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C5
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
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The substructure must be capable of absorbing the force to be measured. Remember
that the rigidity of the overall system depends on the stiffness of the force application
part and the substructure. Please also note that the substructure must ensure that force
is always applied to the transducer vertically, meaning there must be no inclination, even
under full load.
7.3 Using the C5 with a thrust piece
Thrust pieces prevent torsional moments being applied, can adjust slight misalignments,
and make sure that the compressive forces are applied centrally.
The transducer has a load button with a crowned load application surface. The thrust
piece is simply placed onto the load button and the sensor is placed on a surface that is
sufficiently hard and flat.
The C5 force transducer comes supplied with a suitable thrust piece as standard. All
thrust pieces offered by HBK comply with the recommendations of ISO 376
.