For fast measurements of displacement, distance and position with high accuracy and resolution, laser triangulation sensors can be used in a variety of applications. The reasons are wear-free measurement, a large measuring range, high precision and easy installation.
All objects—from toothbrushes to umbrellas to the components of a space shuttle—experience forces throughout their lifecycles. In performing everyday actions like tying a shoelace or ripping open a package, we all exert forces without even realizing it.
The Consulting Group at Virginia Tech, a student organization on Virginia Tech’s campus, spent the spring 2020 semester researching, surveying, and analyzing current trends in United States laboratories.
An object hanging from a string, moving back and forth, is more than something used to entertain cats or hypnotize patients in old horror movies. It’s called a pendulum.
I often take shots at those companies with great quality systems that get their calibration reports, scan them for red flags and then file them away if none are present.