KFEL High-elongation Foil Strain Gages

These foil strain gages are for measuring strain from the structural elastic region to the plastic region of various structures. They are capable of measuring from approximately 10 to 15% high-elongation strain in simple tensile strain. *For plastic materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene that make bonding difficult (hard-to-bond materials), treatment with S-9B surface treatment agent will be required in addition to standard sandpapering. After treatment, attach using CC-36 adhesive. Contact us for information on bonding conditions for other special materials.

Description

Major Properties
Materials Resistive element CuNi alloy foil
Materials Base Polyimide
Operating temperature in combination with major adhesives after curing (°C) CC-36: -10 to 80ºC
Operating temperature in combination with major leadwire cables (°C) Polyester-coated copper wire: -10 to 80ºC
Vinyl-coated flat cable (L-6, L-7): -10 to 80ºC
Self-temperature-compensation (°C)
Applicable linear expansion coefficients (×10-6/℃)
Strain limits at normal temp. (approx. %) 15
Fatigue lives at normal temp. (times) 1×106 (±1500μm/m)
Types, lengths and codes of lead-wire cables pre-attached to KFEL
Model 2 polyester-coated copper wires Vinyl-coated flat 2-wire cables Vinyl-coated flat 3-wire cables
Gage Pattern C1, D34, D35 C1 D34, D35 C1 D34, D35
15 cm N15C2 L15C2R L15C2S L15C3R L15C3S
30 cm N30C2 L30C2R L30C2S L30C3R L30C3S
1 m N1M2 L1M2R L1M2S L1M3R L1M3S
3 m L3M2R L3M2S L3M3R L3M3S
5 m L5M2R L5M2S L5M3R L5M3S
Operating Temperature -10 to 80℃
Remarks Twisted for ≥ 50 cm L-6, L-9 for ≥ 6 m L-7, L-10 for ≥ 6 m

*For other lead-wire cable lengths, contact us.

*Notes on pre-attached lead-wire cables
In the case of a biaxial gage and triaxial gage, 2-wire cables are color-coded with red, white and green stripes for 0°, 90° and 45°, respectively and 3-wire cables, with red, yellow and blue stripes for 0°, 90° and 45°, respectively. The letter code is S in common.

How to order

When ordering, suffix the lead-wire cable code to the model number with a space in between.

E.g.
KFEL-5-120-C1 with a vinyl-coated flat 2-wire cable 10 m long pre-attached
→ KFEL-5-120-C1 L10M2R
KFEL-5-120-D35 with a vinyl-coated flat 3-wire cable 5 m long pre-attached
→ KFEL-5-120-D35 L5M3S

If no lead-wire cable code is suffixed, the gage is delivered with gage leads only.
(Silver-covered copper wires 25 mm long)