March 16, 2012 / By XYOBalancer

Acceptable Levels of Vibration

It is essential to design a device that has to meet a certain vibration level. Ideally, the desired vibration response must be clearly stated before a design can begin. Many different methods have been proposed to measure and describe acceptable levels of vibration in many…

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October 01, 2011 / By flipflopstudios

Multiple Spring Systems

The spring rate/stiffness calculation has been covered in the previous blog article. Springs are not designed to be stretched or compressed beyond their elastic limits, i.e. springs obey Hooke’s law, F = k x d. F = force applied on the springk = spring rate…

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