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Proposal for a step response evaluation method for force transducers

Yusaku Fujii

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A method is proposed for evaluating the dynamic response of force transducers to a step force. In the method, gravitational and inertial forces acting on an object, which is suddenly put on a force transducer under test, are used as the reference force. At the beginning of the evaluation, the object is suspended using a wire just above the transducer. The object is then made to fall on to the transducer by cutting the wire. To realize perpendicular motion with sufficiently small friction, a pneumatic linear bearing is used. The inertial force acting on the object is measured highly accurately by measuring the velocity of the mass using an optical interferometer.


PACS

07.07.Mp Transducers

06.30.Dr Mass and density

07.60.Ly Interferometers

06.30.Gv Velocity, acceleration, and rotation

07.10.Pz Instruments for strain, force, and torque

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Instrumentation and measurement

Dates

Issue 10 (October 2003)

Received 16 June 2003, accepted for publication 14 July 2003, in final form 9 July 2003

Published 11 August 2003



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