Industrial process ... Designing test system to measure process line loads A sausage manufacturer was losing up to 10,000 pounds of sausage every time a link in the smokehouse... conveyor system failed. SixD test engineers created a load cell by instrumenting a chain link with strain gages to measure loads on the chain throughout the smoking process. A data... acquisition system specially packaged to withstand heat and corrosion was mounted in line behind the load cell to capture this data. Data allowed SixD engineers to immediately...

a durability program for the component. Representative service loads were measured, then reduced to block loading histories for testing. Using a large test frame available in-house... and the vehicle s hydraulic system, our engineers designed a cost-effective test rig to apply accelerated customer usage loading to the component. Data from these tests was used...

was instrumented to capture structural loads and accelerations throughout an entire harvest cycle. Most data was downloaded periodically by SixD technicians. In some cases, the operator... swapped out the data storage device and mailed it to SixD. Benefit: Actual field measurements challenged previous estimates of operating loads sustained and can guide subsequent component redesigns. Services: Instrumentation Unattended data acquisition ...

; door closure data; chassis loads, displacements and accelerations; temperature, vibration and chatter in brake systems; driveline performance; trim, seat, and instrument panel loads... to characterize load on axle/motor units Construction, Agricultural, Off-Highway: Instrument mining truck to capture ride handling data; agricultural equipment to capture chassis loads... and vehicle bus data; operating loads on blade and other road grader components Industrial Process: Instrument boiler rods to monitor by-product build-up as part of maintenance schedule ...

editing for fatigue content loads measurement: Develop measurement method Transducer design and build Develop laydown using component to measure loads Calibration methods to extract... loads from measurements validation tests: Developed from measured data durability assessment: Estimated from service loading and/or FEA results for such common failure modes... verification Fitness-for-purpose assessment for new products: To identify potential failure modes and anticipate warranty issues, also to identify customer usage or service loadings...