Training course dates announced

The three day seminar – Fundamentals of strain gauge installation on plastics / fibre reinforced composites – provides both practical and theoretical advice and covers a variety of topics, beginning with an introduction to the fundamentals of strain gauges (SGs), which looks at the fundamental relations between strain, mechanical stress and electrical resistance and the characteristics of SG installations on plastics.  

The course includes other training on strain gauge installation with both hot and cold curing adhesive; connections of strain gauges for measurements; installations of SGs in composites and plastic casts; installation planning; calibration of measurement chains; and determination of strains with unknown principal direction.

It is suitable for all personnel who would like to learn how to install strain gauges on plastic and fibre reinforced composites; no prior knowledge is required.

A second course – Fundamentals of dynamic weighing and strain gauge load cells – is suitable for personnel working in a field where fast weighing and high accuracy is demanded. The two-day seminar is designed to improve efficiencies in process applications.

Providing practical and theoretical advice, the seminar begins by introducing the fundamentals of strain gauge (SG) sensors.  It will then explain how to find and set the optimal parameters for HBM digital load cells and digital transducer electronics in check weighing and dosing applications; the use of HBM panel software to set and change the parameters of digital load cells or transducer electronics; and what the relevant parameters are for weighing transducers in dynamic applications and how to compare them.

The seminar also looks at how the demand for higher weighing accuracy determines the minimum measuring time of checkweigher, dosing or filling applications and why the measuring time determines the maximum through put rate of checkweighers / dosing applications and what  the maximum measuring time required for a certain through put rate is.

Participants on the course will also learn how to shorten the required measuring time for check weighing and dosing applications by electronic filtering and how the mechanical construction of your weighing scale affects the measuring time.

Both courses will take place at the Woodland Grange Conference Centre, Warwickshire and will be presented by Dr. Henrik Brutlach.

To register or for further information, contact HBM on 020 8515 6000, email: [email protected], or visit the HBM website at http://www.hbm.com/en/menu/seminars/seminar-calendar/