Cryomechanical test frame for materials qualification
Buyer: UK Atomic Energy Authority
- Published
- 5 February 2026
- Estimated value
- £619,500
- Place of performance
- UK
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 010500-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-0648fc
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 51000000Installation services (except software)
Description
Envisaged scope of supply • Dry cryostat compatible with digital image correlation, conventional contact-based extensometery and point sensors (e.g., strain gauges). Some compromise in performance is permissible when conducting measurements using DIC setups requiring windows. Target temperature is as low as possible, minimum temperature requirement is 10 K (with DIC). • Temperature control to within +- 1 K. • Modularity and flexibility to support a range of diagnostics and potential future modifications. • Sufficiently large enough to accommodate standard sized testing in line with ASTM E8 and E606 • Must also be compatible with small scale materials testing (e.g., SSJ3 sample). • Robust high vacuum chamber with appropriate thermal radiation shielding. • Must be able to support a fully aligned rigid load string. • The load string should be flexible and allow the testing of complex geometry samples and subcomponents. • Diagnostics to help optimise the performance of the system. I.e. be flexible enough to optimise conduction pathways. • Quick sample changeover is highly desirable. Preferred testing throughput of at least 2 tests a day for tensile testing. • Must be able to support lo…
Official publications
- FTS · 010500-2026 · 5 February 2026
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