Patent Publication Number: US-2022228958-A1

Title: Information processing device for tensile and compression tester, application, and system

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to an information processing device for a tensile and compression tester, an application, and a system including the information processing device. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Patent Document 1 discloses a data processing device of a material tester configured to perform tests such as tensile tests and compression tests on various materials, and a technique for calculating and processing collected measurement data. The data processing device of Patent Document 1 can configure any calculation equation to be definable to easily process the measurement data in a variety of different ways and study the characteristics of the material from various perspectives. 
     CITATION LIST 
     PATENT LITERATURE 
     Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent No. 3430723 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     TECHNICAL PROBLEM 
     The data processing device of Patent Document 1 processes data measured by the material tester. Specifically, an amount of rotation detected by a displacement meter attached to a rotating shaft of a crosshead drive motor is converted into an amount of displacement and transmitted to the data processing device. The displacement meter is one displacement meter built into the material tester. However, some users wish to process data measured by a plurality of sensors (for example, displacement meters). 
     Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a tensile and compression tester, an information processing device for processing data measured by a plurality of sensors, an application, and a system including the information processing device. 
     SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 
     An information processing device for a tensile and compression tester of the present invention, the information processing device being configured to: 
     create a predetermined calculation equation; 
     acquire measurement data from a plurality of sensors connected to the information processing device; 
     substitute the measurement data into the predetermined calculation equation; and calculate a desired characteristic value from the calculation equation. 
     In the information processing device of the present invention, it is preferable that the plurality of sensors are six displacement meters, 
     when amounts of displacement measured by the six displacement meters are δ1, δ2, δ3, δ1′, δ2′, and δ3′, the predetermined calculation equation is Equation (1) according to a local load bending test conforming to JIS A 1414 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     and 
     the desired characteristic value is a relative flexure δ at a two-point concentrated load. 
     It is preferable that the information processing device of the present invention acquire a load and a position of a test specimen from the tensile and compression tester. 
     A system of the present invention includes: 
     the information processing device described above; 
     a tensile and compression tester configured to transmit measurement data of a test specimen to the information processing device; and 
     a plurality of sensors configured to transmit the measurement data of the test specimen to the information processing device. 
     An application executed by an information processing device for a tensile and compression tester of the present invention, the application including: 
     a step of creating a predetermined calculation equation; a step of acquiring measurement data from a plurality of sensors connected to the information processing device; 
     a step of substituting the measurement data into the predetermined calculation equation; and 
     a step of calculating a characteristic value from the calculation equation. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic configuration diagram of a system including an information processing device according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a flowchart illustrating data processing executed in the information processing device of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a screen used for creating a predetermined calculation equation in an application of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a screen illustrating analysis items in the application of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic configuration diagram of a system including an information processing device according to the present invention. 
     A system  100  includes an information processing device  10  for a tensile and compression tester, a tensile and compression tester  20 , and a plurality of displacement meters  30  as sensors. 
     The information processing device  10  is a personal computer or the like, and is connected to the tensile and compression tester  20  via a USB, an RS-232C or the like to perform serial communication. Measurement data such as a load and a position of a test specimen (for example, wood) is transmitted from the tensile and compression tester  20  to the information processing device  10 , and control data such as a setting condition is transmitted from the information processing device  10  to the tensile and compression tester  20 . 
     The tensile and compression tester  20  is, for example, a tensile and compression tester  20  Technograph (TGI/TGE/TG) series, manufactured by MinebeaMitsumi Inc. 
     A plurality of (for example, six) displacement meters  30  come into contact with the test specimen and measure the amount of displacement of the test specimen. An analog input/output (AIO) boat (for example, AIO-160802L-LPE, manufactured by Contec Co., Ltd.) is attached to the information processing device  10 , and the displacement meter  30  transmits the amount of displacement measured by the information processing device  10  via the AIO boat. 
     The displacement meter  30  is not a displacement meter built into the tensile and compression tester  20 , and the amount of displacement of the displacement meter  30  is input to the information processing device  10  as an external input. 
       FIG. 2  is a flowchart illustrating data processing executed in the information processing device of the present invention. 
     In step S 1 , a predetermined calculation equation is created in the information processing device  10 . 
     In step S 2 , the information processing device  10  acquires measurement data (amounts of displacement) from the six displacement meters  30  connected to the information processing device  10 . 
     In step S 3 , the information processing device  10  substitutes the measured amounts of displacement into the predetermined calculation equation created in step S 1 . 
     In step S 4 , the information processing device  10  calculates a desired characteristic value from the predetermined calculation equation. 
     An example of the predetermined calculation equation is Equation (1) according to a local load bending test conforming to JIS A 1414 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     δ 
                     = 
                     
                       
                         1 
                         2 
                       
                       ⁡ 
                       
                         [ 
                         
                           
                             ( 
                             
                               δ2 
                               - 
                               
                                 
                                   δ1 
                                   + 
                                   δ3 
                                 
                                 2 
                               
                             
                             ) 
                           
                           + 
                           
                             ( 
                             
                               
                                 δ2 
                                 ′ 
                               
                               - 
                               
                                 
                                   
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                                   + 
                                   
                                     δ3 
                                     ′ 
                                   
                                 
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     and the desired characteristic value is a relative flexure δ at a two-point concentrated load. 
     In the equation, the amounts of displacement measured by the six displacement meters 30 are δ1, δ2, δ3, δ1′, δ2′, and δ3′. 
     Another example of the predetermined calculation equation is Equation (2) according to a local load bending test conforming to JIS A 1414, 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     δ 
                     = 
                     
                       
                         1 
                         2 
                       
                       ⁡ 
                       
                         [ 
                         
                           ( 
                           
                             δ2 
                             - 
                             
                               
                                 δ1 
                                 + 
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                         ] 
                       
                     
                   
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     and the desired characteristic value is a relative flexure δ at a one-point concentrated load. 
     In the equation, the amounts of displacement measured by the three displacement meters  30  are δ1, δ2, and δ3. 
       FIG. 3  is a screen used for creating the predetermined calculation equation in the application of the present invention. 
     In the information processing device  10 , the application of the present invention, stored in a memory, is activated, and a displacement setting calculation equation screen illustrated in  FIG. 3( a )  is opened. An input applicable in the calculation equation is displayed in a Selection List field. In the present embodiment, a position of the test specimen measured by the tensile and compression tester  20  is displayed as “Position”, and the amounts of displacement measured by the six displacement meters  30  are displayed as External inputs 1 to 6. 
       FIG. 3( b )  illustrates a screen for creating the relative flexure at a two-point concentrated load as the predetermined calculation equation. 
     (1) “Relative Flexure at a Two-Point Concentrated Load” is input to an Item Name field. 
     (2) In a Calculation Equation field, Equation (1) described above is created by using the input selected from the Selection List field and buttons for brackets and operators. 
     (3) A “Confirm” button is pressed to confirm whether the calculation equation is created correctly. In a case where there is an error in the calculation equation, an error message is displayed. 
     (4) A “Save” button is pressed and the created calculation equation is given a name and saved in a file. Note that the saved calculation equation file may be read with an “Open” button. 
     (5) An “OK” button is pressed to confirm the created calculation equation and make the calculation equation usable in the application of the present invention. Note that when a “Cancel” button is pressed, the created calculation equation is discarded and the displacement setting calculation equation creation screen is closed. 
     Note that before the application of the present invention is installed on the information processing device  10 , the application is stored in a storage medium such as a CD. 
       FIG. 4  is a screen illustrating analysis items in the application of the present invention. 
     The vertical axis of the graph indicates a load of the test specimen measured by the tensile and compression tester  20 , and the horizontal axis indicates the relative flexure at a two-point concentrated load calculated by substituting the amounts of displacement measured by the six displacement meters  30  into Equation (1). 
     In the related art, the amount of displacement measured by one displacement meter built into the tensile and compression tester  20  is the horizontal axis. However, according to the present invention, the relative flexure at a two-point concentrated load can be acquired and displayed in a graph. As described above, in the present invention, the data measured by the tensile and compression tester  20  and the data measured by the six displacement meters  30  can be acquired in real time to perform data processing. 
     Note that in the present invention, a characteristic value desired by a user can be acquired in real time by creating a predetermined calculation equation in addition to the relative flexure at a two-point concentrated load. 
     In the description above, a contact type displacement meter  30  is described as an example of the sensor, but the present invention is not limited to the contact type displacement meter  30 , and, for example, a non-contact type displacement meter  30  or a thermometer can be used as the sensor. 
     Note that since the performance of the displacement meter built into the tensile and compression tester  20  and the performance of a plurality of externally-attached displacement meters  30  are different, both are rarely used at the same time but may be used at the same time. 
     REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
       10  Information processing device 
       20  Tensile and compression tester 
       30  Displacement meter 
       100  System