DIGITAL DUROMETER

A new hand-held, battery powered digital durometer for instantly testing the hardness of plastics has been introduced by Instron/Shore Instruments. The Shore™ S1 Digital Durometer is portable and provides accurate hardness test results after placing the presser foot on a sample and holding for the dwell time, which is adjustable from 1 to 99 seconds. Capable of storing 6,800 test results by lot or part number, the unit maintains statistics such as total test, average, range, and standard deviation.

For more information, contact John Foley, Instron/ Shore Instruments, 100 Royall St., Canton, MA 02021, 800-695-4273, 781-575-6000, FAX 781-575-5770, E-mail: john_foley@instron.com, Web: www.instron.com.