Oakworks® Tattoo Equipment - Testing
Product
Testing
This is how
manufacturers used to test their products.
Many
still do test this way, and since we want you to be able to compare apples to
apples,
here is a Nova LS loaded with 6,200 pounds (3 tons) of plywood
and a
BOSS™ with more than 1,450 pounds of humanity.
Please don't try these
stunts at home.
They don't test the tables for what you need them to do anyway...
unless you're storing plywood or football teams.
Now, we do it better...
Look for the Oakworks trademark. Only THEN will you know that it has passed this especially rigorous UL testing regimen. Only THEN will you know that your table is equal to the kind of demands YOU need to make.
All of these tests are performed with the leg extensions at maximum height.
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You need a table that ... |
So we build tables with these components. |
Then we test the tables to make sure they do what you need them to do. |
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...won't tip. |
We design and test the stability of each model for the greatest measure of stability possible in order to prevent tipping. We also provide the frame strength necessary to support this kind of concentrated loading.
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Stability Test: Placed on the table's boarding points, the full dynamic load simulates your largest clients sitting on any edge of the table top. |
...can
be pushed on but won't be pushed around.
We engineer and test the geometry of the table to achieve the stiffness and resiliency that will absorb the kind of forces that can crack a leg extension or cause squeaking and flex over time. |
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Lateral Force Test: Bearing the entire dynamic load, frame and leg extensions are tested with sideward forces equaling a full 25% of the dynamic load: like pushing and pulling a client on the table.
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...can take the shock of a large client dropping down onto the hinge point.
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Finger-jointed |
The total dynamic load, dropped onto the center of the table from 6", imitates your largest client hopping up and dropping down onto the table.
This test is so important that it sets the dynamic load ratings for the tables and creates the standards for many of the other tests. |
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Aurora CL |
Portable Mat |
WellSpring™ |
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Nova LS |
Advanta |
The BOSS™ |
Portal Pro 3 |
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At
Oakworks, we
run the tests required... |
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Component Testing:
Oakworks also
tests separate components: leg extensions, face rests, table peaking,
cables, connections, materials and more.
Every feature and component is designed and tested, not just for what it does, but for how it behaves in constant interaction with every other part: every joint, bolt, brace and hinge. |
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Cycle Testing:
To
test for durability we repeat 62,000 cycles of 200 lbs. applied to the
end, again to the side and on the diagonal too: a concentrated simulation
of more than ten years of your toughest eight hour days, five days a
week.
The table cart is raised and dropped for 18,000 cycles to simulate years of stairs and curbs and all the abuse of travel. |
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Pounding Test: In addition, we lower 250 lbs. onto the center of the table over 9,000 times, simulating the repeated mounting and dismounting of your table by larger clients. | |
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Portal Pro Testing:
Now
the Portal Pro3 is UL listed too. To achieve a dynamic load of 350
lbs. we drop tested it, with that load, from a height of 6 inches.
We also performed a stability test whereby the chair, loaded with the full dynamic load, withstands the impact of a 50 lb. pendulum dropped to impact the side of the chest pad. |
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You can count on
us. |
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Representative samples of these products have been
evaluated by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. and meet applicable UL
Standards and requirements. Underwriters Laboratories is an
independent, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that was formed
in 1894 to help reduce injury, loss of life and property damage.