The highly accurate ST350 Strain Transducer from Bridge Diagnostics brings great efficiency and reliability to measuring live-load stresses on structures. With minimal surface preparation, you can quickly install the transducer and avoid the tedious and time-consuming effort involved when using foil strain gages. The ST350 is rugged and can be installed in any weather.

Features

• Used for recording strains on highway bridges, railroad bridges, lock gates, amusement park rides, and other structures in which a short-term live-load can be easily applied.
• Attaches to steel, prestressed and reinforced concrete, and timber members in 5 minutes.
• Provides between three and four times the output of a typical quarter-arm foil gage installation. Improved signal-to-noise ratio means higher-resolution measurements.
• Can be used with most data acquisition systems that support full-bridge type sensors.
• Pay for themselves with just a few uses.
• Used over the last two decades for recording millions of strain measurements on all types of structures, often in harsh field conditions.

Specifications

• Accuracy: ±2%, individually calibrated to NIST standards
• Force required for 1000 με: ~17 lbs. (76 N)
• Strain Range: ±2000 με
• Sensitivity: ~500 με/mV/V
• Circuit: Full wheatstone bridge with 4 active 350 Ω foil gages, 4-wire hookup
• Cable: BDI RC-187: 22 gage, two individually-shielded pairs w/drain; 10 ft length standard
• Material: Aluminum

 

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