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Coating Strip Force/Pullout Force

T4-STRIP is an option for the Table Top Tensile Tester that permits measurement of the coating strip force and coating pullout force. It comprises a fixture for holding a standard Klein Tools stripping tool, a stripping tool for standard 125/250 µm telecom fiber, a toggle clamp for holding a paper tab used for pullout force measurement and the STRIP for Windows software.

See the Table Top Tensile Tester for ordering information.

Measurements are compliant with the following standards:

bulletTelcordia GR-20
bulletFOTP-178 Coating Strip Force
bulletDraft FOTP-105 Coating Pullout Force
bulletIEC 60793-1-32 Coating Strippability

STRIP for Windows Features

The image above shows the main window of STRIP for Windows. All key experiment parameters are visible and can be quickly changed. A variety of options and sub menus are available by clicking a button or via the menu bar. The main screen incorporates a table showing all results contained in the current data file. This table can be manipulated in various ways:
bulletsort a column by clicking on its header
bulletsort a column in reverse order by clicking its header again
bulletresize columns by dragging the column dividers
bulletcolumns can be hidden by dragging to a small width
bulletcomments can be added to each measurement by double clicking in the comments box
bulletcomplete rows or columns can be selected by clicking and dragging over row or column headers
bulleta block of data can be selected by clicking in one corner and dragging to the other corner of the region to be selected
bulletthe selected blocks of the table can be copied to the clipboard for pasting directly into other applications
 

Below is typical graphical output from STRIP for Windows.  It shows the force/position behavior. Various options are available for characterizing the results. For example, small forces the at the start and end (blue data) can be ignored and then a window into the data can be analyzed (red data) ignoring the first and last portion (green data). Such windowing is specified in standard test procedures and STRIP has enough flexibility to be compliant with all current test methods. A variety of statistical data are reported and shown on the graph by horizontal red lines - the peak and mean strip force are shown by solid lines while the mean plus and minus one standard deviation are shown by dashed lines.


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