Vise Grips for Broad Textile Samples – 70, 150 or 200 mm Wide

Wide-face vise grips for textile strips and thin sheet

The UGC-VG-010 is a pair of screw-operated vise grips made for broad, thin specimens: woven and nonwoven fabrics, technical textiles, plastic films and foils, paper and thin sheet. A narrow grip concentrates force in the middle of a wide strip and leaves the edges free to curl or tear. These grips instead have flat clamping faces that span the whole sample, so the load enters the specimen evenly and breaks are less likely to start at the jaw edge. They are aimed at textile, film and packaging labs that run strip and wide-strip tensile tests.

How it works

Each grip closes with a T-handle screw that drives a serrated jaw plate against the fixed face. Because the plate comes down across its full width, clamping pressure is shared by every yarn in the strip rather than a few in the center, which keeps fabric from walking out of the jaws. The T-handle gives enough leverage to clamp firmly by hand, so no wrench is needed between specimens. The steel body is nickel-plated to resist corrosion from handling and humid conditioning rooms.

Jaw widths

All three versions have a 15 mm (0.59 in) high clamping face and accept specimens up to 4 mm (0.16 in) thick. Pick the width that matches your sample:

• 15 x 70 mm for narrow textile strips

• 15 x 150 mm for wide textile strips

• 15 x 200 mm for extra-wide textile and film samples

Typical applications

Woven and nonwoven fabrics, technical fabrics, plastic films and foils, and paper or thin sheet are the core materials. The 70 mm version takes a standard 50 mm (2 in) fabric strip with room to spare, which suits specimens for strip tests such as ASTM D5035 and ISO 13934-1. The 150 and 200 mm versions handle broader fabric and film samples that would overhang a conventional grip. More fabric test setups are collected on our textile testing page.

Capacity, coupling and machine fit

Maximum load and temperature range are given on request, matched to your material and expected breaking force. The grips connect through a clevis pin coupling, and other pin sizes are handled with adapters, so they can go on a Galdabini benchtop universal testing machine or a frame you already run. If your fabrics are heavier and need more clamping force over a 200 mm width, compare the UGC-VG-170 textile and geotextile vise grip, which uses three screws per side and is rated to 50 kN. Dimensional drawings and 3D models are available on request.

Send us the fabric or film type, strip width and thickness, and your machine coupling, and we will recommend the right width: request a quote.