This is a short introduction to the ID13 piezo stretching cell, an in-house modified device by piezosystem jena . The cell is designed for tensile experiments on single fibres. Depending on the tensile properties of the fibrous materials investigated, a force sensor with a range of 0.1 N, 0.2 N or 0.5 N can be chosen, respectively. However, experiments with a 2 m m beam from a glass capillary are possible as well, even with an additional guard aperture.
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They all have different plugs to avoid connection errors. The analogue output of the force sensor box does not seem to work. The actual mount has slightly been changed in order to centre the sample fibre on the goniometre. The stretching cell is based on a slit system with flexure hinges and a piezo actuator. Presently, the 0.5 N force sensor is mounted.