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Model 357A07

Charge Output Accelerometer

Installation and Operating Manual

For assistance with the operation of this product,

contact PCB Piezotronics, Inc.

Toll-free: 800-828-8840

24-hour SensorLine: 716-684-0001

Fax: 716-684-0987

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.pcb.com

Summary of Contents for 357A07

Page 1: ...lerometer Installation and Operating Manual For assistance with the operation of this product contact PCB Piezotronics Inc Toll free 800 828 8840 24 hour SensorLine 716 684 0001 Fax 716 684 0987 E mai...

Page 2: ...id the factory warranty Calibration Routine calibration of sensors and associated instrumentation is recommended as this helps build confidence in measurement accuracy and acquired data Equipment cali...

Page 3: ...warranty against defective material and workmanship for a period of one year from date of original purchase Contact PCB for a complete statement of our warranty Expendable items such as batteries and...

Page 4: ...for most models These accelerometers are ideal for structural testing machine monitoring and vehicular shock and vibration measurement tasks where high temperatures preclude the use of accelerometers...

Page 5: ...urface consider adhesive mounting as a possible alternative Inspect the area checking that there are no burrs or other foreign particles interfering with the contact surface STEP 2 Wipe clean the moun...

Page 6: ...or most applications It is generally used only for machinery monitoring and other portable trending applications Both the accuracy and repeatability at low 5 Hz and high frequency 1 kHz ranges are que...

Page 7: ...o a precise sensitivity such as 10 0 or 100 0 mV g for ease of data analysis This is accomplished with most PCB laboratory charge amplifiers and some miniature in line units as well For fixed sensitiv...

Page 8: ...dure themselves While this may result in both a savings of time and money it has also been attributed to incorrect readings and costly errors Therefore in an effort to prevent the common mistakes asso...

Page 9: ...Figure 12 Typical Calibration Set Up Adhesively mounted sensors use similar practices However in this case a small portion of quick bonding gel or similar temporary adhesive is used to attach the tes...

Page 10: ...s Incorrect Understand Back to Back Calibration limitations Do not expect the uncertainty of calibration to be any better than 2 In fact the uncertainty may be as high as 3 or 4 for frequencies 10 Hz...

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