Machining centre

Tender description

This project is funded by the European Structural Investment Funds. The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of a high temperature mechanical test machine. The machine should have capability to carry out a range of tests under uniaxial loading at temperatures of up to 800 ºC in air. A particular requirement is to perform tests under slow fatigue and dwell fatigue cycles. The baseline cycle is trapezoidal 1-1-1-1 seconds and the dwell cycle is up to 1-3600-1-1 seconds. A machine rated to 100 kN equipped with a load cell of 100 kN is required. Although the value of this procurement is below the EU Public Procurement Threshold the University has self-imposed a 20 day full open publication of this tender. The budget for this equipment is approximately 45 000 GBP to 50 000 GBP. To be delivered by: the end of August 2018. The University of Birmingham invites tenders for the supply of a high temperature mechanical test machine. The machine should have capability to: — carry out a range of tests under uniaxial loading at temperatures of up to 800 ºC in air, — a particular requirement is to perform tests under slow fatigue and dwell fatigue cycles. The baseline cycle is trapezoidal 1-1-1-1 seconds and the dwell cycle is up to 1-3600-1-1 seconds, — a machine rated to 100 kN equipped with a load cell of 100 kN is required. This project is funded by the European Structural Investment Funds. Although the value of this procurement is below the EU Public Procurement Threshold the University has self-imposed a 20 day full open publication of this tender. The budget for this equipment is approximately 45 000 GBP to 50 000 GBP. To be delivered by: the end of August 2018.