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Polyester Foil Strain Gauge

This is a foil strain gauge having polyester resin backing. It is mainly used for measurement on steel, concrete or mortar. Each package contains 10 gauges. This gauge has a pre-attached vinyl lead wire to PF series. Works for lead wire connection such as strain gauge terminal installation and lead wire soldering are not required. […]

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This is a foil strain gauge having polyester resin backing. It is mainly used for measurement on steel, concrete or mortar. Each package contains 10 gauges.

This gauge has a pre-attached vinyl lead wire to PF series. Works for lead wire connection such as strain gauge terminal installation and lead wire soldering are not required. It saves much time and labour.

Applicable specimen
Metal, Mortar
Backing
Polyester
Operational temperature(°C)
-20~+80°C
Element
Cu-Ni
Temperature compensation range(°C)
+10~+80°C
Strain limit
2%
(20000×10-6strain)
Bonding adhesive
CN-E, RP-2
Fatigue life at room temperature
1×106
(±1500×10-6strain)

0.08mm2 integral vinyl leadwire Total leadwire resistance per meter : 0.44Ω

Gauge pattern
Type
Gauge
length
(mm)
Gauge
width
(mm)
Backing
length
(mm)
Backing
width
(mm)
Resistance
(Ω)
Single-element
(G.F. 2.1 approx.)
PFL-10-11
PFL-10-11 10 0.9 17.5 5 120
PFL-20-11 20 1.2 28.0 6 120
PFL-30-11 30 2.3 40.0 7 120
90°2-element Cross
Plane type
(G.F. 2.1 approx.)
PFLC-3-11
PFLC-20-11 20 1.2 28 28 120
PFLC-30-11 30 2.3 40 40 120
45°/90°3-element Rosette
Plane type
(G.F. 2.1 approx.)
PFLR-30-11
PFLR-20-11 20 1.2 28 28 120
PFLR-30-11 30 2.3 40 40 120