Why Force Measurements Matter - Force Transducer Testing and NASCAR Why Force Measurements Matter - Photo Courtesy of Associated Press Austin Dillon went cascading into the catch fence at Daytona Speedway on the early morning of July 6th, 2015. Was he thinking of all the testing his NASCAR Sprint Cup car goes through? Absolutely not! […]
Important Force Measurement Error - Thread Loading In Compression - Intro It is important to remember that not all calibration laboratories provide the same type of calibration service. For load cells calibrated in compression, there may be a noticeable difference in output. The output is dependent on the calibration fixtures used at the time of […]
Primary Force Standards (As Defined per ASTM E74) Morehouse Deadweight Machine ASTM E74 Standard Practice of Calibration of Force-Measuring Instruments for Verifying the Force Indication of Testing Machines (section 3.1.2) defines a primary force standard as a deadweight force applied directly without intervening mechanisms such as levers, hydraulic multipliers, or the like, whose mass has […]
