LATEST NEWS
Imetrum appoints new MD
Jul 2008
Imetrum is pleased to announce the appointment of John Brewster as Managing Director More info...
Even greater accuracy for Imetrum Video Gauge digital image correlation system
Jul 2008
The Video Gauge now achieves strain resolutions down to 5 microstrain More info...
LATEST EVENTS
EMex 2008
10 Sep 2008
National Physics Laboratory, London, UK More info...
EMex 2007
05 Sep 2007
Manchester University, UK More info...
BSSM - Measuring with Vision
03 May 2007
Bristol, UK More info...
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It is a non-contact, video based instrument with applications in material testing, component testing and structural monitoring.
The Video Gauge is frequently used to overcome challenging measurement problems such as high temperature or high-speed material testing.
For straightforward tasks such as batch testing of material properties it offers significant time and cost savings over traditional methods.
Case Study
Measurement of the consolidation and shrinkage processes in composites manufacture
The problem
It is very important in controlling the processing of advanced composites to develop an understanding of the consolidation and resin shrinkage processes throughout the cure cycle. For typical aerospace epoxies this requires the application of pressure up to a few Bar and temperatures up to about 180°C to a prescribed cycle. Equipment is available to do this such as Thermo Mechanical Analysers (TMA), but their sample sizes are very small and interpreting their outputs can be problematical.
The solution
Structural Monitoring
- Civil engineering structures
- Aerospace
- Power generation
- Continuous monitoring 24/7
- Displacement measurement
- Rotation / bend measurement
Material Testing
- High temperature
- High speed impact testing
- High strain > 100%
- Small / delicate samples
- Biological /soft samples
- Batch testing
Component Testing
- Crack growth monitoring
- Cyclic / fatigue testing
- Profile of bending beam
- Displacement measurement
- Rotation / bend measurement
- Strain measurement