Patent ID: 6505510
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
Apparatus for measuring centrifugal forces produced by an unbalanced rotary member, comprisinga support, at least one measurement sensor having a force-application location for the application of force thereto and being supported on the support, a rotary member mounting means for supporting the rotary member with respect to the support, wherein the rotary member mounting means with a rotary member mounted thereto form a system which is oscillatable about an oscillation center for applying centrifugal forces to the force-application location, wherein the rotary member mounting means and the rotary member, which in operation is supported thereby and which rotates in a measurement operation, form a sub-critical oscillating assembly, and the direction of application of force to the at least one measurement sensor extends substantially tangentially with respect to a circular arc through the force-application location around the oscillation center.