9400 Series Impact Drop Tower System

You need absolute confidence in your impact testing system - confidence in accurate, reliable, repeatable results, in the system engineering and the manufacturer behind it. Featuring future-proof high-speed and high throughout capabilities and user-friendly software based on the popular Instron BLUEHILL® platform, Instron Drop Towers give you the confidence you need in your results, time and time again.

At Instron, we maintain our position at the leading edge of impact testing innovation through design and collaboration, both with our customers and leading university and industry researchers. We lead by example, by meeting customer testing needs across any application requirement. Our Sales, R&D, and Tech Support teams work together with you from initial enquiry through to delivery, offering full access to demonstration models at our design facilities around the world. We lead in calibration, with accredited certification available through our dedicated Service teams.

HOW WILL THE 9400 MEET MY NEEDS? Delivering Your Advanced Materials To Market Faster Instron Drop Towers are used to develop, fine tune, and validate material models. Testing materials under real impact conditions is a crucial step prior of product design. Using the characterization data obtained with the Instron 9400, coupled with customer supplied high-speed video, you can have confidence in your results and deliver new materials to your customers faster. Our Drop Tower impact systems, fixtures, and tups are designed to meet a wide range of applications and testing standards including:...

Range of Tests for your Application: 01 02 Compression After Impact on Composites Tensile Impact on Plastic and Composites Pivoting System for High Throughput Puncture Testing Wedge Peel Impact Testing for Adhesives Puncture Testing on Plastic Materials 07 Delivering your advanced materials to market faster |

HOW WILL THE 9400 MEET MY NEEDS? Right-First-Time Products And Continuous Process Improvement Instron Drop Towers are designed to help you improve your product design process and minimize the risks of production. The 9400 produces reliable, repeatable results whether you are testing materials and components before production to improve product acceptance or testing during production to ensure continuous improvement. Testing components under real life impact conditions helps you to recognize faults before production starts, reducing risk and cost while accelerating the time-to-market for...

Range of Tests for your Application: 01 Airbag Dashboard 02 Plastic Storage Containers Right-first-time products and continuous process improvement | 7

The development of Instron Drop Tower Systems and Bluehill® Impact Software is based on a full understanding of customer needs for both an enhanced user-experience and outstanding productivity. The Instron Drop Tower 9400 Series was developed to deliver faster results, fewer errors, and lower training costs for customers who are under pressure to deliver higher quality advanced materials for stronger yet lighter products. This is achieved by simplifying workflows, providing preconfigured and prompted tests, streamlining data and exporting it for analysis, while providing advanced capability...

Powered by Bluehill® Impact Bluehill Impact is built from the ground up for touch interaction. The Operator Dashboard features large touchpoints to make the user experience simpler and smarter. Easy-to-understand icons and workflows make it easy to train new or experienced users, simplify operator training, and allow you to start testing even faster than ever before. Simple Setup The easy set up of the carriage, masses, tups, and supports allow you to benefit from high testing capabilities. Easily switch from high to low loads and from coupon to component testing. Simple Test Procedures...

Integrated Innovations for Efficient Tests Flexible Data Analysis Users can define unique data flow and procedures ensuring data processing flexibility. Bluehill Impact reports on anomalies and inconsistent results when they are outside set parameters. Sharing Results Easily share test method and results within your company or directly with your customers with our new file management system. Calibration alert Automatic alerts are generated when Tup calibration period is expiring. This feature helps to reduce the risk of invalid tests and protect your results against inaccuracies.

High-Speed Camera Trigger Increase your characterization data with the use of high-speed cameras. The 9400 Drop Towers are equipped with a high-speed camera connection to allow for a simultaneous and synchronized acquisition of high speed video with the Force profile. Transparent panel View your test from any side and record for future reference. When using a high speed camera, you save time by not having to move accessories when you change specimens or test method. Tup Force Range Scale (%) Our tups are calibrated over different percentages of the maximum capacity – this allows you to...

Safety Without Sacrificing Throughput Fully Enclosed Integrated safety circuits to protect your operator by disabling the system when any enclosure door is open. Your results Are Always Saved Never loose your results, even if power is lost during the test or the operator completes an unscheduled shutdown. Enhanced Security Bluehill Impact security allows the Lab manager to configure permissions in the software, granting full permissions to super users and limiting access where needed. Built-In Safety Notifications The 9400 system is a fully enclosed system to conform with CE regulations. As...

SUPPORT FOR THE LIFE OF YOUR EQUIPMENT Protecting Your Investment Instron® is the largest supplier of materials testing systems in the world. Our reliable testing systems can run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year. However, if something does go wrong, or if you have a question, we offer a variety of resources to ensure you receive the assistance you need as soon as you need it. Training Training courses available on-site or in one of our Regional Training Centers Utilize our Applications Engineering Lab or Custom Solutions Group for the latest technological advances in...