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Development and Metrological Evaluation of an Industrial Force Transducer

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This work regarding the design and development of EN 24-grade steel-based force transducer has been reported along with its metrological features in line with ISO 376:2011 standard. The force transducer has been designed on the basis of analytical and computational methodology and validated through experimental observations. The force transducer presents ease of design-cum-manufacturing and practically viable alternative to the commercial force transducers with uncertainty of measurement up to 0.10% in its working range.

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Abbreviations

r o :

Outer radius (mm)

r i :

Inner radius (mm)

R :

Mean radius (mm)

B :

Width of cross section of square ring (mm)

t :

Thickness of cross section of square ring (mm)

δ :

Deflection of square ring (mm)

σ :

Stress (N/mm2)

ε :

Strain (mm/mm)

E :

Young’s modulus of elasticity

P :

Applied force (N)

M :

Moment due to force at any position (N mm)

k :

Converge factor

R a :

Arithmetical mean roughness (μm)

R z :

Ten-point mean roughness (μm)

N :

Spindle speed

V f :

Feed rate

w 2 :

Variance

re:

Relative repeatability (%)

rp:

Relative reproducibility (%)

ze:

Relative zero offset (%)

rv:

Relative reversibility (%)

rs:

Relative resolution (%)

in:

Relative interpolation (%)

crp:

Relative creep (%)

w ct :

Relative combined uncertainty (%)

W t :

Combined expanded uncertainty (%) at convergence factor k = 2

cmc:

Calibration and measurement capability of force standard machine

W :

Overall uncertainty of measurement (%) at convergence factor k = 2

DGFT:

Dial gauge force transducer

SGFT:

Strain gauge force transducer

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The authors are thankful to Dr. R. K. Agarwal, Director, and Prof. Ashiv Shah, Head, CORE, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology - ISM, Dhanbad, 826 004, India

    Ajay P. Singh & Sanjoy K. Ghoshal

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, 201 009, India

    Ajay P. Singh

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, 110 040, India

    Harish Kumar

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Singh, A.P., Ghoshal, S.K. & Kumar, H. Development and Metrological Evaluation of an Industrial Force Transducer. MAPAN 35, 165–176 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12647-019-00359-z

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