How to Calibrate a Cable Tensiometer: The Cable is Part of the Measurement A cable tensiometer never touches a load cell or a hook. It clamps onto a cable and reads the tension in it. That one difference makes it among the trickier instruments to calibrate honestly, because the cable itself becomes part of the […]
How to Calibrate a Hand Held Force Gauge: Mount it Square, Not by Hand A hand held force gauge is the most-used force instrument in most plants and the least likely to be held the way it should be. It gets pushed across a bench by hand, and the certificate inherits every wobble. Good hand […]
How to Calibrate a Crane Scale: Reproduce the Way it Hangs A crane scale spends its working life hanging from a hook with a load swinging underneath it. Calibrate it any other way and the certificate describes a scale that does not exist. That is the whole problem with crane scale calibration. The instrument is […]
