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February 5, 2018
Darryl Peterson and Tom Rummage discuss the benefits and limitations of using Option W on strain gages to facilitate lead wire attachment Bonding A Strain Gauge with Pre-Attached Leadwires...
February 2, 2018
Tom Rummage and Darryl Peterson discuss the subtle requirements and effects involved when using a coating to smooth the bonding surface on a rough specimen (like concrete) prior to strain gage...
February 1, 2018
Darryl Peterson and Tom Rummage discuss how to use an abrasive media, like a Pink Pearl eraser, to remove oxidation formed on strain gage solder tabs or bondable terminals. Soldering to Gages on...
January 29, 2018
Buying a new mountain bike? You need to decide between bikes with front suspension only (a “hardtail”) or full (front and rear) suspension. We decided to investigate the change in...
January 26, 2018
For those you who hate to solder or your application demands preattached leads Micro-Measurements offers several options. C2A series gages, CEA W/Option P2 and EA W/Option P all have 10 feet of...
January 26, 2018
Buying a new mountain bike? You need to decide between bikes with front suspension only (a “hardtail”) or full (front and rear) suspension. We decided to investigate the change in...
January 25, 2018
A customer approached us with a skyscraper structural monitoring application that requires user defined alarm and warning triggered events to be sent to the remote operator located thousands of miles...
January 23, 2018
In this podcast Tom and Darryl discuss about necessary steps for the verification of strain gage installation to ensure stability.   Installation verification: http://www.vishaypg.com/docs...
January 22, 2018
Our new Aluminum checklist helps to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out a strain measurement task. We all need checklists to keep track of what needs to be done to get an accurate...
January 19, 2018
Our new glass checklist helps to ensure consistency and completeness in carrying out a strain measurement task. Any stress analyst who has to carry around an enormous amount of knowledge and...