Paul Boughton
RDP Electronics is offering a simple-to-install and economic means of measuring torque using off-the-shelf transducers for applications not requiring high dynamic response.
Although RDP offers a comprehensive range of torque transducers, these require good alignment and often a break in the shaft as well. Frequently it is possible to mount either a motor or a braking device with bearings and restrain it using a torque arm. A load cell can then be used to restrain the torque arm at a known radius, enabling torque to be calculated. Because RDP stocks a range of affordably priced load cells, this approach to torque measurement also has the advantage of both availability and low cost.
For more information, visit www.rdpe.com
Although RDP offers a comprehensive range of torque transducers, these require good alignment and often a break in the shaft as well. Frequently it is possible to mount either a motor or a braking device with bearings and restrain it using a torque arm. A load cell can then be used to restrain the torque arm at a known radius, enabling torque to be calculated. Because RDP stocks a range of affordably priced load cells, this approach to torque measurement also has the advantage of both availability and low cost.
For more information, visit www.rdpe.com