Degreasing is performed to remove oils, greases, organic contaminants, and soluable chemical residues. Degreasing should always be the first...
The purpose of surface preparation is to develop a chemically clean surface having a roughness appropriate to the gage installation requirements, a...
Concrete surfaces are usually uneven, rough, and porous. In order to develop a proper substrate for gage bonding, it is necessary to apply a leveling...
Micro-Measurements® Introduces Moisture-Resistant Protective Coating for Maximum Strain Gage Sensor Stability
Coating offers a wide temperature range...
January 9, 2019 – Louisville, CO, USA – Bridge Diagnostics, Inc. (BDI), a structural instrumentation firm, today announced their sole authorized...
The Micro-Measurements Cable-Extension Displacement Sensor provides a voltage signal linearly proportional to the extension of a retractable...
Resistance thermometry is a widely employed method of measuring temperature, and is based on using a material whose resistivity changes as a function...
CD-Series Crack Detection Gages are designed to provide a convenient, economical method of indicating the presence of a crack, or indicating when a...
Intense, time-varying electromagnetic fields with steep gradients in field strength can cause troublesome noise in strain gage circuits. In severe...
Jim Johnson speaks briefly about the high-quality tools required to perform a good strain gage installation. Many of these tools are found in the ATS...
Load cell (tension bending, compression, shear, etc.) is a transducer (physical element) that converts mechanical force into electrical signal. There...
As an aviator, I’ve always found interest in aerospace applications of strain gages. Strain gage use in testing aircraft goes way back to the 1940’s...
Case Study: Esta aplicación muestra como ARUS (Andalucía Racing Team) midió las cargas en los brazos de la suspensión, y empleó los datos para...
Case Study: Esta aplicación demuestra como el equipo Arus medió la fuerza en los brazos de suspensión. El equipo usará los datos para verificar su...
A connecting rod is a rigid member which connects a piston to a crank or crankshaft. The connecting rod is best known because of its use in internal...
Today, a pressure vessel (cylindrical or spherical) is designed to hold liquids or gases at a pressure substantially higher than the ambient pressure...
PCB’s remain among the most essential components of today’s Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Autonomous...
Humans define their existence spatially and temporally. That is, using location and time: “I’m 39 years old,” “I’m moving to Alaska,” “It should
Waterproof strain gage devices support outdoor measurement applications where exposure to moisture is possible
MALVERN, PA, USA – October 11, 2018...
ASCO, a company with expertise in oil and gas production, had a requirement at their port facilities to measure and monitor critical loads, and to...
One aspect of the strain gage sensor bonding procedure that sometimes is short-changed in the process of installation, is proper strain gage clamping...
Miniature strain gage is advantageous in applications that benefit from small size and higher resistance
MALVERN, PA, USA – September 27, 2018 —...
I would like first to explain why we chose the image for this article. Many years ago there were several brave stress analysts who bonded strain...
The global annual cost of fractures has been estimated at more than $150 billion dollars, with an optimistically stated uncertainty of ±10%. The...
Torque measurement is a very common application, used to measure engine power output on propshafts and driveshafts, driver input through steering...
