Showa Measuring Instruments

Strain Gauge

Showa’s strain gauges

Showa's strain gauges, adhesives and measuring instruments have been sold in Sweden for over 40 years.

Today the businesses have expanded to include several markets within Europe, and we will continue to offer competitive and qualitative products for our customers.

Properties of the strain gauges

• The gauges are fitted with or without lead wires
• Almost no effect on test object
• Distant and multi-points measurements are possible
• Applicable on both static and dynamic strains
• Both surfaces being completely laminated, the gauge grids are entirely protected
• Easy to handle and apply
• Top quality
• Competitive price
• Quality assured

Strain gages are of the stucture, in which a metallic foil film in the thickness of a few microns is glued on a thin electrically insulated sheet (such as polyimide, polyester and so on).
This foil film is cut down by photo- etching method in the shape of strain gages which can be made with the negative film masks of the strain gage patterns.
These photo-etched strain gage patterns are trimmed to have a standard resistance value satisfying requirements as the strain gages

Configuration

Based on the basic characteristics of strain gauges such as the material, grid shape, grid length, gauge factor, nominal resistance, material against which strain gauge is self-temperature compensated, and so on.