Experimental investigations of different force measuring systems

Abstract

Force transducers have been developed over the decades and equipped with different measuring devices like dial gauges, digital dial gauges, strain gauges etc for realization of force. The findings of a comparative study for different force measuring devices, generally, used with force transducers have been presented in the present paper. Two force transducers have been calibrated as per the standard calibration procedure and uncertainty of force realization has been evaluated. The study suggests that the force transducers with strain gauges for realization of force have the least uncertainty of force realization and offers more realistic/reliable results along with the advantages of digitization and measurement of force in terms of electrical signal. The electrical signals are free of the losses that are inherited in measurement systems like dial gauges or digital dial gauges and offer results with improved resolution.