TA Instruments – Thermal Analysis – Thermomechanical Analyzers
Discover the World’s Finest Thermomechanical Analyzer
TA Instruments invites you to experience the finest in Thermomechanical Analyzers, the Discovery TMA 450. Discover the advanced engineering and attention to detail that provides enhancements in every aspect of performance and a new level of user experience. Featuring advanced testing capabilities and the widest range of fixtures, the Discovery TMA 450 is sure to meet and exceed your expectations. It’s never been easier to get great TMA data!
With the ever-increasing demands for higher performing materials to meet the needs of challenging applications, understanding how a material reacts to its environment is more important than ever. Meeting and exceeding industry standards* for testing, the Discovery TMA 450 provides information about the material’s coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CTE), shrinkage, softening, glass transition temperatures, and much more.
The advanced options can be used to obtain viscoelastic properties such as the material’s stiffness (modulus), damping properties (tan delta), creep, and stress relaxation. The TMA 450 is particularly useful for measuring these material properties locally, especially in manufactured components or assemblies where compatibility of materials is paramount.
Technical Specifications
| TMA 450 RH | TMA 450 | |
| Temperature Range | 5 – 120 °C | -150 to 1000 °C |
| Temperature Precision | ±0.1°C | ±1°C |
| Heating/Cooling Rate | 0.01 – 1°C/min | 0.01 to 150 °C/min |
| Measurement Precision | ±0.1% | ±0.1% |
| Sensitivity | 15 nm | 15 nm |
| Force Range | 0.001 – 2 N | 0.001 to 2 N |
| TMA 450 | TMA 450EM | |
| Standard (Temperature ramp, Force ramp, Isostrain) | v | v |
| Stress/Strain | v | x |
| Creep | v | x |
| Stress Relaxation | v | x |
| Dynamic TMA (DTMA) | v | x |
| Modulated TMA™ (MTMA™) | v | x |
Available Models
The ALL NEW TMA 450 RH is a stand-alone instrument that allows for controlled relative humidity experiments over both wide temperature and RH ranges. Measure CHE, CTE*, track Tg changes, and perform dynamic experiments, all under a controlled RH environment.
The TMA 450 RH sample chamber is specifically designed with a precisely positioned temperature and humidity sensor to provide the best control of the sample’s temperature and humidity environment.
Key Features
- Broadest range of RH and Temperature of any instrument on the market (See graph in specifications tab)
- Widest range of low-expansion quartz fixtures providing industry-leading baseline flatness for superior dimension change measurements
- Non-contact, friction-free motor delivers forces from 0.001 N to 2 N enabling measurements on the widest range of samples
- Advanced modes for dynamic, creep, stress relaxation, or isostrain experiments
- Powerful TRIOS software combines instrument control, data analysis, and reporting in an integrated package to deliver an exceptional user experience
- Innovative, “app-style” touch screen enhances usability by putting instrument functionality simply One-Touch Away™.
TA Instruments invites you to experience the finest in Thermomechanical Analyzers, the Discovery TMA 450. Discover the advanced engineering and attention to detail that provides enhancements in every aspect of performance and a new level of user experience. Featuring advanced testing capabilities and the widest range of fixtures, the Discovery TMA 450 is sure to meet and exceed your expectations. It’s never been easier to get great TMA data!
Key Features
- Non-contact, friction-free motor delivers forces from 0.001 N to 2 N enabling measurements on the widest range of samples from soft compressible elastomers to stiff composite materials
- Wide-range, high-resolution measurement transducer accommodates sample lengths up to 26 mm, a measuring range of ±2.5 mm with resolution as low as 15 nm for an accurate dimensional change measurement
- Advanced testing modes of Modulated TMA (MTMATM), Dynamic TMA, Creep and Stress Relaxation extend capabilities and empower users with even more valuable information about the mechanical behavior of materials
- Convenient Mechanical Cooling Accessory (MCA 70) provides controlled cooling to -70 °C without the cost or hassle of liquid nitrogen
- Powerful TRIOS software delivers exceptional user experience and ease-of-use in a combined package for instrument control, data analysis, and reporting, reducing training times and raising productivity to new levels
- New, innovative, “app-style” touch screen puts instrument functionality simply One-Touch-Away™, enhancing usability and making it easier than ever to get great data
- Every instrument comes with a commitment to quality backed by the industry’s ONLY five-year furnace warranty for peace of mind.
Key Features
TMA 450
- Non-contact, friction-free motor delivers forces from 0.001 N to 2 N enabling measurements on the widest range of samples from soft compressible elastomers to stiff composite materials.
- Wide-range, high-resolution measurement transducer accommodates sample lengths up to 26 mm, a measuring range of ±2.5 mm with resolution as low as 15 nm for an accurate dimensional change measurement.
- Advanced testing modes of Modulated TMA (MTMATM), Dynamic TMA, Creep and Stress Relaxation extend capabilities and empower users with even more valuable information about the mechanical behavior of materials.
- Convenient Mechanical Cooling Accessory (MCA 70) provides controlled cooling to -70 °C without the cost or hassle of liquid nitrogen.
- Powerful TRIOS software delivers exceptional user experience and ease-of-use in a combined package for instrument control, data analysis, and reporting, reducing training times and raising productivity to new levels.
- New, innovative, “app-style” touch screen puts instrument functionality simply One-Touch-Away™, enhancing usability and making it easier than ever to get great data.
- Every instrument comes with a commitment to quality backed by the industry’s ONLY five-year furnace warranty for peace of mind.
Discovery TMA 450 – The World’s Finest Thermomechanical Analyzer
Brand
TA instruments provides innovative material characterization instruments that are widely used for research, analysis, and quality control in the evaluation of physical properties. We are the world’s leading supplier of thermal analysis, rheology, and microcalorimetry instruments, and our product areas have expanded to include thermal conductivity & diffusivity, dilatometry, rubber testing, and dynamic mechanical characterization.