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CHIP SCALE FORCE ELASTIC PROVING DEVICE FOR INSTRUMENTED INDENTER FORCE CALIBRATION
Published
Author(s)
Gordon A. Shaw
Abstract
A chip-scale elastic fused silica parallelogram flexure device has been fabricated for use as a reference spring for force calibration in instrumented indentation devices. The device includes an integrated optical fiber laser interferometer to measure displacement in response to applied gravitational forces from test masses. The linear spring constant of the devices is measured with approximately 1 % relative combined standard uncertainty and was verified by measurement in a calibrated instrumented indentation machine. The device can be useful for field or high-temperature applications.
Shaw, G.
(2024),
CHIP SCALE FORCE ELASTIC PROVING DEVICE FOR INSTRUMENTED INDENTER FORCE CALIBRATION, Proceedings of the XXIV IMEKO World Congress, Hamburg, DE
(Accessed October 6, 2025)