Crystal Instruments is excited to announce the launch of the Vibration Utilities app, available on both iOS and Android. Use the app to help with unit conversions as well as shaker sizing calculations for your Random, Sine or Shock profiles.

Scott ZhugeFebruary 24, 2021Environmental Testing

Swept Sine Test Measurement Strategy

A Swept Sine test is a type of vibration test where the controller excites one specific frequency via sinusoidal voltage drive. As opposed to a Random test, where a broadband of frequencies is excited together like white noise, the Swept Sine test produces a response with energy in the primary frequency and its harmonics (i.e., frequencies that are multiples of the primary frequency).

Scott ZhugeFebruary 17, 2021Environmental Testing

2019 Structural Heath Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure Recap – St. Louis, MO

The 9th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-9) was held on August 4-7, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri. Crystal Instruments attended the conference as an exhibitor, showcasing a new Digital Sensor prototype, in addition to the typical data acquisition and vibration testing offerings.

NewsScott ZhugeSeptember 17, 2019Non-applications

Four Popular Electric Vehicle Battery Vibration Testing Profiles

Lithium-ion batteries are gaining popularity as the most common battery type used for electric vehicles. During their lifespan, these batteries undergo a variety of vibrations and temperature changes. Several common test standards have developed to simulate the long-term environmental effects on these batteries across different size levels (e.g. cell, module, pack).

Vibration Test ControlScott ZhugeAugust 27, 2019Environmental Testing