Patents Assigned to ENGINEERED MINE SOLUTIONS, LLC
  • Tensile testing apparatus
    Patent number: 9188520
    Abstract: A tensile-testing apparatus (10) comprises a platen (40) for situating a tendon-type support system in manner mimicking its expected installation condition. A force-imposing device (20) imposes installation-expected forces and sensors (61, 71) sense displacement in the force-imposing direction. A station (80) collects force and displacement data and a station (90) outputs the collected data in format allowing system analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ENGINEERED MINE SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Earl Smith