Proof Test Machines

About Chant Test Beds

Chant Engineering manufactures a variety of test beds and options. Our standard pull test machines are available in a horizontal or vertical layout. We also offer mobile test beds, break test, pre-stretch and tugger winch testing machines.

 

Chant Proof Test Machines are rugged and proven to stand up to the test. Test beds are designed to take your products to their maximum limit for both non-destructive and destructive testing. Chant Testing Machines will proof test your products for load, torque and breaking points in your own test environment. Chant fully understands your product testing needs and has a full line of standard test beds. We can also engineer and manufacture any proof test machine you can dream through complete customization.

 

Did you know that Chant now offers leasing options for its test beds? You can now lease a proof test machine for as low as $2,000/month. We have 2, 3, 4, and 5 year lease options available. Start a new revenue stream for your rigging shop today! Give us a call for a quote and leasing terms. How can you afford not to? 

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High quality standards


Heavy-duty proof test beds proven to be tough

Chant Engineering is considered a world leader in manufacturing heavy-duty testing equipment for the wire rope and rigging industry. 

We specialize in manufacturing test beds or proof test machines for the testing of steel wire ropes, synthetic ropes, chains, slings, shackles and more. Chant has a complete line of horizontal test beds and vertical test machines designed specifically for the lifting and rigging industry.

ISO 9001/ AS9100D & PJLA 17025 Seal

Chant is accredited and certified to the following industry standards:

  • ISO 9001:2015
  • AS9100D
  • ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Accredited
horizontal ted bed

Horizontal Test Beds

Sizes Range from 5K to 3.3M+

Chant offers a wide range of standard sizes and capacities on our Horizontal Test Beds. We can also design-build a custom horizontal test bed to your specifications.

Available sizes:

  • Single Beam/Single Range (5K-100K)
  • Small Capacity (10K-100K)
  • Medium Capacity (225K-500K)
  • Large Capacity (600K-900K)
  • Mega Capacity (1M-3.3M+)
Vertical Test Beds

Vertical Test Beds

Sizes Range from 5K to 100K+

Chant manufacturers Vertical Test Beds in a variety of sizes and capabilities to test slings, lifting devices and chain hoists.

 Available sizes:

  • Small Capacity (5K-40K)
  • Medium Capacity (50K-100K)
  • Large Capacity (100K+)
  • Vertical Testing Towers
mobile test bed

Mobile Test Beds

Need Your Test Bed in a Flatbed, Gooseneck or Enclosed Trailer?

All Chant Engineering Mobile Test Beds are designed for on the job site testing. By bringing the machine to your customer’s site, you eliminate shipping costs, downtime and employee expense.

This is a value added service for your customers.

An optioinal electrical generator is available to compliment your mobile test bed.

Break Test Bed

BReak Test Beds

Need to break a specimen?

Our Break Test machines are used by wire rope manufacturers to break test wire rope specimens during the manufacturing process. For quality control and verification, it is necessary for wire rope manufacturers to break test samples of their products to ensure the breaking force is within their published specifications.

The wire rope sample can be as short as a few inches.

Pre-Stretch Bed

Pre-Stretch Beds

Need to pre-stretch wire rope?

Chant Engineering’s Pre-Stretch Beds are used by wire rope manufacturers and fabricators to pre-stretch wire rope before shipment to customers. Pre-stretching seats the individual wires in the rope under load to minimize further stretching of the final product.

Chant Pre-Stretch Beds utilize two hydraulically controlled Chant Wire Rope Grips. One grip is fixed (does not move). The other grip is mounted on the framework, which is then moved by hydraulic cylinders.

Tugger Winch Tester

winch/Tugger Tester

Static and/or Dynamic Testing

Chant’s Winch/Tugger Tester can be designed for static or dynamic testing on winch/tugger assemblies.

This unit comes complete with a heavy-duty frame, an integrated t-slot table for securing different sized winches to the frame and a stand-alone Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU).  

 

Custom Test Beds

Custom Test Beds

Need a custom design?

We are well qualified with over 50 years of designing and manufacturing custom machines for almost every industry.  Chant’s corporate slogan, “If You Can Imagine It…We Can Build It!”, still rings true today.

One of the strengths that separates Chant Engineering from our competitors is our extensive in-house engineering capabilities.

Proof Test Machines Upgrades and Options

Upgrades & OPTIONS

We can fix, upgrade, or retrofit any machine

Chant Engineering offers many options to make your testing easier, more accurate and more complete.

We can also upgrade your existing machine with additional functionality and  upgrade it to meet today’s ASTM-E4 accuracy testing standards.

Typically, old machines are reading hydraulic pressure and converting this to pounds of force. Chant can remove the old pressure transducer, and add a load cell to read the lbs. of force.  We can also add our specialized software for additional data acquisition and machine functionality for a fraction of the cost vs. building a new machine.

    Chant and Customer Product Videos

    Below are several Chant Engineering break test videos and a few from our customers using Chant Test Beds to perform their own break tests. Please visit Chant’s YouTube Channel for additional videos.