TC3 - Measurement of Force, Mass, Torque, and Gravity - Aims
The aim of TC3 is to bring to the forefront the latest developments and achievements in the measurement of force, mass, torque, gravity, and related quantities. The scope of TC3 covers all areas from industrial applications and new transducers to improvements of the scales for the different quantities, the realization of new standards and fundamental research. TC3 regularly organizes international scientific events on the measurement of force, mass, torque, gravity, and related quantities, and provides a forum for an international exchange of opinions among experts in the relevant field.
Main fields of interests:
Fundamental aspects
- Dynamic force and torque measurements
- Multi-component techniques for force and torque measurements
- New concepts in massmetrology and weighing technology
- Force and torque metrology in the micro and nano range
- Re-definition of the kilogram
- Strain gauge, piezo, MEMS, and optical techniques for sensor
- Magnetic susceptibility test
- Adsorption effects
- Air density
- Measurements of gravity and free-fall accelerations
Traceability and dissemination
- Calibration procedures and facilities
- Transfer standards and uncertainty evaluations
- Inter-laboratory comparisons
- Accreditation of laboratories
- Double substitution method
- Weighing design
- Hydrostatic weighing
Instrumentation and methods
- Force and torque standard machines and facilities
- Force and torque calibration machines
- Force and torque transducers, load cells
- Mass standards and balances
- Density standards
- Weights and weighing instruments
- Sensor and actuator development
- Hydrometers
- Material testing machines
- Absolute and relative gravimeters
Applications
- Material testing machines
- Force and torque transducers in robotics and automation
- Weighing instruments and load cells
- Geodesy and geophysics