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Induction Heating Now Available on Gleeble Systems
Gleeble systems have historically relied on direct resistance to provide extremely fast, uniform and responsive heating. While this method offers considerable advantages over other heating techniques, there are cases where induction heating is preferred. DSI has introduced the Gleeble Induction Heating System (IHS) which provides an alternative heating method to increase testing flexibility.
The Gleeble IHS is fully integrated with the Gleeble and allows the user to select either induction or resistance heating for each test. Induction heating can be useful for heating bi-metallic, non-symmetrical and unique specimens and can be used in tensile testing, heat treating applications and compression tests including uni-axial (flow stress) and plane strain simulations.
An interesting application for induction heating is the unique ability to use non-conductive anvils and lubricants. This allows researchers to minimize thermal gradients across a specimen by minimizing heat loss through the anvils as well as reduce friction between the anvil and the specimen. These features are particularly beneficial for flow stress testing by reducing the barreling effect.
As always, the full capability of the traditional high-speed Gleeble direct resistance heating system is still maintained, allowing heating rates up to 10,000ºC/second when using direct resistance heating. The two heating systems are both integrated to work on the Gleeble and software can be used to select which heating system is used in each test.
To learn more about the Gleeble Induction Heating system, please click here to download a brief information sheet or reach out to the Gleeble team to discuss your application. (info@Gleeble.com)
New Gleeble Catalog Available
Our team has recently published an updated Gleeble catalog of systems, parts and accessories. The catalog is a great resource to learn more about equipment that will enhance your research and is available electronically as a pdf download. (Click here to download the catalog)
If you prefer, you can request a printed catalog by visiting the Gleeble website and filling out the Catalog request form located here.
As always, DSI staff is available to answer any questions you may have about accessory compatibility, enhancements, calibrations or system operation. Please contact our team at Parts@Gleeble.com for guidance.
Impact of Tariffs
There has been a lot of news recently about tariffs and escalating tensions between the United States and numerous trade partners. In particular, the steel and aluminum industries have been highlighted as key areas of focus. As a US-based manufacturer and exporter that supports the steel and aluminum industries, DSI is closely monitoring these developments.
While tariffs and trade tensions may cast a short-term cloud over many industries, the pressure to innovate new, lighter, stronger and more efficient materials is not going away. As external factors place more pressure on manufacturers, those organizations that are able to innovate and gain efficiencies will flourish. Our team is proud of the role that Gleeble equipment plays in this process. Now, more than ever, Gleeble systems are critical to drive innovation and provide our users with a competitive advantage.
In addition to tariffs; currency fluctuations, economic trends and increased manufacturing costs are impacting the industries we serve. While it is unclear how these global factors may impact each of our customers, our team is committed to working with each of you to address your individual concerns and offer creative solutions to help researchers acquire the Gleeble equipment necessary to achieve their research goals.
If you are considering a Gleeble purchase or an enhancement to a current system, please reach out to our team and let us know how we can help you and your organization navigate the process.
Gleeble User Meetings
The Gleeble community recently gathered at two user meetings, one in China and one in Germany. We would like to thank the organizations that hosted these meetings and the individuals that made the events such a success. User meetings offer a unique opportunity for researchers to come together to network, present findings, and learn from fellow "Gleeblers". User meetings are tailored for users of all levels, with content that is useful for those that have never touched a Gleeble before, as well as for seasoned Gleeble veterans.
If you have not been to a user meeting, we hope you will be able to join us for a future gathering. The next meeting will be held in India later this month on October 12-13, 2018 at IIT Roorkee. If you are interested in attending, please contact the DSI India team.
There are several user meetings each year. Check the Gleeble website for announcements for future events.
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Xi'an, China: August, 2018
One of the largest user meetings ever, the 2018 China Users Meeting held in Xi'an China was a resounding success. The meeting was organized and hosted by several leading research organizations. We would like to thank the staffs at 西北有色金属研究院 (Northwest Non-ferrous Research Institute), 西安交通大学 (Xi’an Jiaotong University), 西北工业大学 (Northwest Polytechnical University), and 中国石油天然气集团公司管材研究所 (China National Petroleum Corporation Xi’an Pipe Research Institute) for welcoming the Gleeble community to Xi'an.
Attended by researchers from some of the largest metals producers in the world, the community enjoyed presenting research and success stories as well as attending training sessions and learning about Gleeble system maintenance and operation enhancements. There were impressive examples of Gleeble usage, including the system at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute for Metal Research in Shenyang which was installed in 1983 and is still in operation today. There were also numerous examples of Gleebles driving innovation that resulted in significant returns on investment and accelerated R&D cycles.
Erlangen, Germany: September, 2018
Over 60 researchers converged at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in Erlangen, Germany at the LFT Institute for two days filled with Gleeble presentations and networking. We are grateful to the staff at FAU for hosting the group and for the presenters and participants for making the event valuable and fun. Based on the success of the meeting, several organizations have volunteered to host future meetings in 2019 and beyond. Check the Gleeble website for future announcements about future gatherings.
Mahesh K.Kumawat, Md Zafir Alam, Atul Kumar, K.Gopinath, Sabyasachi Saha, Vajinder Singh, V.Srinivas, D.K.Das
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad 500 058, India
Abstract: Fe-Cr-Si coated Nb-alloy C103 is a strategic material for advanced structural high temperature applications in hyperplanes. The coating provides oxidation resistance and is indispensable for high-temperature use of the C103 alloy. However, the coating is constituted of brittle intermetallic silicide phases, which can affect the tensile properties of the substrate adversely. The present paper examines the effect of coating on the tensile properties of C103 alloy. The tensile properties have been evaluated at various temperatures up to 1500 °C using the Gleeble test facility. For low test temperatures up to 900 °C, the coating exhibited extensive brittle cracking and spallation, which caused reduction in the YS and UTS of the substrate alloy by 10–20%. On the other hand, the coating showed ductile deformation and it did not affect the strength of the alloy at temperatures of 1100 °C and above. At all test temperatures, the substrate alloy was ductile enough to resist the penetration of the coating cracks into the substrate, and the ductility of the alloy was not affected significantly by the application of the coating. The fracture behavior in the coating at various temperatures and implications on the tensile behavior of the substrate alloy are discussed.
Optimizing Annealing Parameters with Gleeble simulation for Cold Rolled Continuous Annealed Dual Phase Steel Sheet
Rajan Kr Singh, Madhawan Chandrawanshi, R Sudharshan, Devasish Mishra, Ashish Chandra (JSW Steel Ltd)
Abstract: Cold rolled dual phase steel sheet with 590 MPa UTS level (DP590) were processed in continuous annealing line and results were compared with Gleeble simulated results. To achieve the typical characteristics like fatigue, hole expansion, phosphatability and good aesthetics; it requires design of compositions and suitable microstructures by controlling the processing parameters of rolling, heating and cooling processes. Thus, the effect of Different annealing parameters for DP590 steel was studied at Gleeble-3800 thermo mechanical simulator and continuous annealing line (CAL). Microstructure and mechanical properties are compared with different annealing cycles. Tensile strength has significant improvement with decrease in rapid cooling temperature were observed in simulated samples and in CAL inline coils, whereas decrease in tensile strength were observed due to decomposition of martensite at higher rapid cooling as well as overaging temperatures. It is also concluded that increasing annealing temperature beyond Ac3 does not increase the martensite fraction as well as tensile strength in continuous annealed steel. In addition, Influence of higher Mn weight% on phosphate chemical conversion coating treatment was investigated. Hole expansion results of DP590 steel for different C weight% were also compared.
Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Formability of 22MnB5 at Elevated Temperatures by Gleeble Simulator
Rong Shean Lee, Ta Wei Chiena – (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University) Yi KaiLin (Iron & Steel R&D Department, China Steel Corporation)
Abstract: This paper, which includes an experimental analysis and theoretical predictions, presents a method to investigate the formability of high strength steel sheet 22MnB5 at elevated temperatures. In this method, two designs for tensile test specimens with laser engraving grids are developed and used to obtain the strain paths of a uniaxial tensile state and the plane strain occurring at elevated temperatures using a Gleeble simulator. On the other hand, a modified Cockcroft criterion that takes strain path into consideration is employed to predict the entire forming limit diagram. A forming limit diagram could be established as a result of using the modified Cockcroft criterion together with the limit strains obtained from the tensile tests based on two novel specimen designs. In this paper, forming limit diagrams at three strain rates and forming limit diagrams at temperatures ranging from 650 oC to 850 oC were established.
Microstructure characterization of Al-cladded Al–Zn–Mg–Cu sheet in different hot deformation conditions
Bin LIAO, Xiao-dong WU, Chang-jian YAN, Zheng LIU, Ling-fei CAO, Guang-jie HUANG, Qing LIU (College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China) Yan-li JI (Suzhou Branch, Chinalco Materials Application Research Institute Co., Ltd., Suzhou,China)
Abstract: Al-cladded Al–Zn–Mg–Cu sheets were compressed up to 70% reduction on a Gleeble–3500 thermo-mechanical simulator with temperatures ranging from 380 to 450 °C at strain rates between 0.1 and 30 s−1. The microstructures of the Al cladding and the Al–Zn–Mg–Cu matrix were characterized by electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The microstructure is closely related to the level of recovery and recrystallization, which can be influenced by deformation temperature, deformation pass and deformation rate. The level of recovery and recrystallization are different in the Al cladding and the Al–Zn–Mg–Cu matrix. Higher deformation temperature results in higher degree of recrystallization and coarser grain size. Static recrystallization and recovery can happen during the interval of deformation passes. Higher strain rate leads to finer sub-grains at strain rate below 10 s−1; however, dynamic recovery and recrystallization are limited at strain rate of 30 s−1 due to shorter duration at elevated temperatures.
Effect of Nb micro-alloying on microstructure and properties of thermo-mechanically processed high carbon pearlitic steel
I.Dey, S.Chandra, S.K.Ghosh (Department of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711 103, India)
R.Saha (Product Development Group, R & D Division, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur 831 007, India)
Abstract: Two C-Mn-Si steels with and without Nb micro-alloying are selected in the present study. Both these high carbon steels have been thermo-mechanically processed using Gleeble 3800 simulator. Optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), atomic force microscope (AFM) were utilised for microstructural characterisation. The austenitising temperature was varied from 1150 °C to 1200 °C followed by hot compression and subjected to free cooling to evaluate the influence of austenite grain size on transformed microstructure and mechanical properties. It is evident that higher austenite grain size is obtained for both types of steels subjected to higher austenitising temperature. The refinement of pearlite interlamellar spacing (<0.20 μm) with degenerated morphology as well as finer prior austenite grain size (<40 μm) is found to be more prominent for Nb micro-alloyed sample. The average hardness values of both the steels are higher for the specimens, treated at a higher austenitising temperature which is attributed to finer interlamellar spacing. Finally, the correlation between the evolving microstructure and resulting mechanical properties (hardness and yield strength) has been made.
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Maximum Heating Rate | 10,000 °C/sec | 10,000 °C/sec | 8,000 °C/sec | 10,000 °C/sec | 10,000 °C/sec |
Maximum Quenching Rate* | 10,000 °C/sec | 10,000 °C/sec | 10,000 °C/sec | 10,000 °C/sec | 10,000 °C/sec |
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第四届Gleeble热模拟技术交流会
(第三轮通知)
(会议时间: 2018年8月1-5日; 会议地点: 陕西西安)
会议简介:
Gleeble热模拟系统是材料热加工(铸、轧、锻、焊、相变热处理)技术创新的开放平台。自上世纪八十年代进入中国市场以来,其灵活多样的热加工工艺模拟功能及其广泛的工业应用被越来越多的人们所认识,日益成为多快好省地实现各种材料器件热加工生产工艺技术创新的利器而深受用户喜爱。迄今为止,全国各地已有150余台各类热模拟试验机在全国各大高校、科研单位、产业部门落地生根,为国家经济发展和新材料及新产品制造发挥特殊的积极作用。
随着时间的推移、客户群的扩大、热模拟技术的不断进步、以及新老Gleeble用户人员的自然迭替,美国DSI公司的研发团队、技术团队、服务团队与客户群的及时交流与有效互动成为厂家与用户的共需与共识。自上世纪80年代以来,DSI公司在中国机械工程学会、国家自然科学基金委、美国MTS学会、DSI美国本部、哈尔滨工业大学、北京科技大学、上海交通大学、燕山大学及华中科技大学等的大力支持下,已先后举行了三次全国性的用户技术交流会议,为推动我国在新材料研制及材料加工工艺的创新做出了一定的贡献,受到了大多数国内用户的认可与好评。
第四届全国Gleeble用户技术交流及培训会议拟于2018年8月1-5日在陕西西安举行,本次会议内容丰富、形式多样,重点是通过深入有效的互动交流让大家深入了解Gleeble热模拟技术在科研与生产中能够发挥的作用,为有经验的老用户提供热模拟技术、产品、应用的新信息,为年轻的操作人员提供Gleeble模拟技术应用、特殊试验操作、设备使用保养的现场科普和操作示范。会议分为特邀报告、专题讨论、Gleeble模拟试验现场示范三个主要部分。届时将有来自国内外的Gleeble应用专家、材料研究各领域的精英翘楚、国内热模拟试验机操作的能工巧匠、以及广大科研工作者约100余人出席活动。
籍此,我们期盼广大专家、学者、全国众多用户朋友踊跃报名参会,积极投稿,热情参与,与同行自由分享心得与成果,在深入讨论的过程中共同收获、进步。会议进一步信息请各位同仁关注会议网站: www.gleeble.com/2018usermeeting
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主办单位: Dynamic Systems Inc., New York, USA
承办单位: DSI 上海办事处(益恒捷贸易(上海)有限公司)
协办单位:西北有色金属研究院
西安交通大学
西北工业大学
中国石油天然气集团公司管材研究所
时 间: 2018年8月1至5日
地 点: 陕西西安
会议顾问委员会:
名誉主席:周廉,中国工程院院士
牛济泰,俄罗斯自然科学院院士,哈尔滨工业大学、河南理工大学教授
Dave Ferguson,DSI董事长
执行主席:牛济泰,俄罗斯自然科学院院士,哈尔滨工业大学、河南理工大学教授
James Papa,DSI总裁兼CEO
成 员:杨院生,中国科学院金属研究所研究员
曾建民,广西大学教授
丁向东,西安交通大学教授,材料学院副院长
Brian Allen,DSI首席技术官
David Jacon,DSI 售后服务部总监
会议组织委员会:
主 任: 陈伟昌,DSI 副总, 中国区总监
Dan Quigley,DSI 市场部总监
成 员: 陈同昌、李磊、周善林、刘红全、陈钟亮、储伟、金勇刚、卢昕
会议学术委员会:
主 任: 杨院生,中国科学院金属研究所研究员
张丕军,宝钢中央研究院院长
王全礼,首钢技术中心主任
张明如,马鞍山钢铁公司技术中心主任
徐东生,中国科学院金属研究所研究员
赵光普, 钢铁研究总院高温材料研究所变形高温合金事业部主任
张 梅,上海大学教授
成 员: 高珊,宝钢中央研究院首席研究员
屈朝霞,宝钢中央研究院首席研究员
周旭东,河南科技大学教授
王青峰,燕山大学教授
李桂艳,鞍钢技术中心热模拟室主任
刘文艳,武钢技术中心热模拟室主任
赵奇, DSI 高级工程师
分会主席和主讲嘉宾 :
- 凝固与焊接物理模拟 主席:屈朝霞/王青峰 主讲嘉宾:屈朝霞/王青峰
- 形变热处理和CCT 主席:张明如/周旭东 主讲嘉宾:张明如/周旭东
- 热模拟技术在冶金行业中的应用 主席:刘文艳/李桂艳 主讲嘉宾:刘文艳/李桂艳
- 热模拟创新应用 主席:高珊/张艳 主讲嘉宾:高珊/于建民/张艳
温馨提示:为便于会议主办方及相关承办方统一安排会务,请各位意向参会人士务必于2018年7月15日前报名。
报名方式:邮件反馈、电话登记、微信H5等。
会议日程:
1.参会人员报到(八月一日全天)
2.特邀报告:(半天,八月二日上午)
- Gleeble热模拟技术:创新与发展(Brian Allen博士,DSI首席技术官)
- 热模拟技术在钢铁行业中的应用(张丕军博士,宝钢中央研究院)
- 物理模拟在铝镁合金热加工中的应用(杨院生教授,中科院沈阳金属所研究员)
- 热模拟技术在首钢研究领域的应用成就(王全礼主任,首钢技术中心)
- 物理模拟在高温合金研发中的应用(赵光普教授,钢铁研究总院高温材料研究所)
- 物理模拟在汽车用高强钢/超高强钢研发中的应用 (张梅教授,上海大学)
- 物理模拟与合金计算中的应用(徐东生教授,中科院沈阳金属研究所)
3.专题报告与讨论:(一天,八月二日下午-八月三日上午)
- 凝固与焊接物理模拟
- 形变热处理和CCT
- 热模拟技术在冶金行业中的应用
- 热模拟创新应用
- 4. Gleeble设备现场操作与维护保养培训:(半天,八月三日下午)
- 常用试验方法及传感器校准
- Gleeble设备专家现场及会场答疑
- Gleeble设备正常使用、保养、与维护培训
- 5. 参观(一天,八月四日):
- 6. 会议结束,代表返程(八月五日)
会议地点及住宿安排:
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Gleeble 热模拟技术交流会
A New Gleeble 3500 System Expands Capabilities at the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center at the University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT: The Additive Manufacturing Center was established at the University of Connecticut (UConn) in April 2013 in partnership with Pratt & Whitney, to advance additive manufacturing research and development. The facility recently expanded their capabilities by adding a Gleeble 3500 system, equipped with the advanced Hydrawedge unit which combines high-temperature capabilities with high-speed deformation.
Gleeble systems, produced by Dynamic Systems Inc. (DSI) are material testing and simulation systems used to characterize new materials and optimize manufacturing processes. Data and insight garnered from the Gleeble can be successfully transferred to plant production lines, reducing the cost, risk and time associated with developing new processes or materials.
Of particular interest to the researchers at UConn is the Gleeble’s ability to simulate the additive manufacturing process as well as generate material performance data to better inform computer modeling simulations. This close association of physical simulation and computer modeling is critical for the refinement of metallic 3D-printing processes, alloy development and post-build material characterization.
Gleeble’s capabilities provide industrial partners with a powerful competitive advantage – resulting in improved product quality, cost-savings and accelerated development times which ultimately lead to greater profits. UConn is well positioned to provide these competitive advantages to a growing list of industrial partners.
Dr. Rainer Hebert, Director of the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center, described the value the Gleeble will bring to his team’s research, “We have been looking forward to the unique Gleeble capabilities for a long time. Our new Gleeble will support R&D projects in materials development and manufacturing simulations. The role of manufacturing simulations continues to increase in many industries. However, without high quality materials data, even advanced simulation models cannot accurately predict manufacturing processes. High quality materials data needs to capture the conditions found in manufacturing processes that are often highly transient in nature.”
The Gleeble’s very fast heating and cooling rates (up to 10,000°C/sec) as well as high strain rates, combined with independent control of strain and strain rates are ideally suited to simulate manufacturing processes, in particular the stress-strain behavior of materials. The data obtained from these transient property measurements can then be used to generate constitutive models that drive computer simulations.
Gleeble systems can achieve very high heating and cooling rates, a hallmark of most additive manufacturing processes, but can also probe minute dimension changes under zero load conditions that are caused by phase transformations. These dilatometry measurements will be used for research on new alloys to be used in additive manufacturing.
Gleeble’s long history of supporting welding applications, along with the similarities between additive manufacturing and welding, promises several additional applications for additive manufacturing research. For example, liquation cracking or hot tearing are challenges well known in the welding world that limit the use of many alloys, including most of the high-strength aluminum alloys, in additive manufacturing. With the Gleeble, these phenomena can be studied experimentally. UConn researchers will combine the Gleeble physical simulations with thermodynamic calculations and a new arc-melter that will yield experimental alloy samples for the Gleeble. UConn has also purchased the optional High-Temperature Mobile Conversion Unit which allows for sustained testing up to 2,300°C with a peak temperature of 3,000°C.
For those at UConn interested in microstructure analysis after testing with the Gleeble, the Thermo-Fisher Scientific Center for Microstructure and Materials Analysis will be located in the same building and will extend R&D capabilities with a suite of scanning electron microscopes, focused ion-beam milling equipment, electron backscattered diffraction, and transmission electron microscopes, including the newest FEI Titan aberration-corrected microscope.
The nearly-complete Tech Park at UConn provides researchers with a host of impressive metal printing and research equipment. The range of equipment available includes electron beam melting and laser sintering technologies, including an experimental powder bed machine with complete open architecture. UConn’s AMIC is focused on the underlying physics of additive manufacturing with emphasis on rapid solidification, powder spreading, and metal-atmosphere interactions. Experiments as well as ab-initio calculations are used to develop new insight into the additive manufacturing process.
UConn and DSI have a shared objective of advancing research and supporting industrial partners, not just with data but with actionable intelligence. To further this goal, UConn and DSI have created a formal Research Collaboration which will provide UConn with advanced training opportunities, a funded research project, access to new components and features with increased access to DSI R&D teams to collaborate on new projects and offerings.
For more information on the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center at UConn, please visit:
www.amic.uconn.edu
DSI Delivers the First Two Gleeble 500 Series Systems to Elite Research Institutions
Poestenkill, New York, – Dynamic Systems Inc. (DSI), the world leader in the development of thermal-mechanical simulation systems for metallurgical research, announced today the delivery of two all-new simulation systems, the Gleeble 540 Welding Simulator and the Gleeble 563 Thermal Mechanical Simulation system.
Gleeble systems have been helping engineers solve material challenges for over 60 years, including characterizing new alloys, optimizing production processes, lowering costs and improving product quality for metallic components when high-performance and reliability are critical requirements.
Members of the team at DSI pictured with the all-new Gleeble 563 Thermal-Mechanical Simulation System as it completes its final pre-shipment inspection.
Gleeble 500 Series systems offer the flexibility and value of Gleeble platform in a smaller footprint.
The Gleeble 500 Series, which includes the recently launched Gleeble 540 and Gleeble 563 are tailored to provide a compact, economical solution for researchers while retaining the world-class capabilities that have made Gleeble systems the industry standard. A sample is placed in the patented QuickJack gripping system and then heated via direct resistance while tensile or compressive force is applied. This heating method provides extremely rapid and precise temperature control, enabling operators to create the desired thermal profile needed to conduct accurate simulations of what the material may experience in the real world or during its production process. The result is actionable data that researchers can apply to production lines – resulting in significant cost savings, time savings, improved product quality and ultimately greater profits.
The two new systems were shipped in opposite geographic directions, one was shipped to South America to an elite research laboratory in Brazil while the other remains in the United States. The two organizations come from very different industries with unique areas of focus, however both are interested in high temperature applications and conduct important research to maximize material performance.
In the state of Bahia, Brazil, the Gleeble 540 Welding Simulator will soon be installed at the Center for Integrated Manufacturing and Technology, SENAI-CIMATEC. The organization was inaugurated in 2002 and provides training of highly skilled professionals to work in industrial processes with state-of-the-art technologies. By expanding and upgrading their labs, SENAI-CIMATEC is becoming a center of excellence in welding and metallurgical research and is positioned to support the automotive, chemical and petro-chemical industries in the important Camaçari industrial region and beyond.
The Gleeble 563 has been recently installed at a confidential US-based location and will help the organization elevate their materials research to new heights. Like all of the 500 series of systems, the Gleeble 563 utilizes new touch-screen based control systems. This new user interface makes setting up and running tests much faster and easier than traditional control systems.
James Benway, an Embedded Systems Developer and key member of the R&D team that developed the new series, described the inspiration for the 500 systems, "Usability was placed at the forefront of the design process. The 540 and 563 are based on our next generation control system, allowing unparalleled capability in a small package. New Gleeble plug-and-play technology allows users to effortlessly exchange accessories on their Gleeble system, resulting in more time performing trials and less time spent on setup. From the user interface to the support diagnostics, the control system has been completely reimagined to provide users with a more rewarding operating experience without sacrificing performance."
Gleeble systems provide organizations with a powerful competitive advantage. The lower cost of the 500 Series makes this technology more attainable and allows more organizations to benefit from Gleeble technology to improve product quality, lower costs and accelerate R&D cycles, ultimately leading to greater profits and safer products.
For more information, please contact:
Daniel Quigley, Dynamic Systems Inc.
(518) 283-5350 ext. 253
Dan.Quigley@Gleeble.com
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