Crystal Instruments and Sentek Dynamics attended the 90th Shock and Vibration Symposium in Atlanta, GA. Topics covered at the symposium included shock-ship testing, water shock, weapons effects (air blast, ground shock, cratering, penetration) shock physics, earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, and shock and vibration instrumentation and experiment techniques.
Read moreCrystal Instruments EDM 8.1 Release
Crystal Instruments is pleased to announce the release of EDM 8.1, the most advanced featured version of Engineering Data Management software. With this new release, advanced new products have been added to the Crystal Instruments’ family of products along with exciting new features across all EDM modules. Improvements to existing features and bug fixes make this release more user-friendly and robust.
Read morePreview of Crystal Instruments EDM 8.1 Release
Crystal Instruments is currently finalizing the latest full-featured version of Engineering Data Management (EDM) 8.1 software for release. The following is a preview of the powerful new features users can expect from the EDM 8.1 release:
Read moreAutomotive Testing Expo 2019 – Novi, Michigan
Crystal Instruments and Sentek Dynamics once again attended the Automotive Testing Expo in Novi, Michigan. This marquee event is regarded as the world’s largest vehicle, component, validation technology, and services exhibition that featured more than 400 exhibitors with over 9,000 attendees.
Read moreExperimental Modal Measurement and Analysis Seminar - Seattle, Washington (October 8-9, 2019)
Crystal Instruments is excited to offer an upcoming Modal Measurement Seminar in Seattle, WA with lead instructor Dr. Pete Avitabile. From October 8-9, 2019, attendees of our special modal seminar will receive the use of a complete lab kit for the entire duration of the training seminar.
Read moreCustomer Technical Support Made Easy
Crystal Instruments is pleased to provide a convenient “Product Support” site for customers. Users can visit the site to access the following helpful features such as technical documents, software updates, retrieval of lost passwords, and general tech support.
Read more33rd Annual Small Satellite Conference – Logan, UT
Crystal Instruments attended the 33rd Annual Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah last month. The conference, held on the campus of Utah State University, is internationally recognized as the premier conference on small satellites.
Read moreNoiseCon 2019 Review
The 2019 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering (Noise-Con2019) was held from August 26-28, 2019 in San Diego, California. Over 160 technical papers were presented across four parallel sessions.
Read more2019 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.
Read morePizza Reliability
Everything goes well with pizza, or so it seems, and the list of things that go well with pizza now include vibration test equipment, thanks to companies like Zume Pizza. Zume Pizza in Mountain View, California, has innovated pizza delivery; they bake each pie in their mobile kitchens and are able to move those kitchens to the demanded location (i.e. sporting events, concerts, schools). The pizza is delivered to your doorstep moments after it comes out of the oven.
Read moreElectric Vehicle Battery Testing Trends & Challenges
The market demand for electric vehicles continues to grow rapidly around the world. Avicenne Energy reports car manufacturers around the world will invest billions of dollars in electric vehicles by the year 2030.
Read more2019 Sensors Expo & Conference Recap - San Jose, CA
The 2019 Sensors Expo & Conference took place this year at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, hosting 7,500+ attendees and 350+ exhibitors and showcasing sensor technologies ranging from wireless IoT applications to medical and automotive technologies.
Read moreElectrifying Challenges for Road and Tyre Noise Conference - September 18. 2019
Crystal Instruments will be exhibiting at the Electrifying Challenges for Road and Tyre Noise Conference located at MIRA Technology Institute (MTI), UK on September 18, 2019.
Read moreAdvanced Engineering 2019 - National Exhibition Centre Birmingham, UK (Oct. 30-31, 2019)
Crystal Instruments will be exhibiting at the Advanced Engineering show located at Birmingham, UK from October 30-31, 2019. Our products will be displayed in the Alphatech Ltd booth.
Read moreModal Space - In Our Own Little World
How do you select the reference location for a modal test? What needs to be considered? Let's discuss this to see how to think about this.
Read moreExperimental Modal Measurement and Analysis Seminar - Seattle, Washington (October 8-9, 2019)
Join Crystal Instruments in Seattle, Washington from October 8-9, 2019 for an Experimental Modal Measurement & Analysis Seminar featuring Dr. Pete Avitabile.
Read moreModal Space - In Our Own Little World
Is it really necessary to reject a double impact?
Are they really a problem?
Let's talk about this.
I know that many people will say that a double impact is totally unacceptable. It is not the optimum condition for collecting impact data for a modal test. However, under certain circumstances, it may be reasonable to accept a measurement that has resulted from a double impact. Let's discuss this problem that may arise when a double impact occurs and explain how to determine if the measurement is acceptable or not.
Read moreCrystal Instruments Sponsors 2019 SAE Noise and Vibration Conference
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) held the 2019 Noise and Vibration Conference in Grand Rapids Michigan this year. The conference, which is a biennial event, took place from June 10th to the 13th and drew roughly 1,000 engineers focused on NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) and sound quality measurements. Crystal Instruments was proud to take part in sponsoring the conference this year.
Read moreNow Offering: Crystal Instruments Rentals
Crystal Instruments is pleased to offer 15- or 30-day rental systems, providing users with an easy and accessible option to try one of our latest systems. Users can access the full power of Crystal Instruments’ Engineering Data Management (EDM) software along with a full featured hardware system.
Visit www.crystalinstruments.com/ci-rentals to learn more.
Read moreModal Space - In Our Own Little World
I ran one test with an x-excitation and can see some modes and another test with a y-excitation and see some different modes. Could I use an oblique angle instead?
Well, that's a very good question. Its one that comes up often in terms of running modal tests with a shaker excitation. Of course it is totally acceptable to run one test with a shaker at some oblique angle to the structure. But the only thing we need to be careful about is to assure that we don't select the reference point at the node of a mode.
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