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Automotive Head Rest Testing

A manufacturer for automotive head rests wants to test the durability of their products.

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Summary

Customer Need / Challenge
A manufacturer for automotive head rests wants to test the durability of their products. They want to do a number of fatigue testing and force testing on the head rests to make sure it meets durability and high quality standards.
Interface Solution
Interface’s solution is to install Model 1000 Fatigue-Rated LowProfile™ DualBridge Load Cell to the customer’s actuator mechanism. This load cell is perfect for fatigue testing and reports highly accurate results through the fatigue cycling. The results are collected by using the SI-USB Universal Serial Bus Dual Channel PC Interface Module, which synchronizes the data directly from the load cell and the string pot (for measuring distance) to the customer’s computer.
Results
The head rest manufacturer was able to get highly accurate data through the fatigue testing cycle, using Interface’s products.

Materials

1000 Fatigue-Rated LowProfile™ Dual-Bridge Load Cell
SI-USB4 4-Channel USB Interface Module with included SI-USB4 software
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
String Pot
Customer Actuator Mechanism
Customer’s PC or Laptop

How it Works

The 1000 Fatigue-Rated LowProfile™ Dual-Bridge Load Cell is installed at the end of the customer’s actuator mechanism.
The head rest undergoes a cycle of fatigue testing, where the results are recorded using the 1000 FatigueRated LowProfile™ Dual-Bridge Load Cell.
The data results are collected with the SI-USB4 4-Channel USB Interface Module.
These results can be displayed when connected to the customer’s PC computer or laptop using the supplied SI-USB4 software.

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