able to heat specimens using direct (joule) heating, with mechanical control of both displacement (uniaxial tension) and rotation (torque/torsion) able to integrate with an existing Gleeble Thermophysical Simulator (see additional information and options below) contained in an atmosphere-controlled chamber capable of drawing vacuum and operating under a range of gases, including inert capable of holding specimens up to a diameter of at least ~10mm (or ~0.4”) and gauge length of up to ~50mm (~2”) capable of delivering between 0 to 1500 RPM without a material in the testing chamber contains two load cells: a torque load cell and a displacement/thrust load cell. capable of programming and measuring/recording a program with independent control of: temperature (programmed/set point); temperature (actual); uniaxial force; torque; and revolutions per minute. control unit should be capable of independent control of temperature, torsion (torque), uniaxial loading (strain), atmosphere, and any quench media capable of very rapid heating and colling, as well as step-quenching or step-up-quenching (heating) to specific temperatures produces high precision results high precision control of the current supplied (to control temperature) capable of routinely conducting processing from 20°C to at least 1250°C the temperature resolution of integrated control cards to read a control thermocouple should be <2°C high precision control of the mechanical resolution in both tension (displacement) and torsion (rotation) upgradable in terms of, at a minimum, load cells and sample grips minimized system footprint
