RT Conference Proceedings T1 Fatigue test bench manufacturing by reusing a parallel lathe A1 Trujillo-Vilches, Francisco Javier A1 Martin-Bejar, Sergio A1 Bermudo-Gamboa, Carolina A1 Sevilla-Hurtado, Lorenzo K1 Materiales - Fatiga K1 Resistencia de materiales K1 Mecanizado AB Fatigue life of machined parts strongly depends on their surface condition. The rotating bar bending fatigue testing method is widely used to obtain the fatigue behavior of metallic materials due to its simplicity. In this work, the methodology for the design, manufacturing and setup of a fatigue test bench is exposed. The main novelty lies on the reuse of several elements from an old parallel lathe, currently out of order, and their use to manufacture some parts for the test bench. In this way, a double objective is achieved: high quality elementsare recycled and the machine manufacturing cost is reduced. YR 2018 FD 2018-09-19 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/16485 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/16485 LA eng NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 21 ene 2026