Some of the tackle kit components included with the Structures & Materials Tester (Go Direct or LabQuest) can bend when excess force is applied. This includes the u-bolts, which will bend before the maximum rating of the force sensor\/load cell (1000 N).<\/p>\n
In one test on the small u-bolt, we noted elastic deflection occurred at approximately 200 N load and permanent deformation at approximately 500 N. With the large u-bolt, the permanent deformation set in at approximately 600 N. In both cases, the load was applied to a near single point by a thin rod suspended between the cross bars, which were positioned as close to each other as possible.<\/p>\n
The effects of this can be minimized by purchasing a second plate for the u-bolt and doubling up this part, or by setting project limitations to avoid exceeding the strength of the hardware.
\nAdditional hardware can be purchased from a local hardware store.<\/p>\n
Go Direct Structures & Materials Tester (GDX-VSMT) Troubleshooting and FAQs<\/a> Some of the tackle kit components included with the Structures & Materials Tester (Go Direct or LabQuest) can bend when excess force is applied. This…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86433,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2962,5670,4613,464,5853,5854,460],"class_list":["post-3457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-bent","tag-godzilla","tag-hardware","tag-structure","tag-tackle","tag-u-bolt","tag-vsmt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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