters UK

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Lewis Corbett

Design Engineer

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Babcock

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Dr Robert Deffley

Principal Engineer

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The Henry Royce Institute, University of Sheffield

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Brent T Maples

Senior NDE Specialist

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Structural Integrity Associates

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Ian Brooks

Technical Director

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Additure

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Prof. Roger Reed FREng FIMMM

Professor of Materials and Solid Mechanics

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Oxford University

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Dr Rob Thompson

Teaching Associate

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University of Cambridge

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Dr. Pavel Shurkin

Research Follow

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BCAST - Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology

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WPI
"Having the Indentation Plastometer allows us to significantly reduce the sample size required, not only saving time and material resources, but allowing us to generate mechanical data which we have yet to see on our materials."

Dr Daneille Cote

Assistant Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

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University of Waterloo
"We found PIP to be incredibly useful to assess the mechanical properties of weld fusion zones made using custom, limited supply, filler wires in our recent work."

Michael Benoit

Assistant Professor at University of Waterloo

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BCAST 3
"Since I started using the HotStage I’ve seen a lot of benefits. It’s compact, it’s portable, it works on very tiny samples, I don’t need to machine anything, and it’s very quick and easy to use."

Pavel Shurkin

Research Fellow at BCAST, Brunel University London

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The Henry Royce Institute - Processing
“All the way from casting through to atomisation and processing of powders, we need to understand how performance is impacted. PIP has offered us a way to capture that information really quickly and easily, and it augments a lot of the other data that we capture in our team.”

Dr Robert Deffley

Principal Engineer at The Henry Royce Institute, University of Sheffield

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BCAST 5
"The PLX-HotStage is definitely able to shape the future of materials research. It’s an innovative approach to testing with a very good scientific basis which has already changed the field.”

Dr Pavel Shurkin

Research Fellow at BCAST

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