Information on wire terminal test grips
Manufacturers of Mechanical Testing
Equipment
Adelaide Testing Machines Inc.
61 Advance Road Units 5 and 6
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M8Z2S6
Phone: 1-800-665-8817 (Canada/USA)
1-416-234-0786 (International)
Fax No.: 1-416-234-1369
E-mail: atminc@on.aibn.com
or soldered terminals on the ends of stranded or solid conductor wire. The upper
assembly consists of a slotted rimmed wheel with12 different sizes of slots. The
connector is slipped through the appropriate slot and the terminal connector is pulled
against the inner rim during the test. The wheel can be easily rotated to the
appropriate slot to allow quick testing of different sizes of terminals. The smallest slot
size is 1/16" and largest is 3/4".
The lower fixture is a V-grooved clamping assembly designed to hold the non-
terminal end of the wire during the tensile test. The maximum rated capacity of the
WF-10KN test fixture is 10 kN (2,200 lb). Package contains adapters to mount the
fixture to the load cell and actuator or platen on one ATM series testing machine.
Model WF-10KN Wire Terminal
Test Fixture Mounted on a
TCA-10KN Testing Machine
Model WF-10KN Wire Terminal Test Fixture