How to Calibrate an Analog Dynamometer: Set it up the Way it is Used Pictured above is a 10 000 lbf Analog Dynamometer in a Morehouse 10 000 lbf BCM. An analog dynamometer has no electronics to trust and no digital display to read for you. It has a spring element, a mechanical linkage, and […]
Common Tension Force Calibration Setups: Let the Load Find its Own Axis Pull a load cell in tension, and you introduce a problem compression may not have. The load string can twist. A thread can cock a few thousandths off center. A clevis pin can sit against one side of its hole instead of being […]
Common Compression Force Calibration Setups: Keeping the Load Line Pure Common Compression Force Calibration Setups: Keeping the Load Line Pure Intro A load cell that reads to 0.005 % of full scale on the bench can degrade to 0.5 % of full scale, or worse, once it is mounted with the wrong hardware. Same […]
