Tensile strength is probably the most commonly used measure of a material’s strength. Tensile test requirements are almost always included in metal alloy specification requirements. The tensile test usually provides the ultimate tensile strength, tensile yield strength, elongation, and for some alloys, the reduction of area. The ultimate tensile strength is the breaking strength in tension. The yield load is the load at which the material becomes permanently deformed and the elongation is the increase in length. Tensile test results are often used to estimate other mechanical properties and to evaluate the fabricating characteristics of a material .

We perform tensile tests on cast and wrought metal alloys, welds, and some plastic materials. We are equipped to machine standard size or sub-size tensile specimens from bars, shapes, sheets, tubes, forgings, and castings.