Catalog highlights strain gages for transducer manufacturers

The latest catalog from HBM highlights the benefits to transducer manufacturers of using strain gages as the sensing element in many transducers. Typically manufacturers develop transducers using strain gages for weighing technology applications - from home scales to crane scales – and in force and pressure measurement applications.

Every strain gage featured in the catalog is based on the latest carrier material, PEEKF, which is an enhancement of PEEK that has been used so successfully to date.

PEEKF is less hygroscopic than PEEK preventing transducer zero drift and, since the material does not tend to distort, the strain gage lies completely flat on the component to make installation easier. PEEKF is also more robust than other carrier materials leading to fewer failures during installation when, for example, strain gage connections are soldered.

The catalog has 48 pages and presents all of the different strain gage types that are available as well as accessories such as adhesives, bonding materials, cleaning and covering agents. Useful background information on the application and configuration of strain gages is also included in the catalog.

The catalog can be ordered from HBM or is available for download at www.hbm.com/hbmdoc