Patent ID: 8151638
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for testing a spring, the system comprising: a lower plate including a plurality of recesses and a load cell positioned in each of the plurality of recesses, the plurality of recesses positioned such that a center of each recess is a point on a circle coaxial to the lower plate; an upper plate movable with respect to the lower plate and including a plurality of recesses and a load cell positioned in each of the plurality of recesses, the plurality of recesses positioned such that a center of each recess is a point on a circle coaxial to the upper plate; a data logger that obtains and stores load cell outputs from the load cells in the lower plate and the upper plate; spring tester electronics that obtain height measurements of the upper plate and send a trigger signal to a computer; and the computer including a processor and a memory module, the memory module storing application software executable by the processor when the computer receives the trigger signal to: