Comparison of the Calibration of a Heavy Multi-Component Vibration Transducer on Different Exciter Systems (Calibration of Heavy Triax-Transducer)

Christian Hof, Michael Kobusch
Abstract:
The performance specifications of a shaker may be strongly affected by the load which it is driving. When using a shaker for calibration purposes, the mass and mass distribution of the device under test as well as its mounting configuration may deteriorate seriously the purity of the motion of the shaker armature along the desired axis. In this paper the authors present an attempt to reduce the magnitude of parasitic movements by an improved mounting configuration. Although the resulting motion is significantly improved, transverse, bending and rocking acceleration could not be diminished to less than 10 % as recommended by the ISO standard. In spite of this unsatisfactory large resulting parasitic motion, a reasonable calibration of a device under test is nevertheless possible when selecting carefully the axis of the reference laser vibrometer. We were able to validate this approach by a comparison with a calibration carried out on an alternative vibration exciter of inherently better quality (but considerable higher cost).
Keywords:
secondary calibration, vibration transducer, shaker, rocking motion
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC22
Event name:
Cultivating metrological knowledge
Title:
1st Conference on Vibration Measurement (together with 20th TC3 Conference on Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque & 3rd TC16 Conference on Pressure Measurement)
Place:
Merida, MEXICO
Time:
27 November 2007 - 01 December 2007