Extensometers

High Pressure and Chemically Resistant LVDTs Enhance Performance of Extensometers Used to Monitor Structural Integrity of Offshore Platforms

High Pressure and Chemically Resistant LVDTs Enhance Performance of Extensometers Used to Monitor Structural Integrity of Offshore Platforms

Pennsauken, NJ, January 16, 2009 - To ensure the ongoing stability of offshore drilling platforms, the structural integrity of production risers, catenary risers, tendons and platform legs and braces are constantly monitored. Macro Sensors (www.macrosensors.com), specialists in the manufacture of LVDT-based linear position sensors and gaging probes, designed a pressure-balanced, oil-filled and...

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ADMET Offers UTM Accessories - Extended Travel Extensometer and Environmental Chambers

NORWOOD, Mass. - Nov. 27, 2007 - ADMET Inc., a provider of integrated materials testing systems, supplies a full range of Universal Testing Machines (UTMs) and accessories, including specialty extensometers and environmental chambers for testing specimens under controlled conditions. The company today announced new additions to its extensive accessories catalog. Among the new accessories, ADMET...

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Instron's Non-Contacting Video Extensometers Granted Patents

Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, announces that the innovative technologies employed in its non-contacting Advanced Video Extensometer (AVE) and Standard Video Extensometers (SVE ) have been awarded US and European patents (US 7,047,819 B2 and EP 1 424 547 B1). These devices allow highly accurate strain...

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Video Extensometer is available with 4 fields of view.

Video Extensometer is available with 4 fields of view.

Model videoXtens extensometer is capable of simultaneously measuring longitudinal and transverse strain and is used for measurement of r and n values to ISO 10113 and ISO 10275, respectively, on sheet steel. It is utilized in materials testing applications where contact with specimen is impractical and includes software to record real-time video stream of test. Extensometer complies with Class 1...

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