When a manufacturer needed to validate the structural performance of a 38-ton on-highway vehicle, ITM deployed a 200+ channel synchronous datalogging system capable of capturing accelerometer, strain, GPS, and speed data at nearly 2 kS/s per channel…
building a rugged and flexible in-vehicle testing solution to measure the vibration levels.
A large-engine manufacturer had test cells with severe vibration levels…
Automotive and off-highway engineers and designers often need to log vehicle bus data along with vibration, strain gauge, and other sensor data during normal operation to evaluate their design. Using data from all these sources enables these engineers and designers to pinpoint a vehicle’s response to staged or…
Suspended in a harness 30 feet above a concrete spillway in central North Dakota, ITM engineer Ryan “RJ” Matthews instruments the gate of one of the world’s largest earthen dams with dozens of strain gauge sensors. Integrated Test & Measurement’s field service technicians and engineers have installed strain…
When measuring noise and vibration levels, our engineers use the NI-9231 sound and vibration module, a CompactDAQ chassis and a Laptop running iTestSystem for data logging and analysis. The NI-9231 module is an updated, higher channel count version of the NI-9234 module. The NI-9231 is an 8 channel,…
Obvious signs of fatigue — cracks at the corners of doors — had begun to surface on an in-service Railcar. A railcar structural testing case study.
The most common strain gauge installation configuration is a 350 ohm, quarter bridge. Quarter bridge installations a generally the easiest and most economical installation for determining structural strain levels. In the quarter bridge configuration a single element strain gauge is mounted in the principle axial or bending strain…
We are excited to announce that the NI-9205 general purpose analog input module can now be used with iTestSystem and NI CompactDAQ. Adding this module allows engineers to expand the use of iTestSystem from structural testing and analysis where signal phase relationship is important, into data logging where…
During NI Week every year, Austin, Texas, transforms into a mecca for top engineers and scientists worldwide who come by the thousands to absorb the very latest in tech. This year ITM will once again be attending, but even more exciting is that our team will once again…
Whether you are diagnosing a mechanical failure in anything from trucks to trains or elevators to excavators, it seems vibration is often the key to tracking down the root cause. At ITM, we have customized a Vibration Test Kit that is helping our clients isolate vibration levels no…
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