SwRI custom-designed micromechanical testing device is designed to operate within upright or inverted optical and laser scanning confocal microscopes. Load is applied to the specimen in the center of the device using two opposing digital stepper motors. The device can be operated using the motors synchronously, thus applying equal and opposite loads to the specimen to keep it centered under the microscope objective.
Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered
in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied
engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with
12
technical divisions.
