Battery Life May Impact Your Calibration Results Battery life may impact your calibration as it is becoming more and more common to have portable devices that use batteries. This can be a great benefit to someone who wants ultimate portability. However, this portability can come with additional errors, if the portable device is not […]
Force Safety Guide when Using Force Measuring Equipment in Various Applications Our force safety guide will help avoid situations that may cause personal injury or equipment damage when using Load Cells, Proving Rings, Force Gauges, and other instruments to which forces are applied; this post was created. Our goal is to help anyone making force […]
Load Cell Measurement Errors: Can a Load Cell Adapter Plate or Block be Interchanged Without Introducing Additional Errors? Load cell measurement errors - Hardness of the top block used for calibration can result in errors as high as 0.5 % of applied force. We have seen large errors from customers switching out top blocks or […]
Tips from the Cal Lab – Force Setup Reduction with Morehouse Quick Change Adapters Morehouse employees went through a lean manufacturing course. Part of this course emphasized reducing cycle time, by reducing the amount of time it would take (Force Setup Reduction) to set up equipment for a load cell calibration. During the class, the […]
Beware of Load Cell Measurement Error - If a Load Cell is to be Used to Make Descending Measurements, it Must be Calibrated with a Descending Range Note: In the above graph the Blue Line represents the descending curve showing high load cell measurement error when compared to the ascending curve. The difference in output […]
Load Cell Transitioning from One Mode to Another. Does it Make a Difference? This post will examine the effects of Load Cell Transitioning by calibrating the load cell in compression by switching to tension and then back to compression versus calibrating in tension first and then compression. We will determine if there is a statistical […]
Force Applications for Mass Reference Standards Our good friend, Mark Ruefenacht of Heusser Neweigh, and a Mass Metrology Instructor at NIST pointed out that most mass calibration laboratories will issue certificates of calibration only listing conventional mass (unless True Mass is requested). Force Applications for Mass may create some confusion for those trying to convert […]
What You Need to Know about Having a Load Cell Calibrated with 2 Ranges Load cell calibrated with 2 ranges has a common error that can be referred to as Molecule Excitement Decline might explain why the use of a low range calibration on a reference standard can lead to additional errors. This post will […]
Important Force Measurement Practice - Load Cell with a Flat Base A Load Cell with a Flat Base A Load Cell with a Flat Base can be crucial to obtaining great calibration results with load cells. The error is associated with installing a nonflat base on a multi-column cell. Below is the actual test […]
How to Make Load Cells Perform Better - 3 Benefits of Installing a Threaded Adapter on Load Cells In previous posts, we have been focusing on measurement errors. Good measurement practices such as keeping your force measurement system in control are equally important. We often forget about those practices we put in place to make sure […]
How to Avoid Load Cell Cable Length Errors The majority of force or torque systems we calibrate each year consist of load or torque cells, an indicator or readout, load cell cables, adapters, and some sort of shipping or carrying case. Around 90 % of these systems come in with an indicator only capable of […]
Tension Links: Are Your Measurements Accurate? You are out in the field with a tension link, load link, or some type of digital dynamometer to use for a weighing application. You need pins to engage into the unit. What can you use? Slings? Maybe one size pin with one diameter on one end and another […]
