MTS Acumen - Manual (Page 108)

a) In the MPX Explorer panel, select Set Up > New Specimen > Install Fixturing.
b) Under What signal sense do you want to use? select Tension is Positive.
2. Turn on all display information for the Situational Awareness panels.
Click each button as necessary until they are all yellow. This will show:
• Fixture limit sliders
• Specimen limit sliders
• Fixture and specimen limit values
• Offset reference
• Range of the last peak and valley applied
• Help indicators
3. Set Fixture Force Limits.
a) Calculate the Fixture Force Limits.
For this example test, the load cell has the lowest capacity of all the fixturing components. Its capacity
is ±1500 N. To protect the load cell for this test, use fixture limits of ±1000 N.
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Running the Example Spring Test