Bench Top Tensile Testing Machine
Product Code : LSK-MTE-10505
Bench Top Tensile Testing Machine (SKU LSK-MTE-10505) is a small-scale, hand-operated machine for simple tensile tests on metal specimens up to a maximum load of 20 kN. It fits on a bench, so engineering colleges, polytechnics and technical institutes can run tensile practicals without a full-size UTM. Science Lab Supplies manufactures the bed, gearbox and load-measuring system at Plot 448, HSIIDC Industrial Area, Saha, Ambala, India, and its sales desk there quotes institutions, tender contractors and distributors.
Specifications
Each specification of the 20 kN tensile tester is tabled below. In short, a tie-bar-stiffened extruded aluminium bed carries a handwheel-driven worm-and-wheel gearbox with about 400 mm of lead-screw travel, a strain-gauged load cell with a peak-hold digital display, and a sliding digital display for extension.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| SKU | LSK-MTE-10505 |
| Test | Tensile tests on metal specimens |
| Maximum load | 20 kN |
| Bed | Extruded aluminium, stiffened by tie bars |
| Drive | Hand-driven worm-and-wheel gearbox with large handwheel |
| Lead screw travel | Approx. 400 mm |
| Quick advance | Smaller handwheel to set the distance between chucks |
| Bearings | Ball races and self-aligning ball thrust races in the loading direction |
| Load cell | Strain-gauged |
| Load display | Microprocessor-controlled digital display with peak hold |
| Extension | Sliding digital display over the entire movement |
| Specimen mounting | Collet chucks on ball-jointed spigots for purely axial loading |
| Specimen styles | Long and short 20 mm² specimens |
| Starter specimens | Two carbon steel alloys, brass, aluminium |
| Optional | Precision extensometer for Young's modulus |
| Manufacturer | Science Lab Supplies, Saha, Ambala, Haryana |
| Country of origin | India |
Applications and Experiments for the Bench Top Tensile Testing Machine
Students pull specimens of different metals to failure, recording load and extension to draw load-extension curves and compare strength and ductility. The peak-hold display captures the maximum load before fracture, and the optional precision extensometer allows Young's modulus to be measured.
- B.E./B.Tech mechanical and civil: tensile test and stress-strain behaviour of steels, brass and aluminium, with specimen sizes checked on a Vernier Caliper.
- Materials science and metallurgy: comparing two carbon steel alloys with non-ferrous metals, then breaking the same metal families by impact on the Energy Absorbed At Fracture tester.
- Diploma engineering and TVET: hands-on tensile testing at bench scale.
Standard Scope of Supply
The machine comes with its load cell and digital load display, the sliding extension display, collet chucks for both long and short 20 mm² specimens, and a starter set of tensile specimens in two carbon steel alloys, brass and aluminium. The precision extensometer is an optional extra.
Packing, MOQ and Lead Time
We quote for one machine or for several benches. Every quotation shows packing, delivery time and price for the quantity asked, and extra specimen sets, the extensometer or other test and measurement instruments in India from this range can be included on the same page.
Science Lab Supplies has an Importer-Exporter Code as a registered exporter and is able to ship to buyers in Bangladesh, Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa, Qatar and Sri Lanka. A bench tensile lab can be priced once you share the number of machines on the contact page or in the enquiry cart; bid paperwork is handled as described on the lab tender page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the load capacity?
The machine performs tensile tests on metal specimens up to a maximum load of 20 kN, applied by hand through a worm-and-wheel gearbox and lead screw with about 400 mm of travel.
Which specimens come with it?
A starter set of tensile specimens made of two different carbon steel alloys, brass and aluminium. The collet chucks fit both the long and short styles of 20 mm² specimen.
Do you make this machine yourselves?
We do: the aluminium bed, gearbox and load cell assembly are built in the Science Lab Supplies plant at Saha, Ambala, and the machine is quoted to buyers without a distributor in between.
Can it do compression or hardness tests?
With the optional Compression Cage fitted in the tensile test area, it can run experiments that need a compressive load, including simple Brinell tests with the Brinell Hardness Test Set.
Related Tensile, Torsion and Modulus Equipment
The first two items extend this machine into compression and hardness work. The Torsion Testing Machine is a natural partner for a bench-scale tensile and torsion lab, while the other machines and the Searle's apparatus cover hydraulic testing, fatigue and wire modulus on the same quotation.
- Compression Cage — adapts this machine's tensile test area for compressive-load experiments.
- Brinell Hardness Test Set — parts fit into the Compression Cage for simple Brinell tests.
- Torsion Testing Machine — alloy box-section frame on adjustable feet, torque read from a load cell.
- Universal Testing Machine — high-impact clear plastic guard and peak force stored on a digital meter.
- Materials Laboratory With Data Capture — digital extensometer linked to a force display unit.
- Rotating Fatigue Machine — Wohler-type rotating cantilever specimens in aluminium and steel.
- Young's Modulus Apparatus (Searle's Pattern) — two brass frames with a spirit level and a micrometer head reading to 1/100 mm.
Browse the full Material Testing Equipment range, the Elasticity and Surface Tension range for modulus apparatus, or all engineering laboratory equipment.
Last updated: 22 October 2026
