Precision Strain Gaging for the Race Team Industry

Pull rod strain gaging
NASCAR Suspension spring gaging
rod end strain gaging

Custom Load Cells – Component Transducerization

Over forty years of excellence providing quality cost effecting sensor instrumentation services and engineering support with a specialty in transducerizing your racing car components for testing to enhance the performance of your vehicle.

Typical components:

  • Rod end load cells
  • FARB heim joints
  • Track bars/Pan hard bar
  • Drop links
  • Splitter rods
  • Custom coil spring load cell
  • Damper Eyelet
  • Drive shaft torque sensing
  • Steering column
  • Steering knuckles
  • Control arms/trailing arms
  • Tie rod ends

Let HITEC help you become more technologically competitive

Pull rods gaged for weight transfer analysis to lower the likelihood of a crash; other suspension components and sway bars gaged for weight shift reaction sensing to turns and straight aways.  Our experience and quick turn services complements your rigorous testing needs. We can provide a ready to connect assembly that includes lemo and autosport connectors

Reliability in higher temperatures

Changes in the sensitivity of the strain gage and the modulus of elasticity of the transducer element adding temperature will result in an output span shift. We can provide a specially selected modulus compensated strain gage to reduce this effect to an agreed upon level. An unloaded suspension component will exhibit some output as it is heated, even with no load applied. This is due to a variation in the matching of the strain gage circuit to the transducer material. We can add temperature compensation to the strain gage bridge to reduce this effect requiring two calibration runs. 

Custom load cell solutions

An alternative to the screw jack/top hat load cells for measuring coil springs that typically utilize separate coil springs and damping units. The original screw jack, helix and coil springs are retained and the load cell will not interfere with coil spring changes or other suspension adjustments normally made at the track. Capacities and dimensions can be customized to your specific measurement needs.

Adjustable amplifiers

For increased accuracy and repeatability, installation of a strain gage amplifier can be added as an option to work with your data acquisition system. Amplifiers have a 0-5 volt output and the gain can be adjusted to maximize sensitivity.

Calibration

All calibrations are NIST traceable reported in units of mV/V. Components are calibrated with reference load cells ranging from 500 gram force to 100,000 lb force and 1,000 in-lb to 50,000 in-lbs enabling us to provide you with confidence. 

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