News from GDS Instruments for June 2019Instrumented Hoek CellA highly sophisticated, research focused, version of the traditional Hoek cell that can be fully instrumented. With 70MPa cell pressure and maximum loads up to 2MN. The GDS Instrumented Hoek Cell uniquely combines the measurement versatility of a high pressure triaxial cell with [...]
Latest news from GDS Instruments. View this email in your browser GDS Apparatus at NGI's Geotechnical Laboratory in OSLO NGI's laboratory in Oslo is equipped with a wide range of advanced testing facilities, including static and cyclic CAU/CAD Triaxial, Static and Cyclic Direct Simple Shear, Constant Rate of Strain [...]
Crosby Acquires Straightpoint Dallas, Texas-based The Crosby Group LLC, the largest lifting, rigging, and material handling hardware company in the world, has completed the acquisition of Straightpoint UK (SP), a leading manufacturer of load cells and force measurement equipment. The value of the transaction is not disclosed. The acquisition, [...]
New High Speed Digital Control and Acquisition System Over the last four years GDS has been developing state-of-the-art Adaptive Control technologies that provide high-performance, high-accuracy dynamic control with unparalleled precision. The ADVDCS V2 is the direct result of this research and contains machine learning algorithms that adapt in real-time [...]
The Extensometer Newsletter - November 2018 / Issue 8 A Breakthrough in Non-Contact Axial Extensometers Industry-Leading Resolution, Accuracy and Speed Innovative Features for Unmatched Ease of Use New Epsilon ONE™ optical extensometers are a major advance in non-contact axial strain measurement, solving the two big problems with video extensometers: accuracy [...]
Tension Load Cells | Digital DynamometorsTension Load Cells | Digital Dynamometers for all industries - IN STOCK | DNV-GL Typle Approval | Bluetooth Option | ATEX/IECEx availableTension Load Cells from Straightpoint. Manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of tension digital dynamometers, load cells available 0.5t to 500t with larger [...]
Impossible Insights Made Possible through Minimally Invasive Pressure Measurement July 2018 Summer Newsletter Stay up to date with the Pressure Mapping blog. Pressure Mapping Summer 2018 Newsletter eBook: Pressure [...]
The Extensometer Newsletter - May 2018 / Issue 7 Averaging Extensometer with Self-Setting Gauge Length The clip-on Model 3442AVG averaging extensometer measures axial strain simultaneously on opposite sides of the specimen. Use it to measure elastic modulus, offset yield stress, stress-strain curves, and ultimate tensile strain. The unit automatically [...]
NEWSLETTER May 2018 IN THE NEWS Straightpoint Awarded Full Member Status by LEEA Straightpoint (SP) has been granted full membership in LEEA, reaffirming its status as a lifting equipment business versus a load cell manufacturer that has diversified into the sector. The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association is the world’s... [...]
Australian Calibrating Services (A’sia) Pty Ltd wish to announce that as of 7 September 2017 we will no longer represent MTS Systems Corporation in Australia or New Zealand. We would, however, like to re-assure all our existing customers that ACS will continue to provide a full NATA calibration and [...]
