Structural fatigue, and weld joint design deficiencies are common across many welded structures. Our ability to identify cycles, stress ranges, equivalent stresses, harmonic frequencies, and predict the fatigue life in machinery is unique.
Feedback from our measurements highlights structural issues, improves component designs, and provides failure analysis for individual components or entire structures.
We provide stress, strain, and load measurements with wired and wireless equipment in up to 128 channels at high frequency. We correlate measurements to operator actions, operating conditions, bucket positions, and machine (GPS, pitch, roll) positions.
Examples where strain gauge services have been frequently used include:
- Suspension pendant failure investigations & life projections
- Haul truck chassis life
- Gearbox cracking and protection
- Boom cracking and protection
- Long & short-term measurements
