Vibrating Wire Gauges & Their Use In Civil Engineering
Vibrating wire strain gauges have a rich history rooted in early engineering practices and remain a critical tool for specific civil engineering applications. Kevin Copleston, co-founder of Sensor Solutions Ltd, shared insights into their origins and modern uses. The Origins of Vibrating Wire Gauges The concept behind vibrating wire gauges is elegantly simple: a wire […]
Measuring Different Forces: Torque, Pressure And Bending Moments
An Interview with Kevin Copleston, one of the founders of Sensor Solutions Ltd Lets just look at modes in a load cell, can use axial, have a straight forward column, put strain gauges on, so measuring axial load, or could look at bending where got a beam, apply a load and put a strain gauge […]
Crack Detection And Crack Propagation Sensors
An Interview with Kevin Copleston, one of the founders of Sensor Solutions Ltd Crack detection and crack propagation sensors are two different things. Say you’ve got an aircraft structure and you’ve got two components riveted together. These are the typical weak points, cracks often propagate out from this type structure. The first thing you can […]
Cryogenic Load Cell Installations
An Interview with Kevin Copleston, one of the founders of Sensor Solutions Ltd Sensor Solutions: ‘So tell me about cryogenic load cells, is just the bonding problems that you have?’ No with cryogenic, there’s a couple of things, down at cryogenic temperatures you get a difference between one gauge and another gauge. You get huge […]
High Temperature Load Cell Installations
An Interview with Kevin Copleston, one of the founders of Sensor Solutions Ltd Sensor Solutions: ‘So what’s the difference between cryogenic and very high temperature work?’ At high temperatures everything becomes like chewing gum. Above about 460 degrees C, all organic materials start to outgas, they start to break down. Backing materials start to breakup, […]
How Multi-Axis Load Cells And Sting Balances Work
The relationship between sting balances and multi-axis transducersAn Interview with Kevin Copleston, one of the founders of Sensor Solutions Ltd Sensor Solutions: ‘So a multi-axis load cell is really?’ Right well, it depends. I’ll make a simple 3 axis to show what you want. Here’s a ships propeller shaft: Engine, gearbox, propeller shaft, down to […]
