Automotive Strain Gage Application Service
Sensor applications to measure load as well as strain measurements in support of your design and manufacturing processes.
HITEC has an additional strain gage application laboratory in the Detroit area to better serve the automotive industry.
- Operating load measurement: engine components, steering, suspension, driveline
- Thermal stress determination during operation
- Torque measurement on shafts
- Driveline torque measurements for horsepower determination
- Failure analysis: mechanical/thermal operating stress determination
- Fuel, brake or hydraulic system pressure measurement
- Mechanical event determination: injection in diesel systems, suspension events
- Dynamic load measurement in exhaust systems
- Structural analysis
- Residual stress gaging and data acquisition
- Fatigue analysis
- Safety testing: crash test dummies, component loads, impact force measurement
- Component FEA verification
- Overload sensors
