Kookaburra purchases new cricket balls testing system
11/12/2006
Australian sports equipment manufacturer, Kookaburra Sports, has recently purchased a new Mecmesin force testing system for various quality control tests in the production of its international test match quality cricket balls.
After many years using Mecmesin MDD Manual test stand with an AFG force gauge, the company has upgraded to the Mecmesin MultiTest 2.5-i computer-controlled test frame in response to the increased complexities of its cricket ball production process and the ever-increasing quality of play.
Kookaburra is using the system to assess the compressive strength of the finished ball and for a variety of quality testing on raw materials. These include tensile tests of leather, cork, wool and thread samples, as well as separate compression testing of the ball's cork core to ensure it conforms to the company’s in-house test standards.
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