INSIGHT software, supplied with an SW-D USB wireless dongle, allows connection of up to 126 Straightpoint wireless load cells simultaneously onto any Windows tablet or laptop.
Insight has four main features:
• Multi-channel display and data logging mode
View and log load data from connected load cells plus totals loads live on screen and directly into a .csv file for later analysis at speeds of up to 200Hz.
• Visualization mode
For complicated lifts import a photo of the lift and drag and drop load cell displays – make the screen look like the lift.
• Center of gravity mode
Connect to SP’s range of wireless compression load cells and use this feature to weigh and calculate the center of gravity of large items and structures.
• Proof load testing
Real time graphing of load test and auto generated test certificates.
Insight now has a simulation mode – try before you buy: straightpoint.com/insight.zip
Numerous proof load testing applications worldwide require a load cell to verify the load applied. From crane testing, using water bags to pad eye testing, using hydraulic tools, the need to document test procedure and results has never been greater, especially as users of lifting equipment call for more traceability and audit trails.
A proof test is a form of stress test to demonstrate the fitness of a load-bearing structure, and is nominally a non-destructive test. Such a structure is often subjected to loads above that expected in normal use, demonstrating safety and design margin.
This demand has increased so much, Straightpoint offer a software package designed to connect to any of their wireless load cells – Insight.
This impressive package allows the test engineer to wirelessly, at a safe distance, monitor a proof load test and automatically create a pass or fail certificate when testing is complete.
The report is formatted as a PDF, which may then be printed, emailed or uploaded to the cloud, resulting in a traceable document for both test engineer and end customer.
Typical load tests using Straightpoint load cells include:
• Bollard pull tests
• Tug tests
• Crane Test (Water bags, block weights)
• Pad eye or fly point testing
• Crash barrier testing
• Lifting equipment testing
– Slings, chains, wire rope, hooks
• Construction equipment testing
– Shoring columns, acrow props and lintels
• Lifting and spreader beam testing
• Hydraulic cylinder load test
• Supplied with SW-D transmitter
