Test and Measurement Equipment

Testing and Measuring in the Lab

Test and measurement equipment is used across a wide variety of fields.

Electronics, research labs, material analysis, manufacturing, and particle analysis all use test and measurement equipment to measure various components of the materials they are working with and analyzing.

Range of Test and Measurement Equipment:

In the electronic industry voltmeters, ohmmeters, ammeters, capacitance meters, and EMF meters (to measure electronic and magnetic fields), signal generators, digital pattern generators, pulse generators, oscilloscopes and frequency counters are used to produce signals and then measure the response of the object being tested.

Withing particle analysis testing there are particle counters, size analyzers, shape analyzers, surface energy analyzers, and zeta potential analyzers.

To test the mechanical properties of manufactured products there area variety of testers for many characteristics, such as:

• Compression
• Friction
• Hardness
• Impact
• Torsion
• Fatigue
• And more!

Considerations of Test and Measurement Equipment:

The types of test and measure equipment that will be needed is contingent on the types of materials being tested and which of their properties need to be measured. Portability and cost are key factors as well.