STRAIN GAGE SERIES

When compared to conventional metallic wire and foil gages, Kulite semiconductor gages

 offer some  significant advantages:

Higher Sensitivity 

Smaller Sizes  

Higher Resistance 

Higher Fatigue Life 

Lower Hysteresis 

Lower Non-linearity 

Increased Temperature Envelope

The semiconductor strain gage may be thought of as a strain sensitive resistor. Generally 

when bonded  to a stressed member, its resistance changes as a function of applied strain. 

This characteristic makes  it useful in the fields of stress analysis, physical measurements, 

testing, transducer and instrumentation  manufacture. Additionally, the latest 

Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) technology enables the fabrication of  the high temperature 

strain gages with enhanced performance characteristics. These gages, as well  as all other 

silicon based strain gages, are easily optimized for specific customer applications and  

have been found by customers to be truly superior to their foil gage counterparts.