Crosby Acquires Straightpoint Dallas, Texas-based The Crosby Group LLC, the largest lifting, rigging, and material handling hardware company in the world, has completed the acquisition of Straightpoint UK (SP), a leading manufacturer of load cells and force measurement equipment. The value of the transaction is not disclosed. The acquisition, [...]
New High Speed Digital Control and Acquisition System Over the last four years GDS has been developing state-of-the-art Adaptive Control technologies that provide high-performance, high-accuracy dynamic control with unparalleled precision. The ADVDCS V2 is the direct result of this research and contains machine learning algorithms that adapt in real-time [...]
The Extensometer Newsletter - November 2018 / Issue 8 A Breakthrough in Non-Contact Axial Extensometers Industry-Leading Resolution, Accuracy and Speed Innovative Features for Unmatched Ease of Use New Epsilon ONE™ optical extensometers are a major advance in non-contact axial strain measurement, solving the two big problems with video extensometers: accuracy [...]
Things are heating up – solutions for testing at high temperaturesAugust 6th, 2018 : Zwick/Roell will present solutions for high-temperate tests in its own exhibition area at this year’s testXpo. The testing systems on exhibit can be used to perform tests at temperatures up to 2,000 °C. Zwick/Roell will present systems [...]
Tension Load Cells | Digital DynamometorsTension Load Cells | Digital Dynamometers for all industries - IN STOCK | DNV-GL Typle Approval | Bluetooth Option | ATEX/IECEx availableTension Load Cells from Straightpoint. Manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of tension digital dynamometers, load cells available 0.5t to 500t with larger [...]
Impossible Insights Made Possible through Minimally Invasive Pressure Measurement July 2018 Summer Newsletter Stay up to date with the Pressure Mapping blog. Pressure Mapping Summer 2018 Newsletter eBook: Pressure [...]
The Extensometer Newsletter - May 2018 / Issue 7 Averaging Extensometer with Self-Setting Gauge Length The clip-on Model 3442AVG averaging extensometer measures axial strain simultaneously on opposite sides of the specimen. Use it to measure elastic modulus, offset yield stress, stress-strain curves, and ultimate tensile strain. The unit automatically [...]
NEWSLETTER May 2018 IN THE NEWS Straightpoint Awarded Full Member Status by LEEA Straightpoint (SP) has been granted full membership in LEEA, reaffirming its status as a lifting equipment business versus a load cell manufacturer that has diversified into the sector. The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association is the world’s... [...]
testXpo 2018 – 27th International Forum for Materials Testing testXpo – International Forum for Materials Testing will take place October 15 – 18, 2018, at Zwick headquarters in Ulm. Together with 25 co-exhibitors, the Zwick Roell Group will present the latest trends and solutions in quality assurance and materials [...]
